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<DIV>In answer to your question. </DIV>
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<DIV>From Swindon:- We were encouraged to apply for funding last year... wrote an application... then were turned down beause "priority was being given to new licencees". </DIV>
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<DIV>It does seem very sad to us that community stations are licenced because of the commitment they show to the local communities they serve and deliver immensely strong local programming involving so much of that local community, then to have to justify themselves each year through reporting as well as have to pay for the priviledge, through annual licences to Ofcom and the Wireless and Telegraphy licences. A huge service is provided - and our Local Authority has recognised that.</DIV>
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<DIV>I would like to apply again to Ofcom, as we deliver a considerable amount of programming and training with all ages, abilities, disabilities, in schools, ex graduates, early-retired, neighbourhood renewal area, a new programme with ex offenders... and the list goes on. It is pretty tiring work, but something I personally believe in very strongly and am thrilled when students go to university (after time with us), find work (after time with us) - giving a voice to local people (that makes Local Authorities and regional and international television, as we've found, want to cover us). </DIV>
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<DIV>We will look again at an application - and fingers crossed that the time spent on this will be worth while.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#40007f><EM> <STRONG>Shirls</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "FRANCIS, Carol (Policy & Planning)" <Carol.Francis@gloucestershire.gov.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> CMA-L <cma-l@commedia.org.uk>; "comradio-l@commedia.org.uk" <comradio-l@commedia.org.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, 1 March, 2011 13:11:33<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2010/11 Round 2<BR></FONT><BR>It would be interesting to know if any stations have been able to secure funding from the Community radio fund more than once and if so how many paid staff they have. <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" ymailto="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk"
ymailto="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</A>] On Behalf Of CMA-L<BR>Sent: 01 March 2011 12:38<BR>To: <A href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" ymailto="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</A>; <A href="mailto:comradio-l@commedia.org.uk" ymailto="mailto:comradio-l@commedia.org.uk">comradio-l@commedia.org.uk</A><BR>Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2010/11 Round 2<BR><BR>Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel met on Monday 24 January 2011 to<BR>consider applications for the second round of grant awards for<BR>2010/11.<BR><BR>In summary:<BR><BR>- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) allocated<BR>£463,000 towards the Community Radio Fund for 2010/11<BR>- In the first round of funding in June 2010, the Panel made grants<BR>totalling £208,634,leaving £254,366 for the second round<BR>- A further £2,500 was returned to the fund from a previous grant
recipient<BR>- 64 applications were considered<BR>- Funding applications totalled £1,196,138.46<BR>- 15 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £256,866<BR>- 49 applicants were not awarded a grant<BR><BR>The average grant in this round was £17,124; the average grant for<BR>individual station awards, that is excluding the grants benefiting<BR>more than one station, was £14,833. A table setting out the awards may<BR>be found here:<BR><BR><A href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-2010-11-2" target=_blank>http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-2010-11-2 </A><BR><BR>The Panel notes that two grants, for £30,769 and £30,768 respectively,<BR>were for substantially higher amounts than the average and were<BR>awarded to bids designed to benefit more than one station. The Panel<BR>wishes to record that the first of these grants was for a joint<BR>application that
will fund a Project Manager and other support for a<BR>pilot data collection and analysis project. The project aims to<BR>develop an affordable way for UK community radio stations to assess<BR>their audiences and community impacts and provide data for grant<BR>funders, service delivery clients and others. The aim is for a project<BR>that will benefit all community radio stations in the future. The<BR>second of these grants was for a Regional Account Manager /Commercial<BR>Fund Raiser post benefiting three individual community radio stations<BR>in south west England.<BR><BR>Source: <A href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-2010-11-2" target=_blank>http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-2010-11-2 </A><BR><BR>\\<BR><BR>Community Media Association<BR>-- <BR><A href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.commedia.org.uk/ </A><BR><A
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