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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>As Ofcom tells us which Community Radio Licence Applicants were unsuccessful - would it tell us I wonder in the interests of Open Government which Fund Applicants were unsuccessful - and why?<div>We're gratified to see that 7 out of the successful 17 are our Clients - <span style="font-size: 12pt;">£109,800!<br>Congratulations - spend it wisely lads!</span></div><div><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:07:59 +0000<br>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2014/15 Round 2<br><br><div dir="ltr">Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel met on Tuesday 13 January 2015 to
consider applications in the second round of grant awards for 2014/15. <BR>
The Department for Cultur<span style="font-size: 12pt;">e, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed the
total of £393,000 for the Community Radio Fund for 2014/15. The amount
spent in the first round of funding was £140,340.</span><BR>
In summary, at the meeting: <BR>
<ul><li>39 applications for grants were considered</li><li>The total amount of funding requested in these applications was £603,717</li><li>17 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £252,660</li><li>22 applicants were not awarded a grant </li></ul>
The Panel reviewed each application and awarded funding based on the
information provided, and with reference to the Community Radio Fund
guidance notes. The Panel’s decisions were to make a full award, a
partial award or not to award any funding.<BR>
The average grant in this round was £14,862; the size of award ranged
from £9,721 to £20,840. A table setting out the awards is at the end of
this statement. <BR>
<h2>Issues of note arising from the Panel meeting</h2>
In the current financial climate the Panel felt strongly that, as
much as possible, grants from the Community Radio Fund should help
further a station’s financial stability and future sustainability.
Therefore proposals for posts to promote long-term financial security
and which could become self-sustaining were favoured by the Panel over
applications for other support posts, even if they were considered by
the applicants to be core station functions. <BR>
With regard to the applications considered in this funding round, the Panel would like to make the following points:<BR>
<ul><li>The Panel has a <strong>limited amount of funding available</strong>, and so it cannot make grants to all applicant stations.</li><li>The panel would like to emphasise <strong>the importance of section 2
of the application form which gives the panel members an insight into
the station’s output and its target community</strong>. Applicants
should also aim to quantify their impact, for example, by supplying
numbers of volunteers, people trained, awards won etc.</li><li>With regard to roles specifically to raise funds for stations the Panel considers that <strong>as an absolute minimum the post holder should aim to raise the equivalent of their own salary in the course of the grant spend</strong>,
as well as securing funding towards station costs. This makes the role
self-sustaining and likely to continue once the grant has been spent.
The Panel <strong>likes to see clear financial targets set for such posts</strong>. When a station reports back on how the grant was spent, the Panel would like to know how much money the postholder raised.</li><li>Applicants should explain how the role or project that is the subject of a grant application will contribute to the <strong>financial sustainability</strong> of the station.</li><li>Some applicants <strong>did not include sufficient information</strong>, job descriptions and/or work plans in their submissions for staff funding. </li><li>It is also important to provide up-to-date and accurate <strong>financial information. </strong>At
the very minimum applicants should supply their most recent statutory
accounts (or equivalent). In the application form the panel would also
welcome a summary of income and expenditure for the current year (but
excluding the Fund grant being applied for). </li><li>The panel would like to draw applicants’ attention to <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/payerti/employee-starting/status.htm" target="_blank">HMRC’s guidance</a> on determining the <strong>employment status</strong>
of workers, when they are preparing (and costing) job descriptions.
(This has implications for the way tax and National Insurance
contributions are calculated and whether or not PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
is operated on their earnings.) <br></li></ul>
<h2>Summary of grants awarded in June 2014 (second round for 2014/15)</h2>
<table><tbody>
<tr>
<th>Station </th>
<th>Location </th>
<th>Purpose </th>
<th>Award </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>Betar Bangla Radio </td>
<td>East London</td>
<td>Station Manager</td>
<td>£19,200 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Bradley Stoke Radio </td>
<td>Bradley Stoke</td>
<td>Business Development Manager </td>
<td>£18,000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>BRFM </td>
<td>Brynmawr</td>
<td>Fundraiser</td>
<td>£15,000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Canalside’s The Thread 102.8 </td>
<td>Bollington</td>
<td>Fundraising Manager</td>
<td>£16,000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Celtic Music Radio </td>
<td>Glasgow</td>
<td>Fundraising and Events Officer </td>
<td>£10,000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Dunoon Community Radio </td>
<td>Dunoon</td>
<td>Sustainability and Development Officer </td>
<td>£13,469 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Eden FM </td>
<td>Penrith</td>
<td>Commercial and Business Development role</td>
<td>£16,000 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gateway 97.8 </td>
<td>Basildon</td>
<td>Business Development /Fundraiser </td>
<td>£15,600 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Hermitage FM </td>
<td>Coalville</td>
<td>Finance & Administration Officer </td>
<td>£16,692 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>IMAN FM </td>
<td>Sheffield </td>
<td>Station Marketing and Engagement Manager </td>
<td>£16,940 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Penistone FM</td>
<td>Penistone</td>
<td>Training and Fund Raising Manager </td>
<td>£14,781</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pulse Community Radio </td>
<td>Barrhead</td>
<td>Business Development Manager </td>
<td>£15,600 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Radio Ikhlas </td>
<td>Derby</td>
<td>Communications and Fundraising Officer </td>
<td>£9,721 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>SFM 106.9 </td>
<td>Sittingbourne</td>
<td>Station/Business Development Manager </td>
<td>£15,600 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Soundart Radio </td>
<td>Totnes</td>
<td>Artistic Director, Business Manager and Web Developer (three posts) </td>
<td>£20,840 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Voice </td>
<td>North Devon</td>
<td>Technical and Projects Manager </td>
<td>£10,428 </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Vibe 107.6 </td>
<td>Watford</td>
<td>Administration and Sales Support worker </td>
<td>£8,789</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2>Information for future applicants</h2>
The Panel considers promoting long-term sustainability a critical, core activity. <BR>
Applicants should try to quantify the impact of the post (for which
they are applying for funding) on the future sustainability of the
station.<br><br>The panel recognises that, in the current economic
climate, grant funding has declined. The panel would therefore encourage
innovative fundraising ideas which may offer future funding models for
the community radio sector. <BR>
The Panel continues to believe there is scope for collaborative working or joint applications from stations, where appropriate.<BR>
<h2>Applications for the first round of funding in 2015/16 </h2>
<ul><li>Applications will be invited on 8 April 2015 with a closing date of 5pm on Wednesday 6 May 2015. </li><li>The Panel will meet to make decisions on these applications in June 2015.</li></ul>Source: <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/14-15-awards-round-2" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/14-15-awards-round-2</a><br><div><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="ecxgmail_signature">Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div>
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