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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 July 2015 at 14:47, Canalside&#39;s The Thread <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk" target="_blank">office@thethread.org.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Has this amount come down
???                   hang on a mo …. So we have £500,000 or we are meant to
have …. We had 100 Stations which then become 200 and then the fund goes DOWN
???      Have I missed something again here ?       LOL   </span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy">J</span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">It’s a good job we can keep smiling and
see the funny side, we’d go bonkers without it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">You couldn’t write the script could you ?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Onwards and Backwards<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Wrighty  <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>CMA-L<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> 07 July 2015 14:09<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] Community Radio
Fund: award of grants for 2015/16 Round 1</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ofcom&#39;s
Community Radio Fund Panel met on Tuesday 23 June 2015 to consider applications
in the first round of grant awards for 2015/16.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed the total of £377,000
for the Community Radio Fund for 2015. The amount awarded in this first round
of grants was £160,782, which leaves £216,218 for the second round of funding
later this year. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In
summary, at the meeting: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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 <li class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">42 applications for grants were considered<u></u><u></u></span></font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The total amount of funding requested in these
     applications was £822,034<u></u><u></u></span></font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">12 applicants were awarded grants which totalled
     £160,782<u></u><u></u></span></font></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">30 applicants were not awarded a grant <u></u><u></u></span></font></li>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The
average grant in this round was £13,398; the size of award ranged from £4,500
to £21,150. A table setting out the awards is below: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Beverley FM</span></font></b>;
     Beverley; <u></u>East Yorkshire<u></u>; Specialist
     Funding Application Trainer - £4,500<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">BRFM</span></font></b>; Isle of
     Sheppey; Business &amp; Development Officer - £5,500<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">CamGlen Radio</span></font></b>;
     Cambuslang &amp; Rutherglen; Project Worker and Business Development
     Manager - £19,753<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Deveron FM</span></font></b>; <u></u><u></u>Banff<u></u><u></u>; Sales Person
     / Fund-raiser - £14,540<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Gaydio</span></font></b>; <u></u>Manchester<u></u>; Digital Manager for an online advertising
     project involving a number of stations around the <u></u><u></u>UK<u></u><u></u> -
     £21,150<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Insanity Radio</span></font></b>;
     Egham, <u></u>Surrey<u></u>; Media and Development
     Officer - £15,702<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">IÚR-fm</span></font></b>; Newry;
     Sustainability Officer - £16,000<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Moorlands Radio</span></font></b>;
     Biddulph; Station Fund-raising Co-ordinator - £8,153<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Pure Radio 107.8</span></font></b>;
     <u></u>Stockport<u></u>; Training and Development
     Co-ordinator - £16,560<u></u><u></u></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold">Radio Teesdale</span></font></b>;
     Teesside; Business Development Manager (salary contribution) - £15,000<u></u><u></u></li>
</ul>

<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Applications
for the second round of funding in 2015/16 will be invited on <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Wednesday 14 October</span></b> with a closing date of
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">5pm on Wednesday 11 November 2015</span></b>.
The Panel will meet to make decisions on these applications in January 2016.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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