<div dir="ltr"><p>Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel met on Tuesday 23 June 2015 to
consider applications in the first round of grant awards for 2015/16.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>In summary, at the meeting: </p>
<ul><li>42 applications for grants were considered</li><li>The total amount of funding requested in these applications was £822,034</li><li>12 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £160,782</li><li>30 applicants were not awarded a grant </li></ul>
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<p>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: <br></p><ul><li><b>Beverley FM</b>; Beverley; East Yorkshire; Specialist Funding Application Trainer - £4,500</li><li><b>BRFM</b>; Isle of Sheppey; Business & Development Officer - £5,500</li><li><b>CamGlen Radio</b>; Cambuslang & Rutherglen; Project Worker and Business Development Manager - £19,753</li><li><b>Deveron FM</b>; Banff; Sales Person / Fund-raiser - £14,540</li><li><b>Gaydio</b>; Manchester; Digital Manager for an online advertising project involving a number of stations around the UK - £21,150</li><li><b>Insanity Radio</b>; Egham, Surrey; Media and Development Officer - £15,702</li><li><b>IÚR-fm</b>; Newry; Sustainability Officer - £16,000</li><li><b>Moorlands Radio</b>; Biddulph; Station Fund-raising Co-ordinator - £8,153</li><li><b>Pure Radio 107.8</b>; Stockport; Training and Development Co-ordinator - £16,560</li><li><b>Radio Teesdale</b>; Teesside; Business Development Manager (salary contribution) - £15,000</li></ul><p>Applications <b> </b>for the second round of funding in 2015/16 will be invited on <b>Wednesday 14 October</b> with a closing date of <b>5pm on Wednesday 11 November 2015</b>. The Panel will meet to make decisions on these applications in January 2016.<br></p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/grants-1516-round1">Source</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_signature">\\<br><br>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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