<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Power to Change have announced that their Community Business Fund will be open again from </span><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">26th April to 1st June</b><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">. Grants between £50,000- £300,000 are available to support and develop community businesses in England. There will be a further two funding rounds in July and October 2016.</span><br></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>Full criteria were published on 5th April and an enquiries line has been opened.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year only 5 per cent of the applications were funded. Over two-thirds of applications were rejected because they didn't meet the definition of a community business:</div><div><ul><li>locally rooted<br></li><li>accountable to the local community<br></li><li>broad community impact<br></li><li>trading for the benefit of the local community<br></li></ul></div><div>You can register to be sent details here:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/grant-funding/" target="_blank">http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/grant-funding/</a><br></div></div><div><br></div>\\\<div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>-- <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></font></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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<b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" color="#0000ff">Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference 2016: <a href="http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf</a></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div>