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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>We had a similar knock back in June:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#222222;background:white'>“Broad community impact – Your application did not demonstrate how your project would positively benefit a range of people within your community. However, you did provide strong evidence in relation to Locally rooted, Accountable to the local community and Trading for the benefit of the local community.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I won’t share it here, but our section for broad community impact was pretty full on, detailing what we do, how many people we’ve reached, worked with, trained in the 30 years we’ve been around. Discussing our dissemination local information and highlighting social, public services, health advice, volunteering, you name it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m not sure what more we could have done to please them. After reading we’re not alone in this, perhaps they just don’t like community radio after all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Martyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Hilton<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 August, 2016 3:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List <cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Funding news - Power to Change awards grants to grow and develop community businesses (UK-wide)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It great that Sheffield Live have shared their experiences with us. If we want the CMA to take this further we need other stations to share their experiences. Either on the forum or in confidence to the CMA office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Out of interest is PtC covered by the FoI Act? If so, is it worth putting in a carefully worded question to try and find out how many stations have applied?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Buckley<br><b>Sent:</b> 02 August 2016 18:00<br><b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Funding news - Power to Change awards grants to grow and develop community businesses (UK-wide)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Bill and all<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>By way of example, Sheffield Live was knocked back at outline application stage (which gives minimal opportunity to make the case), with the following reasons given:<br><br>"Locally Rooted - Your application did not evidence that the project has a clearly defined local geographical area of focus (for example: in urban locations this could be a neighbourhood, ward or section of a city; in rural locations this could be a village or collection of villages). Broad Community Impact - Your application did not demonstrate how your project would positively benefit a range of people within your community in addition to the specific community of interest your organisation serves."<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This is consistent with that which is stated in the guidelines. I wonder if this is a template response to community media proposals. Has anyone received similar, or different?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On the first point, the guidelines indicate that PtC definition of 'community' is both geographical and small scale. Unless they are prepared to reconsider this, it will exclude many community media that would reasonably consider themselves 'locally rooted' but cover too large an area to meet the narrow PtC definition. On the second point we can not find any logical basis for the conclusion reached.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I suggest a robust letter of concern from the CMA addressed to the new DCMS Secretary of State, cc'd to the Big Lottery Chief Exec and the head of PtC. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Steve<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Bill Best <<a href="mailto:bill.best@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">bill.best@commedia.org.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for this Pippa.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We will take this up with Power to Change - however they are giving applicants good advice as to how to best fine-tune their proposal.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Power to Change has the right to assess applications on criteria of their own choosing - and we do not know anything about the quality of proposals submitted so far.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Power to Change advise that the applications that they have received from community media projects to date have not evidenced how the wider community benefits from the project - this is useful advice that applicants need to bear in mind when applying to Power to Change.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Community Business Fund guidelines for applicants are available online here:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Community-Business-Fund-applicant-guidance-Round-2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Community-Business-Fund-applicant-guidance-Round-2.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards for now<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Community Media Association<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/community_media</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="https://facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Canstream Internet Radio<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference 2016: <a href="http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2 August 2016 at 15:51, Pippa <<a href="mailto:pippa@curlyradio.com" target="_blank">pippa@curlyradio.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p>I do hope the CMA will challenge Power to Change over their stance on Community Radio. They are plain wrong when they say, and I quote from their own website:<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>‘<span lang=EN-US>hard to demonstrate they are locally rooted, as they cover a broad geographical area like a whole city, rather than a neighbourhood. Applications from community media organisations have often struggled to provide strong evidence of how they</span> benefit the wider community’.<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>What utter tripe. If I wasn’t busy getting a station ready to launch, I would take them on. I wonder if there is someone from Global on their board. <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Pippa<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Philippa Sawyer<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Wycombe Community Radio CIC<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>@wycombesound<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>07973 710963<span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-right-width:initial;border-bottom-width:initial;border-left-width:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial'><p><b><span lang=EN-US>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">CMA-L</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 2, 2016 12:58 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[cma-l] Funding news - Power to Change awards grants to grow and develop community businesses (UK-wide)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p><span lang=EN-US>The second window for applications to the £10 million Community Business Fund is open until 31 August. There will also be an application window open in October. If you are a community business that needs funding for a business development project which will make your organisation more sustainable, then you should consider applying.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US>There will be other funding programmes going live in the course of 2016 that will be publicised through their website and newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US>Last year, £8 million of grant funding was awarded through the Initial Grants Programme.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/" target="_blank">http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span lang=EN-US><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><span lang=EN-US>\\<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US>Community Media Association<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US>-- <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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference 2016: <a href="http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Reply - 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