<div dir="ltr"><div>Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel (‘the Panel’) met on Tuesday 20 June 2017 to consider applications in the first round of funding for 2017-18.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The Panel went through each application and awarded funding based on the information provided and with reference to the Community Radio Fund guidance notes. </div><div><br></div><div>The Panel also considered the new Welsh language standards when reviewing the funding requests from those applicants based in Wales.</div><div><br></div><div>For each grant bid the Panel decided whether to make a full award, a partial award or not to award any funding.</div><div><br></div><div>At the meeting:</div><div><ul><li>39 applications for grants were considered<br></li><li>The total amount of funding requested in these applications was £702,410<br></li><li>10 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £142,920<br></li><li>29 applicants were not awarded a grant<br></li></ul></div><div>The grants awarded ranged from £2,160 up to £19,717 for individual positions, with an average of £14,292. A summary of the awards is below:</div><div><br></div><div><table border="1" id="gmail-table89903" style="box-sizing:inherit;border-collapse:collapse;width:561px;margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><thead style="box-sizing:inherit"><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><th id="gmail-table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:rgb(51,51,51);color:rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit">Award</strong></p></th><th id="gmail-table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:rgb(51,51,51);color:rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit">Purpose</strong></p></th><th id="gmail-table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:rgb(51,51,51);color:rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit">Station Name</strong></p></th><th id="gmail-table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:rgb(51,51,51);color:rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit">Location</strong></p></th></tr></thead><tbody style="box-sizing:inherit"><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£19,717</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Business Development Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">MKFM</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Milton Keynes</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£18,412</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£4,100</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Business Development Manager</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Commissions & Partnerships Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Radio Cardiff</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Cardiff</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£16,500</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Deputy Station Manager/Promotions Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">GTFM</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Pontypridd</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£16,400</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Business Development Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Somer Valley FM</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Midsomer Norton</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£16,100</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Business Development Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">RWSfm</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Bury St Edmunds</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£15,451</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Outreach &Corporate Development Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Cambridge 105</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Cambridge</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£13,524</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Business Development Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Penistone FM</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Penistone</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£13,052</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Business Development Manager</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Radio Newark</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Newark on Trent</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£7,504</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Fundraiser</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Eden FM</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Penrith</p></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:inherit"><td headers="table89903r1c1" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">£2,160</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c2" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Listener Survey</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c3" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">KCR</p></td><td headers="table89903r1c4" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:1px solid rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1rem;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;line-height:1.6">Keith</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>The second grant round for 2017/18 will open during October 2017. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/radio-broadcasters/community-radio-fund/community-radio-fund-grants-2017-18-R1">Source</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>\\</div><div><br></div><div>Community Media Association</div><div>-- </div><div><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 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