[comradio-l] Community radio fund 2009/10 - first round awards

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[Missed this last week due to staff shortage so for the sake of
completeness will post this now]

The Radio Fund Panel met on Monday 29 June 2009 to consider
applications for the first round of grant awards for the 2009/10
financial year.  DCMS has allocated £460,000 towards the Community
Radio Fund for 2009/10, and at this meeting the Panel awarded grants
to 15 community radio stations, totalling £233,460.

Regarding applications for the second round of funding in 2009/10:

* A total of £226,540 remains in the Fund for the financial year
2009/10. Applications for the second round will be invited in October
2009, with a closing date in November and decisions in January 2010
(dates to be confirmed).

* The Radio Fund Panel will give priority to those applicants who have
not received funding in previous years.

Summary of grants awarded in the first round for 2009/10:

3TFM*
Saltcoats & Adrossan, Ayrshire
Fundraising Officer - £18,000
* The Fundraising Officer post will support the Scottish Community
Broadcasting Network which includes many of Scotland’s community radio
stations. Therefore the Panel considered it was a particularly
effective use of the Community Radio Fund.

Amber Sound FM
Ripley, Derbyshire
Sales Executive - £15,000

Bute FM
Isle of Bute, Argyll & Bute
Station Manager - £14,560

Canalside CR
Bollington, Macclesfield
Assistant Fundraising Coordinator - £6,422

Felixstowe Radio
Felixstowe, Suffolk
Station Manager - £15,000

Glastonbury FM (GFM)
Glastonbury, Somerset
Development manager - £15,980

Hillz FM
Coventry
Fundraising & Marketing Officer - £15,420

IÚR-fm & Blast FM**
Newry and Belfast
Joint Sustainability Officer - £16,000
** The Joint Sustainability Officer post will serve both IÚR-fm and Blast FM

North Manchester FM
Manchester
Business Development Officer - £15,854

Radio Cardiff
Cardiff
Station Manager - £16,000

Radio Tircoed
Tircoed Forest Village, Swansea
Studio Manager - £14,000
Volunteer Training - £1,000

Sine FM
Doncaster
Technical Tutor - £14,724

Tulip Radio
Spalding, Lincolnshire
Station Manager - £15,000

Wythenshawe FM***
Manchester
Community Radio Toolkit Editor - £25,500
*** The Community Radio Toolkit is a free, in-depth resource available
to all community radio stations; therefore the Panel considered that
this grant would serve to increase the capabilities of many stations.

Zeta 105.3
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Station Manager - £15,000

The full statement may be found here:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/Communityfund/grants0910_1/

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