[comradio-l] Community Radio Fund Awards

Thu Jun 26 10:55:41 BST 2014

It's interesting to note that the Award was for just under a quarter of the perceived demand.And that's not taking into account that many stations did not feel it was even worth applying.Also, that only one third of the Applicants were considered to have fulfilled requirements.The Committee's notes are very important too - still many Applicants don't take the trouble to read the guidelines and supply the right information.

From: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:29:56 +0100
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; comradio-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Fund: award of grants for 2014/15 Round 1

Ofcom's Community Radio Fund Panel met on Tuesday 17 June 2014 to 
consider applications in the first round of grant awards for 2014/15.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed the 
Community Radio Fund for 2014/15 but the total amount has not yet been 
announced.

In summary, at the meeting:

34 applications for grants were considered 
The total amount of funding requested in these applications was £578,605
11 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £140,340
23 applicants were not awarded a grant 

The Panel reviewed each application and awarded funding based on the 
information provided, and with reference to the Community Radio Fund 
guidance notes. The Panel's decisions were to make a full award, a 
partial award or not to award any funding.

The average grant in this round was £12,758; the size of award ranged 
from £3,150 to £17,006. A table setting out the awards is below.

Summary of grants awarded in June 2014 (first round for 2014/15)

Station nameLocationPurposeAward 

East Coast FM Haddington, East LothianFundraising and Partnership Administrator£15,000

Unity 101SouthamptonProject Administrator£5,278

Wythenshawe FMWythenshaweFinance and administrative support£10,680

Salford City RadioSalfordCommercial Campaign Co-ordinator £3,150

Gloucester FMGloucester Project Trainer (part of a sustainable revenue stream)£15,000

Radio ReverbBrighton Training Manager (part of an income-generating project)£17,000

Phoenix FMBrentwood Sales and Promotions Manager£14,966

Halton Community RadioHalton, Runcorn Business Development Manager£17,006

Radio TircoedTircoed Village, SwanseaStation Director and a Fundraiser (two posts)£17,000

Bolton FMBoltonBusiness Development Manager £14,560

Seahaven FMSeafordFundraising Manager £10,700

Issues of note arising from the Panel meeting

In the current financial climate the Panel felt strongly that, as much 
as possible, grants from the Community Radio Fund should help further a 
station's financial stability and future sustainability. Therefore 
proposals for posts to promote long-term financial security and which 
could become self-sustaining were favoured by the Panel over 
applications for other support posts, even if they were considered core 
station functions.

With regard to the applications considered in this funding round, the Panel would like to make the following points:

The Panel has a limited amount of funding available, and so it cannot make grants to all applicant stations.The panel would like to emphasise
 the importance of section 2 of the application form which gives the 
panel members an insight into the station's output and its target 
community. Applicants should also aim to quantify their impact,
 for example, by supplying numbers of volunteers, people trained, awards
 won etc.With regard to roles specifically to raise funds for stations the Panel considers that as an absolute minimum the post holder should aim to raise the equivalent of their own salary in the course of the grant spend,
 as well as securing funding towards station costs. This makes the role 
self-sustaining and likely to continue once the grant has been spent. 
The Panel likes to see clear financial targets set for such posts. When a station reports back on how the grant was spent, the Panel would like to know how much money the postholder raised.Applicants should explain how the role or project that is the subject of a grant application will contribute to the financial sustainability of the station.

Some applicants did not include sufficient information, job descriptions and/or work plans in their submissions for staff funding. It is also important to provide up-to-date and accurate financial information.
 At the very minimum applicants should supply their most recent 
accounts. The panel would also welcome a summary of forecast income and 
expenditure for the current year. The panel would like to draw applicants' attention to HMRC's guidance on determining the employment status
 of workers, when they are preparing (and costing) job descriptions. 
(This has implications for the way tax and National Insurance 
contributions are calculated and whether or not PAYE (Pay As You Earn) 
is operated on their earnings.) Information for future applicants

The Panel considers promoting long-term sustainability a critical, core activity.

Applicants should try to quantify the impact of the post (for which they
 are applying for funding) on the future sustainability of the station.

The
 panel recognises that, in the current economic climate, grant funding 
has declined. The panel would therefore encourage innovative fundraising
 ideas which may offer future funding models for the community radio 
sector.

The Panel continues to believe there is scope for collaborative working or joint applications from stations, where appropriate.

Applications for the second round of funding in 2014/15

Applications will be invited on 7 October 2014 with a closing date of 4 November 2014. 
The Panel will meet to make decisions on these applications in January 2015.Source

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