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Welcome to the Community Radio Toolkit, a place for community radio people to learn, talk, and share. Do read and join discussions in the Discussion Forums, help yourself to documents in the Shared Resources area, read up on essentials in the Toolkit handbook and find connections with other organisations on the links pages. Don't forget Spotlight On, where we cover special community radio features.

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Community Radio News Updated 1.07.09

Ofcom has published its Radio Licensing Update for June 2009

Get all the details here.

Ofcom publish a second consultation crucial to the future of things like outside broadcasts.

The consultation closes on 7th September and can be found here.

Ofcom award 4 new licences in the South East of England

Congrats to Radio Sunlight, Rye FM and both the Academy FM stations. All the details can be found here.

Digital Radio - Ofcom confirms no FM switch off

Neither Ofcom nor the Government are considering switch off of FM after the BBC and other national and regional radio stations migrate to digital radio - more here.

News of two funds

Third Sector Involvement in the Future Jobs Fund Seminar - more details here. Office of the Third Sector's "Generations Together" fund - more details here.

2009 Elections - guidance for community radio stations

Ofcom has published some guidelines about community radio broadcasting in the run-up to the European elections and a number of local council elections on Thursday 4th June. More information here.

Grants for Grass Roots Groups

“Under funded and under represented” community groups are set for a £10.2 million funding boost from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). More information here.

Major Money To Promote Volunteering

Up to £6.6 million is set to be pumped into promoting volunteering across England over the next two years. More details here.

Ofcom awards three new community radio licences in South East England

Ofcom has announced the award of a further three new community radio licences as part of its licensing round in the South East of England. They are HCR FM, Huntingdon; Intobeats, Bedford; and AHBS Community Radio, Ashford, Kent. More details here.

Ramadan 2009 - Ofcom awards temporary radio licences

Ofcom has confirmed that 29 temporary radio broadcast licences (SRSLs) will be issued for the period of Ramadan commencing in August 2009. More details here.

Ofcom invites applications for licences to provide community radio services within Greater London

Check out all the details here.

Good Governance: A Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector

Primarily aimed at trustees of organisations but might be useful for folk who provide the bridge between trustees and station staff. Download the code here.

Ofcom's Consultation on Access & Inclusion

Want to have your say on the latest Ofcom consultation? Deadline for responses is 3rd June. All the details here.

Nominations Announced for the 27th Sony Radio Academy

And prison radio steals the lime light! Also up for awards are community radio presenter Katey Wallace from Radio Teesdale and the Omagh Community Radio Group with Strule FM. Check out the full list of nominations here.

Ofcom publish annual report on all restricted service licences issued during 2008.

Read the report here.

Ofcom awards 4 new community radio licences

Congratulations to CAM, Wayland Radio, Carolina FM and Future Radio. More details here.

Ofcom publish its first Community Radio Annual Report

More than 8 million people in the UK are now able to tune into community radio stations and demand is still high for licences. To read the full Ofcom report click here.

House of Commons talk Community Radio

Everyones talking about community radio...even those folk in parliament. All the details here.

Community Radio and the SONY Radio Academy Awards

Did the results of last years SONY Radio Academy Awards reflect the efforts made by our sector? A meeting was held with Tim Blackmore, Chairman of the awards, to hear the concerns from the community radio industry. Minutes of the meeting can be found here.

Real help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises

The Government has pledged £42.5 million to aid third sector deliver extra help to those that need it during the credit crunch. Read more here.

Hi all,

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine. Just letting you know that the Community Builders Fund is now open. It provides a mix of loans, grants and mentoring support to a range of community-based organisations across England. The aim is to deliver empowered, cohesive and active communities by investing in the sustainability of multi-purpose, inclusive community-led organisations.

You can register your interest by phoning 0191 261 5200 or check out their website here for more details.

Cheers

Sarah

Foot_in_the_Door_at_The_Radio_Festival.pdf

Foot in the Door at The Radio Festival
Monday 29^th June, 2pm-5.30pm

Foot In The Door

For the third year running Skillset is delighted to sponsor a limited number of places at the Radio Academy’s Foot in the Door event for people in the community, voluntary and student radio sectors. This masterclass provides a fantastic opportunity to meet and learn from radio industry insiders.

It takes place on Monday 29 June, 2 - 5-30pm (with an optional ‘vocal coaching’ session at 1.15-1.30pm), in the Community Hall at the Cathedral of St Barnabus, 6 College Street, Nottingham, NG1 5AE.

To register for this event please email Anna Fitzjohn at Skillset – annaf@skillset.org. Numbers are limited and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis so EMAIL NOW to ensure you don’t miss out!

Foot in the Door is a Radio Academy Masterclass with a difference – the delegates set the agenda. The afternoon is broken into ten themed rounds with delegates getting the chance to meet and question industry insiders from Trent FM, BBC Radio Nottingham, Global Radio, BBC Radio 1, Somethin’ Else, and many more.

Just like in Speed-Dating, delegates will get 15 minutes to talk to the individuals on each table before the klaxon sounds and they have to move on (approx 2 speakers and 4-5 delegates per table).

There will be a break for coffee in the middle of the afternoon and the Radio Festival proper will start that evening.

The day will be hosted by BBC Radio 5live’s Richard Bacon. Born in 1975 in Mansfield, he debuted in broadcasting as a roving reporter for BBC Radio Nottingham in 1994. Richard has since worked widely in radio and television including presenting drive-time shows on Capital FM and Xfm.

Delegates: at the last Masterclass in Swindon, 83% of attending delegates were involved with student radio, 11% with community radio, and 3% with online radio.

Travelling to the venue: the Masterclass will be held in the Community Hall at the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, 6 College Street, Nottingham, NG1 5AE (Gmap). There are a couple of public car parks within walking distance. Please aim to arrive at the venue 5 minutes in advance of the start of the afternoon.

Full Schedule

1. How do I get on air?

2. Do I need to go on a course?

3. How do I get to be a producer?

4. Station branding

5. Interactive – Radio in a multi-platform world

6. What makes engineering interesting?

7. Regulation and Compliance – how important is this?

8. Who chooses the music?

9. How do I get to be a journalist?

10. Programme pitch - I’ve got a great idea for a programme...

Regards

Bill Best
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Technical Operations Manager
Community Media Association
Canstream Online Multi-Media Solutions
http://twitter.com/community_media

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