Subject	Predicate	Object
NYcjoCOI	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	2zBO5ew2
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>The Community Radio Fund is an annual grant scheme, funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and administered by Ofcom, into which community radio stations across the UK can bid for funding for projects that help support the sector’s development. In 2020/21, the Fund’s core funding was supplemented by an additional sum to support efforts by community radio stations in helping address loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>The department sets objectives for grant funding when designing the grant scheme and allocates funding in accordance with those objectives.</p><p>An <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1061988/Community_Radio_Fund_Evaluation_FINAL_report__1_.pdf" target="_blank">independent report</a> evaluating the impact which CRF funding has had on community radio stations was published in March 2022.</p>
	answer given date	2023-09-07
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	NYcjoCOI
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	NYcjoCOI
2zBO5ew2	question has answer	NYcjoCOI
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	NYcjoCOI