CRAOL

Intent: To inform the recipients of the Craol Pre Budget position by means of media release and attached 2 page pre budget submission

Intent: To demenostrate what Community Media can achieve in terms of social benefit, solutions journalism, shared island, bi-lingualism, environment, media literacy, equality and diversity.

Methods: Email

Intent: To discuss possible Funding sources that may fund a Craol Sustainability Coordinator who will work on a 5-year plan to develop initiatives and provide supports to Community Stations in Sustainability both Environmentally and Financially.

Methods: Meeting

Intent: That the JoC and department recognises the core mission of Community Radio is to generate a social benefit with communities, not for communities but with them.::To ensure Legislation, policy and regulation incorporates community media funding and sustainability.::To support the building of multimedia community-media hubs, combining physical and virtual centres.::To advance a community development approach to Community Radio and ensure sustainability by enhancing a targeted approach to funding, creating a funding and regulatory model that will acknowledge the strategic value of community media. A Media Fund driven by the principles of and reinforcing equality, diversity and inclusion in our communities that ensures Community Radio can archive the voices and stories of communities, and can continually innovate and engage with youth on these new platforms.::Further expand collaboration between Government Departments and community radio for public messaging across the network.

Methods: Meeting

Intent: Support for proposed ammendments by Craol. To seek support for Journalism Bursaries for Licenced Community Media Sector Improvements to ‘social benefit’ S&V scheme To have Public Service Content of community media recognised. The Creation of a ‘Special Interest’ media category. ‘Impacts' of media to be included in definition of media literacy.

Methods: Email, Meeting, Virtual Meeting

Intent: To have the Dept reconsider CRAOL for funding under the SSN scheme. To ensure continuity of CSP support for Community Radio stations. To seek additional support from the CSP scheme.

Methods: Meeting, Letter

Intent: Proposing alterations to the OSMR Bill and seeking a meeting with staff working on the Bill.::Community Media to be acknowledged in definition.::Issue of defining Community Media as ‘not for profit’.::Not Licence, Non-community media under community license but only those media that adhere to the Social Benefit and Community Media Policies adopted by the BAI.

Methods: Letter, Meeting, Virtual Meeting

Intent: Seeking that the media legislation being drafted include a ‘Special Interest’ category to provide any licensing authority with the flexibility to locate media more accurately. Retaining the ‘community’ listing for those operating to the BAI approved community media policy will make it easier for the sector to continue to monitor and improve Community Media’s distinct ethos.::Seeking to ensure journalism bursaries allocated to Community Radio, seek support for Core Funding for Community Stations::Highlight and discuss the role of Community Media in preserving Heritage through programming, recording oral histories, promoting Community Development, and diversity and Delivering Social Benefits to the Communities they serve.

Methods: Email, Virtual Meeting, Event / Reception

Intent: To ensure that the valuable and consistent Social Benefits as provided by 2500 Volunteers on a daily basis by Community Radio in Ireland are supported with a tangible and progressive Statutory Funding system on a long-term basis .

Methods: Meeting

Intent: To inform JOC of the challenges facing the voluntary not for profit Community Media sector especially the hardships caused by the impact of the Covid Pandemic, the loss of income, the challenges to stations, and to request supports to ensure the sector and its circa 2700 volunteers and staff can continue to broadcast, provide services and continue to deliver essential social benefits to the communities they serve

Methods: Meeting