Invitation to apply for grant funding

The Trustees of the Elizabeth R Broadcasting Fund invite relevant non-governmental organisations working in the media to submit proposals which could help people or projects linked to broadcasting in the Commonwealth.

The Fund will award a grant\grants of up to £5000 for a proposal\proposals which can enable people from different broadcasting disciplines either to visit other Commonwealth countries to improve their skills or to organise training projects, based regionally or in-country, in response to the needs of the broadcasters and their audiences.

MATCHING FUNDING IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL APPLICATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALLOWED. APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 31ST,2010 BY E-MAILING FUND SECRETARY GARETH PRICE ON price.g@ntlworld.com.

The Trustees will meet in early January to decide on the best idea\ideas and their decisions will be final. They reserve the right to offer grants of less than £5000.

The Elizabeth R Broadcasting Fund was set up in 1995 with a a donation from HM The Queen with the purpose of training broadcasters from the Commonwealth and promote quality broadcasting. It is operated by a Board of Trustees and its President is Baroness Benjamin.