Schools across South Lanarkshire are using the Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) as a vehicle to provide children and young people with the opportunity to be involved and help decide where best to spend some of the budget allocated to schools by the council.

In 21-22 SLC schools collectively allocated more than £607,000 to participatory budgeting - approximately 6% of the £9.9million PEF budget.

South Lanarkshire Council have produced a new video which shows the impact of PB across SLC schools as well as explaining how the process works and shares some of the young people’s thoughts on participatory budgeting and having their voices heard in funding decisions.

“As a pupil, it was nice to have a say in what was going to happen in my school.”

“It matters that everyone’s voice is heard.”

Watch the video.

Find out more about the Pupil Equity Fund.