PB Dispatch - November 2023

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Welcome to the latest PB Dispatch. We've brought together a mix of news, resources, guides and training around PB and participatory democracy.

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8 Steps to Delivering a Successful Small Grants PB Process
In this article, we set out the basic steps of how to run a successful small grants PB process – and share links to some useful resources and tips.

 

From the Resource Hub: Evaluating participatory budgeting

We’ve brought together some of the key evaluation resources that are feature on our PB Resources Hub, as well as some examples of real PB processes.

 

Updated: Participatory Budgeting in 60 seconds (ish)

We've updated our 'PB in 60 seconds; guide to include more information about small grants, mainstreaming, PB on schools and Green PB.

 

Community Councils webinar - Participatory Budgeting with SCDC & Money 4 Moray 15th Nov 6pm

The Improvement Service is hosting a free webinar on Participatory Budgeting for community councillors on Wednesday 15th November from 6pm to 7pm with SCDC and Money 4 Moray. 

 

Democracy Matters consultation

The Scottish Government has launched the latest phase of the Democracy Matters consultation, a chance for communities to have their say on what decision-making powers might look like, and how potential new decision-making bodies might work.

 

Guide to Evaluating the Wellbeing impacts of Participatory Budgeting

This new guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023.

 

Things you can do to ‘green’ your PB event

Even if your event isn’t focused on Green PB, there’s still lots you can do - in fact all community events can make small changes to make a green impact.
 

 

Free Participatory Budgeting and  Grant Making course

Participatory Budgeting and  Grant Making is a new FREE SCQF Level 5 online course, worth 3 credits, which aims to support community activists to be involved in national and local decisions on services and budgets.