Monday, 16 February 26, 10am to 12.00pm - online. PB Scotland invites you to an online Participatory Budgeting event focused on PB at scale. Join us as we explore how large-scale PB processes can drive significant community-led investment and empower residents to shape priorities that matter most.
Read MorePublic voting is now open for this year’s Community Choices, with 57 projects from community and third sector groups across Falkirk District.
Read MoreThe Participative Democracy Certificate (PDC) is a youth award developed by YouthLink Scotland aimed at young people involved in decision making processes.
Read MoreThe Rising Stars Mentorship Program connects democracy practitioners with expert guidance to launch and improve participatory programs.
Read MoreWe’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.
Read MoreIn this article, we’re going to set out the basic steps of how to run a successful small grants PB process – and share links to some useful resources and tips.
Read MoreThis new guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023.
Read MoreCOSLA and the Scottish government have announced that Scottish Councils have reached the milestone of spending 1% of their budgets through participatory budgeting (PB) process.
Read MoreAberdeenshire pupils have been involved in a participatory budgeting process which has seen 27 projects related to climate change and carbon reduction.
Read MoreOn 22 June PB practitioners joined the online Growing PB through Digital Tools workshop to hear from 3 PB approaches which used digital tools to reach out to a wider audience and involve them in budget decisions.
Read MoreParticipatory 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.
Read MoreThe Badges and Seals are being introduced to act as a simple way to recognise where Green PB activity has taken place.
Read MoreThe report details the activity of the group and the overall development of PB activity during the year.
Read MoreThe next phase of the Edinburgh Community Climate Fund (ECCF) is getting underway. Community, voluntary and non-profit organisations from across the city have submitted over 50 proposals for up to £20,000 each. These community projects have diverse aims including to reduce household carbon emissions, encourage dialogue about climate change and support the city’s net zero effort.
Read MoreThe Carers’ Partnership has funded Dundee Carers’ Centre to create and deliver a participatory budgeting project to improve the quality of life for unpaid carers in Dundee.
Read MoreEdinburgh City Council has opened up a new fund for organisations supporting climate action and a move to net zero.
Read MorePolice Scotland and Caithness Voluntary Group have announced the results of a participatory budgeting (PB) process to decide how £32,000 can be spent in the Caithness area.
Read MoreTwo days of events and discussion around green PB in Scotland.
Read MoreDundee has launched a new participatory budgeting (PB) fund to support climate action in the city.
Read MoreHere, David Reilly, Communities and Networks Manager at The Poverty Alliance explores the role PB plays addressing poverty across Scotland, and what we need to do to truly challenge power and ensure decision making is accountable.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
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