The PB Charter for Scotland: Making good PB happen
/The PB Charter is a set of seven key features showing what a fair and high quality PB process should look like.
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What is the 1% local government participatory budgeting commitment?
/The 1% PB commitment is an agreement between the Scottish Government and COSLA (which represents local authorities in Scotland) that at least 1% of local government budgets should be decided through participatory budgeting.
Read MorePB Framework - National PB Strategic Group→
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The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group has published a framework for the future of participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland. The framework sets out shared intentions and ambitions for PB and, looking ahead, outlines a series of priority recommendations to be carried forward.
Read MoreEvidence and Ideas: A in-depth guide to PB in schools→
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This resource looks at Participatory budgeting (PB) in schools from a Scottish and international perspective. It presents insights to the common school themes and points towards useful resources for practitioners.
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Green PB in Scotland→
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Green PB is a way for people to make direct decisions about how budgets are spent addressing climate change and reducing our carbon footprints.
Read MorePB Scotland Guide: Digital Tools for PB→
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This resource highlight some useful digital tools which can support a Participatory Budgeting process - from complete solutions to useful individual tools.
Read MoreBudgeting for Equality - a vital contribution to PB from disabled people
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This report from Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) highlights the experiences and views of disabled people in relation to having their voices heard in decision making processes.
Read MoreSeven Simple Questions to Evaluate PB
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Paul Nelis reflects on the importance of evaluating the impact of PB and presents 7 simple questions that will help PB steering groups and agencies (implementing mainstream PB) to evaluate their process and events.
Read MoreVoting systems for PB: Making your choice
/Here Paul Nelis reflects on his discussion with Ullapool Community Trust about the voting options available to them as they plan for their participatory budgeting event. It seems like there are as many variations in voting as snowflakes on a winters day.
Read MoreWatch: Church of Scotland animation explains PB
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This video from the Church of Scotland is a great way to quickly explain what participatory budgeting is and how it works.
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