In this series Katey Tabner, Social Inclusion Officer for PB at COSLA provides an overview of mainstream PB activity across Scottish local authorities.
Read MoreCOSLA are advertising three new posts centred around participatory budgeting (PB).
Read MoreShare your ideas about how PB can help government, nationally and locally, work better for its people.
Read MoreThe Improvement Service has produced an updated version of its guidance around PB for elected members.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government and COSLA have launched a Local Governance Review to find out what changes are needed to encourage more people to be involved in local decision making.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government and COSLA have announced that at least 1% of local government budgets will be decided through participatory budgeting (PB) by the end of 2021, with £100 million in council funds potentially available
Read MoreThis is a high-profile area of work that will cover the development and expansion of Community Choices budgeting across Local Authorities in Scotland.
Read MoreThis is the report from the Scottish Government’s Community Safety Unit and COSLA's Community Wellbeing Champions Initiative, which ran PB pilots in five areas across Scotland in 2010.
Read the full report here.
Participatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
A 60-second guide
to PB
PB Scotland is developed by the
Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)
with funding from the Scottish Government.
For more information please contact info@pbscotland.scot.
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