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April 02, 2019

The results are in for Ferguslie Community Choices event

April 02, 2019/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
The results are in for Ferguslie Community Choices event

The young people of Ferguslie park successfully held a fun packed PB event on Friday, 29th March 2019. The results are in.

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April 02, 2019/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
News, PB Event reports
Ferguslie park, Tannahill centre, event, young people
March 13, 2019

PB event report: Leith Chooses Equality

March 13, 2019/ David Reilly
PB event report: Leith Chooses Equality

Leith Chooses introduces an innovative way to actively include members of the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Leith, but how? David Reilly went along to their event in February and shares all in this blog.

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March 13, 2019/ David Reilly/ Comment
Reports & Ideas, PB Event reports, Static
leith chooses, Inequalities, voting, event, Tag1, inclusion-3, learning event reports
December 11, 2018

PB Mainstreaming event - slides from the day

December 11, 2018/ Admin

This event explored what works in building foundations for a more participatory democracy.

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December 11, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
event, mainstream pb
November 18, 2018

Mainstreaming Participatory Budgeting: Awareness Raising/Training Events, Nov-Dec

November 18, 2018/ Admin
Mainstreaming Participatory Budgeting: Awareness Raising/Training Events, Nov-Dec

Join PB Partners for these awareness raising sessions about the future of PB in Scotland.

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November 18, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
Reports & Ideas
training, event, pb partners, mainstream pb
October 08, 2018

Hope for the Future

October 08, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
Hope for the Future

PB success in Speyside brings more Community Choices to Moray!

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October 08, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
News, Static
moray, event, young people, speyside, examples
September 14, 2018

Celebrate Kilmarnock: Our PB Story

September 14, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
Celebrate Kilmarnock: Our PB Story

Celebrate Kilmarnock share their PB story so far in their latest newsletter.

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September 14, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
News
event, kilmarnock
September 05, 2018

Webinar: A Charter for Participatory Budgeting in Scotland

September 05, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
Webinar: A Charter for Participatory Budgeting in Scotland

You're invited to one of our webinars about developing a PB Charter for Scotland. We will think about ‘What principles should underpin good quality PB in Scotland?’

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September 05, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
Reports & Ideas
pb webinar, event, pb charter
August 31, 2018

Voice Your Choice Voting Events 2018, Edinburgh

August 31, 2018/ Admin
Voice Your Choice Voting Events 2018, Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s employability themed participatory budgeting programme has moved into the voting stages and you are invited to attend.

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August 31, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
edinburgh, event, employability
August 21, 2018

North Ayrshire PB: Date set for Cumbraes, Fairlie, Largs, Skelmorlie and West Kilbride event

August 21, 2018/ Admin

Local people can bid for up to £1,200 from a pot of £20,644 to help make a difference in their communities.

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August 21, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
north ayrshire, event
July 24, 2018

‘Cost of the School Day’ Project

July 24, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
‘Cost of the School Day’ Project

Participatory budgeting being use as a method to help deliberate and decide on projects that would have an impact upon reducing the ‘cost of the school day’ in Midlothian.

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July 24, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
News, Static
event, small grants, midlothian council, schools, young people, examples
July 20, 2018

Gorbals Ideas Fund- Big Summer Shindig

July 20, 2018/ Admin
Gorbals Ideas Fund- Big Summer Shindig

On Saturday 4th August Gorbals Ideas Fund will host their second Community Voting Event – Your Community, Your Choice!

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July 20, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
event, Gorbals Idea Fund
July 09, 2018

Chance to help improve community life in Strathearn and Strathallan

July 09, 2018/ Admin
Chance to help improve community life in Strathearn and Strathallan

Strathearn & Strathallan communities will decide how grants of up to £4000 should be spent to make the area better for the people who live here.

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July 09, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
applications, event, Strathearn, Strathallan, perth and kinross
July 02, 2018

Voice Your Choice Launch Event in Edinburgh

July 02, 2018/ Admin
Voice Your Choice Launch Event in Edinburgh

The launch event aims to provide information to community organisations on the process of submitting a project proposal to the Voice Your Choice fund.

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July 02, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
event, Voice Your Choice, Launch, edinburgh
June 22, 2018

Youth in Action

June 22, 2018/ Admin
Youth in Action

A short film by South Glasgow Youthbank highlighting the importance of involving young people in Participatory Budgeting


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June 22, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News, Static
event, film, South Glasgow Youthbank, young people, resource, videos
June 15, 2018

Local authority cluster learning events - June 2018

June 15, 2018/ Admin

These workshops are an opportunity for Local Authority staff to consider how best to develop mainstream models of participatory budgeting.

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June 15, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
local authorities, councils, training, mainstream pb, event
June 05, 2018

Your Voice Your Choice: Sharing the Experience from Musselburgh

June 05, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
Your Voice Your Choice: Sharing the Experience from Musselburgh

Tuesday evening Musselburgh Area Partnership held an event to showcase their evaluation process of ‘Your Voice Your Choice’ programme.

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June 05, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
News, Reports & Ideas, PB Event reports
event, Musselburgh Area Partnership, community choices, evaluation, edinburgh
May 23, 2018

Young people star in PB events across Scotland

May 23, 2018/ Admin

The Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office has provided an update on the PB work that's been taking place across Scotland.

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May 23, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
churches, event, young people, small grants
May 21, 2018

Health and Wellbeing for all ages: Money for Moray

May 21, 2018/ Admin
Health and Wellbeing for all ages: Money for Moray

Over 300 people from across Moray packed the hall to see 36 groups giving short presentations in the hope of persuading the audience to vote for their project.

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May 21, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
Reports & Ideas
money for moray 2018, community choices fund, event, results
April 27, 2018

A first for Barrhead Housing Association

April 27, 2018/ Admin
A first for Barrhead Housing Association

Barrhead Housing Association hosted its first Community Choices event at The Foundry, Barrhead on Saturday 17th March 2018.

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April 27, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
Barrhead housing association, voting, small grants, event, scottish government, learning event reports
February 12, 2018

Funding from Festival 2018 available for groups in East Dunbartonshire

February 12, 2018/ Admin
Funding from Festival 2018 available for groups in East Dunbartonshire

A fund has opened for groups in East Dunbartonshire who want to produce cultural and arts activity in their local community, as part of Festival 2018 – the cultural programme for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.

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February 12, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
News
Funding, event, Festival 2018, Our Place Fund, East Dunbartonshire
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PB Scotland

Participatory budgeting in Scotland.

What is PB?

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.

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