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November 13, 2018

Shaping North Ayrshire: North Coast PB Results, Nov 2018

November 13, 2018/ Admin

597 people voted for the local initiatives they wanted to receive funding to make a positive impact in the North Coast area.

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November 12, 2018

PB jobs: Digital, Training & Social Inclusion posts at COSLA

November 12, 2018/ Admin

COSLA are advertising three new posts centred around participatory budgeting (PB).

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November 12, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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jobs, Vacancy, cosla
November 06, 2018

Fae the Ground Up: New film profiles the Spirit of Ruchill and Possilpark PB

November 06, 2018/ Admin
Fae the Ground Up: New film profiles the Spirit of Ruchill and Possilpark PB

Learn about this PB work in Ruchill and Possilpark, part of Spirit of 2012’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games legacy programme.

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November 06, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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Ruchill, Possilpark, videos
October 25, 2018

#PBFest18: New video on Leith chooses PB

October 25, 2018/ Admin
#PBFest18: New video on Leith chooses PB

Leith Chooses has produced a video which details the latest participatory budgeting process happening in the local area.

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October 25, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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leith, leith chooses, videos
October 23, 2018

#PBFest18: Participation, Budgets and Young People - Young Scot

October 23, 2018/ Admin
#PBFest18: Participation, Budgets and Young People - Young Scot

Online: Young Scot and YouthLink Scotland will present this 30 minute webinar around young people’s involvement in PB.

Organised by Young Scot and YouthLink.

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October 23, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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#pbfest-25, #pbfest18
October 19, 2018

#PBFest: International and digital participatory budgeting meetup

October 19, 2018/ Admin
#PBFest: International and digital participatory budgeting meetup

Edinburgh; This event will offer a glimpse of some of the exciting developments for digital participatory budgeting from across the world.

Demsoc

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October 19, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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pbfest-23, #Pbfest18
October 15, 2018

PB: EAvolution - East Ayrshire Council

October 15, 2018/ Admin

Kilmarnock: Join a discussion about how PB has evolved in East Ayrshire, where we are now and what the future of PB might look like.

East Ayrshire Council

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October 15, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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#Pbfest18, pbfest-23
October 09, 2018

North Ayrhsire PB events during #PBFest18

October 09, 2018/ Admin

North Ayrshire Council have a series of mainstream participatory budgeting events taking place as part of the PB Festival 2018.

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October 09, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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#pbfest8
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
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moray, event, young people, speyside, examples
September 25, 2018

Autism Friendly Shetland

September 25, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
Autism Friendly Shetland

‘Understanding Autism’ is a new video out now, funded by Shetland Community Choices, highlighting the lived experiences of Autism among people in Shetland.

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September 25, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
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Project, Shetland, community choices fund
September 25, 2018

The Speyside YP Decide workshop: ‘This is a brilliant way to make decisions!’

September 25, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
The Speyside YP Decide workshop: ‘This is a brilliant way to make decisions!’

Speyside took part in project development and process decision making (such as who gets to vote) at Speyside Community Centre on Friday 21st September 2018. Here’s a summary of the night.

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September 25, 2018/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown/ Comment
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young people, Event, speyside
September 20, 2018

Budgeting for Equality - a vital contribution to PB from disabled people

September 20, 2018/ Andrew Paterson
Budgeting for Equality - a vital contribution to PB from disabled people

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.

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September 20, 2018/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
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September 14, 2018

Planning and evaluating your PB

September 14, 2018/ Andrew Paterson
Planning and evaluating your PB

This new briefing by Glasgow Centre for Population Health aims to support community-based PB practitioners to monitor and evaluate PB processes.

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September 14, 2018/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
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evaluation, planning, gcph, how to, inclusion-3
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
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event, kilmarnock
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
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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 17, 2018

Vacancy: Demsoc - Digital Engagement Officer

August 17, 2018/ Admin

Are you passionate about developing and supporting participation and giving citizens the opportunity and tools to become active participants in decision-making?

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August 17, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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Vacancy, demsoc, job, digital pb
August 14, 2018

Opportunities to get involved in Participatory Budgeting

August 14, 2018/ Admin
Opportunities to get involved in Participatory Budgeting

As part of our commitment to Participatory Budgeting, and to celebrate 2018 being the Year of Young People, £40,000 has been set aside for youth work projects across Angus.

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August 14, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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applications, Augus Council, young people
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
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event, small grants, midlothian council, schools, young people, examples
July 23, 2018

Applications now open for 'Voice Your Choice' Edinburgh

July 23, 2018/ Admin
Applications now open for 'Voice Your Choice' Edinburgh

Applications for Joined Up for Integration’s ‘Voice Your Choice’ Participatory Budgeting opportunity are now open. 

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July 23, 2018/ Admin/ Comment
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applications, Capital City Partnership, voting
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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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