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October 06, 2021

Blog: Participatory budgeting for a rights based approach to recovery

October 06, 2021/ Admin

Ellie Craig, MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart has published a blog about the role of PB in encouraging young people to become involved in decision making.

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October 04, 2021

Learning event: The Way Forward for PB in Scotland, 18th Nov 2021

October 04, 2021/ Admin

Thursday 18th November, 9:30 – 12:30, online

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October 04, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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October 01, 2021

The result are in for Partick and Thornwood Ideas Fund

October 01, 2021/ Admin

Funded by the Scottish Government’s Investing in Communities fund, and organised by Annexe Communities, the PB process saw grants on offer between range from £150 to £1,000.

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October 01, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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September 07, 2021

Climate PB part of 2021 programme for government

September 07, 2021/ Admin

Participatory budgeting, with a focus on tackling the climate emergency, has been featured as a part of the 2021 Scottish Government's Programme for Government.

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September 07, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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August 26, 2021

Grants up for grabs in community democracy project

August 26, 2021/ Admin
Grants up for grabs in community democracy project

Partick and Thornwood Ideas Fund opening for applications from 1st to the 14th September 2021.

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August 26, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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August 06, 2021

Calling North East Edinburgh – Dial in your vote!

August 06, 2021/ Admin

The Ripple Project will be running a PB Process in October called ‘LCR Stands Up’ (Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny areas in North East Edinburgh).

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August 06, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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July 27, 2021

£10,000 into community projects following public vote

July 27, 2021/ Sarah Jane Mc Geown
£10,000 into community projects following public vote

A total of 31 community and voluntary sector organisations operating in Greater Cumbernauld have been awarded small grant funding following an innovative exercise in which local citizens decided which community proposals were funded.

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July 05, 2021

PB in Schools: US schools to decide on covid relief funds using PB

July 05, 2021/ Admin

A Rhode Island school district us set to use participatory budgeting (PB) to decided how to spend $100,000 of federal covid-19 relief funds.

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July 05, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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July 02, 2021

New book explores how to use participatory budgeting to address climate change

July 02, 2021/ Admin

A new book explores how to use participatory budgeting to address climate change, using lessons from experiences across the globe.

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June 14, 2021

The results are in: PB in North Ayrshire

June 14, 2021/ Admin

North Ayrshire Council has shared the latest statistics for its youth participatory budgeting processes during 20/21.

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June 14, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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May 28, 2021

Youth-led Participatory Budgeting in North Ayrshire

May 28, 2021/ Admin

This article and podcast from Demsoc explores the work from North Ayrshire Council and their youth-focused PB activity.

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May 28, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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May 27, 2021

Community projects benefit from new Queens Cross initiative

May 27, 2021/ Admin
Community projects benefit from new Queens Cross initiative

Four projects received a share of £15,000 through Queens Cross Connected; a participatory budgeting project funded by Glasgow City Council’s Communities Fund and Queens Cross Community Involvement Groups.

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May 27, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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April 30, 2021

Young people call for say on school budget decisions

April 30, 2021/ Admin

The Scottish Youth Parliament's Manifesto for the next 5 years calls for young people to be able to contribute to school budgetary decisions

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April 30, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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April 15, 2021

Scotland Local Democracy Lab workshop

April 15, 2021/ Admin

Do you want to discuss the condition of democracy in Scotland through the lens of present challenges?

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April 15, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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March 12, 2021

New Online Course: How to Engage Immigrants & Refugees in Participatory Budgeting

March 12, 2021/ Admin

Learn how to make PB and other participatory processes more inclusive, engaging, and empowering for immigrants, refugees, and IDPs with the latest training from People Powered.

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March 12, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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March 03, 2021

Our Digital PB - Research and Learning Programme

March 03, 2021/ Admin

SCDC and Demsoc working together to explore what digital participatory budgeting (PB) might look like for communities in the future

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March 03, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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February 09, 2021

Participatory budgeting profiled in Ed Miliband podcast

February 09, 2021/ Admin

The episode features interviews with Shari Davies from the Participatory Budgeting Project in the US, Brazilian political scientist Rebecca Abers and PB Network's Jez Hall.

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February 09, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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February 09, 2021

Falkirk PB kicks off with £3 million fund

February 09, 2021/ Admin

Falkirk Council has launched its Community Choices participatory budgeting process. With £3 million available over two years, local communities can now submit expressions of interest.

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February 09, 2021/ Admin/ Comment
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November 25, 2020

Watch: Digital PB Learning Event

November 25, 2020/ Admin

Here’s your chance to catch up on what we discussed during our digital PB learning event.

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November 25, 2020/ Admin/ Comment
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November 19, 2020

New Online Course: Participatory Budgeting for Climate Change

November 19, 2020/ Admin

People Powered have announced new course where participants will learn how to engage more community members in addressing climate change, together.

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November 19, 2020/ Admin/ Comment
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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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