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August 23, 2022

New video about participatory budgeting in South Lanarkshire schools

August 23, 2022/ Sheena Fletcher
New video about participatory budgeting in South Lanarkshire schools

South Lanarkshire Council have produced a new video which shows the impact of PB across SLC schools.

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August 23, 2022/ Sheena Fletcher/
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pb in schools, examples, videos
August 01, 2022

South Lanarkshire schools see 5% of PEF funding for PB

August 01, 2022/ Admin

Every school receiving Pupil Equity Funding set aside at least 5% of this budget for PB which enables children and young people to be actively engaged and involved in the purchase of learning resources.

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August 01, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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pb in schools, examples
July 11, 2022

Evaluation of GCC ‘Wee Green Grants’ Participatory Budgeting processes

July 11, 2022/ Admin

GCPH found that the the PB process was “an example of a strong, authentic and democratic PB process”.

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July 11, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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evaluation, examples
June 09, 2022

New training programme: Climate Democracy Action

June 09, 2022/ Admin

A new training programme around participatory strategies to drive local governments’ response to the climate crisis.

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June 09, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News
June 08, 2022

New video profiles Scottish PB

June 08, 2022/ Admin
New video profiles Scottish PB

A new video from EURACTIV has profiled Scottish participatory budgeting (PB) and how local authorities are working to 1% of budgets being subject to PB.

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June 08, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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examples, videos
May 20, 2022

A year of research: findings that address key PB challenges - People Powered

May 20, 2022/ Admin

People Powered have published insights from 2021-22 around participatory budgeting.

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May 20, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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evaluation, international
May 20, 2022

New PB qualification for young people launches in Fife

May 20, 2022/ Admin

A new qualification will support young people and community activists to use participatory budgeting (PB) to improve their local communities.

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May 20, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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May 18, 2022

Gorbals Ideas Fund publishes new PB strategy

May 18, 2022/ Admin

Gorbals Ideas Fund has published a new strategy exploring how it aims to expand its PB activity over the next three years.

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May 18, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News
April 21, 2022

Craigshill Community Choices – deadline extended for funding applications

April 21, 2022/ Sheena Fletcher
Craigshill Community Choices – deadline extended for funding applications

A new pilot project is part of the wider development of participatory budgeting (PB) in West Lothian, led by West Lothian Community Choices. It aims to improve the overall wellbeing of individuals and families in Craigshill through addressing key issues facing the community.

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April 21, 2022/ Sheena Fletcher/ Comment
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April 20, 2022

Blog series explores deliberation

April 20, 2022/ Admin

A series of blogs explores deliberative democracy: what it is, why it’s powerful, why the time is right for it, how it works, and how to get it going in your community.

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April 20, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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Deliberation, blogs
April 14, 2022

Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group: report

April 14, 2022/ Admin

This report explores how the Scottish Government's ambition for change can be delivered to make Scotland’s democracy more participative and inclusive.

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April 14, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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evaluation, policy, reports
April 14, 2022

PB Job with Dundee Carers Centre

April 14, 2022/ Admin

The postholder will work with carers of all ages, disabled people, the Carers Centre, locality teams and the wider community to test a participatory budgeting approach in localities.

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April 14, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News
April 12, 2022

PB from Scottish schools highlighted in Pupil Equity Fund Report

April 12, 2022/ Admin

A Pupil Equity Fund report has detailed how participatory budgeting (PB) has been used in schools to support wider democratic involvement of children and young people.

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April 12, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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evaluation, examples
March 28, 2022

Event blog: What's Next for Participatory Budgeting?

March 28, 2022/ Admin

Read insights and ideas from this People Powered event which explored what needs to be done to use PB to address climate change, pursue social justice, and expand democracy across the globe.

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March 28, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News, Static
evaluation, learning event reports
March 11, 2022

Youth Participatory Budgeting (PB) Accelerator Toolkit and DIY Manual – Free On-line Launch Events 

March 11, 2022/ Admin

A new toolkit provides detailed guidance to support the design and delivery of youth led PB.

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March 11, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News
February 02, 2022

New Digital Participation Resource launches

February 02, 2022/ Admin

A new resource from People Powered takes you through each step of developing digital tools for your participatory budgeting project.

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February 02, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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guides, digital pb
February 02, 2022

New project to explore PB and democracy across Europe

February 02, 2022/ Admin

This new piece of work from Demsoc will explore how participatory budgeting lead to greater and more informed citizen participation in policy-making.

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February 02, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News
January 24, 2022

New Elected Member PB Briefing Note

January 24, 2022/ Admin

The briefing covers mainstream PB, the role of elected members in PB and key considerations for carrying out PB by local authorities.

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January 24, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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elected members, policy
January 17, 2022

School PB: South Lanarkshire Schools runs PB process

January 17, 2022/ Admin

The South Lanarkshire School brought together a PB planning group with children from P1 - P7 and had all staff and pupils able to vote on their priorities.

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January 17, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
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examples
January 12, 2022

2020/21 PB World Atlas published

January 12, 2022/ Admin

Oficina has published the latest Participatory Budgeting ​World Atlas, a detailed summary of where and how PB is taking place across the globe.

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January 12, 2022/ Admin/ Comment
News, Static
international, guides
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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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