PB in Action: Kilwinning’s young people decide!
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Kilwinning’s young people came out in force at the weekend to secure over £3500 for community projects in the town.
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Participation of Midlothian
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On Saturday 21st May 2016, 349 local residents in a disadvantaged area of Midlothian decided how to spend £30,000 on projects supporting people struggling financially. PB Scotland was there to capture the action.
Read MoreDigital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme
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This publication from Demsoc presents the findings of a research project into the use of digital tools to support Participatory Budgeting (PB), in the context of the requirements of local councils in Scotland.
Read MoreSpringhall gets a spring in its step - PB in South Lanarkshire
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In January 2016, South Lanarkshire Council and partners organised PB events in four locations in South Lanarkshire which took place across two days. The events allowed local people to decide how best to spend money on facilities and activities for young people. PB Scotland reports from one of the events, held in Springhall Community Centre.
Read MoreEvaluating Participatory Budgeting
/Public Agenda in the USA has released 15 key metrics for evaluation and a toolkit to provide common measures of success in participatory budgeting (PB). The North American PB Research Board, in collaboration with the USA based PB Project helped to develop these tools. The methodology used ‘will have universal application, even outside the USA and Canada’.
You can find out more and download the toolkit here.
Introductory Guide to Participatory Budgeting
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This guide to Participatory Budgeting has been written by leading experts on PB in the UK. Funded by donations from consultancy work done by PB Partners, it covers all the basic information you need to understand how PBcontributes towards the democratic community engagement work of local authorities and public bodies.
It includes information on the Values, Principles and Standards underpinning all high quality PB work, the background to how it has developed in the UK, the advocacy work of the Network and PB Partners and includes case studies of 4 successful PB programmes.
You can download your free copy from PB Network
Elected member briefing note on participatory budgeting
/This briefing note explains how PB can work in practice, how it contributes to the work of elected members and how elected members can support PB in their communities.
You can read the full report here.
Participatory Budgeting Projects in Scotland
/The Scottish Government has collated examples of participatory budgeting from around Scotland in this report, intended to be a working document that will evolve as PB grows across Scotland.
You can read the full report here.
Introduction to Participatory Budgeting in Scotland
/A report on a series of workshops to local authorities in Scotland, delivered in autumn 2014 by PB Partners and commissioned by the Scottish Government.
You can read more here.
