This resource looks at Participatory budgeting (PB) in schools from a Scottish and international perspective. It presents insights to the common school themes and points towards useful resources for practitioners.
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Green PB in Scotland→
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Green PB is a way for people to make direct decisions about how budgets are spent addressing climate change and reducing our carbon footprints.
Read MoreResearch: Supporting Community Access to Digital PB Tools in Scotland→
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Democratic Society and Scottish Community Development Centre hosted an exploratory and discovery research project to understand what community digital participatory budgeting could look like for communities in the future.
Read MoreAberdeenshire pupils use PB for climate action
/Aberdeenshire pupils have been involved in a participatory budgeting process which has seen 27 projects related to climate change and carbon reduction.
Read MoreEvent report: Growing PB through Digital Tools – 22 June 2023
/On 22 June PB practitioners joined the online Growing PB through Digital Tools workshop to hear from 3 PB approaches which used digital tools to reach out to a wider audience and involve them in budget decisions.
Read MorePB Scotland Guide: Digital Tools for PB→
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This resource highlight some useful digital tools which can support a Participatory Budgeting process - from complete solutions to useful individual tools.
Read MoreFirst Green PB Seal Issued! Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Partnership
/PB Scotland are delighted to announce that our first dedicated Green PB Seal has now been issued to the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Partnership for their recent Green PB Project in the North East of Scotland.
Read MoreA new way to recognise Green PB in Scotland→
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The Green PB Seal and Green PB Benefits Badge aim to highlight the positive impact participatory budgeting is having on Scotland’s drive to achieve a Just Transition to net-zero by 2045.
Read MoreBlog: How we're recognising Scotland Green PB Activity - PB Seal and Benefit Badge
/The Badges and Seals are being introduced to act as a simple way to recognise where Green PB activity has taken place.
Read MoreNational PB Strategic Group publishes annual report
/The report details the activity of the group and the overall development of PB activity during the year.
Read MoreCarers Community Budget launched in Dundee
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The Carers’ Partnership has funded Dundee Carers’ Centre to create and deliver a participatory budgeting project to improve the quality of life for unpaid carers in Dundee.
Read MorePolice Scotland PB sees £32k voted on in Caithness
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Police Scotland and Caithness Voluntary Group have announced the results of a participatory budgeting (PB) process to decide how £32,000 can be spent in the Caithness area.
Read MoreOur Green Participatory Budgeting Journey to Europe
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Francesca Lynch from PB Scotland shares her thoughts as green PB continues to progress.
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A Message from the Minister: Launching the Just Transition North East PB Fund
/Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Tom Arthur, speaks about the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund in the North East of Scotland.
Read More“Show me who participates in deciding your budget and I’ll see who you value.”
/Here, David Reilly, Communities and Networks Manager at The Poverty Alliance explores the role PB plays addressing poverty across Scotland, and what we need to do to truly challenge power and ensure decision making is accountable.
Read MoreUsing PB to challenge the poverty of participation in Ferguslie Park
/Here, David Reilly, Communities and Networks Manager at The Poverty Alliance shares his reflections on how we can use participatory budgeting (PB) to challenge the poverty of participation.
Read MoreSouth Lanarkshire schools see 5% of PEF funding for PB
/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.
Read MoreConnecting the dots: PB and community development
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In this blog Sam Jordan explores the connections between participatory budgeting and community development in Scotland.
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