UK PB conference write up available
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The write up is now available from the PB Network national conference, which was held in Birmingham on the 26th October 2015.
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Top 10 ways to make your event more accessible - Euan's Guide→
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Accessible venues are an essential part of making sure your participatory budgeting event is accessible. This guide provides some tips to help make sure that happens.
Read MoreApplications now open for sixth year of £eith Decides:
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The application period for this year's £eith Decides is open from 11am Saturday 24 October until 5pm Wednesday 18 November. Community projects in Leith are invited to apply for funding from a pot of more than £22,000 as part of one of the longest running participatory budgeting projects in the UK.
Click here to read the full story on the City of Edinburgh Council website.
UK PB Network National Gathering
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Book your ticket for the UK PB Network National Gathering.
Read MoreA welcome from the Minister
/Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment, Marco Biagi, introduces, and sets the context for, PB Scotland
Read MorePB Network
/The PB Network is the UK's independent body advocating for learning and innovation in Participatory Budgeting. As well as being a great resource in itself, the website contains a wide range of case studies, reports and videos about PB in the UK and worldwide.
See more at http://pbnetwork.org.uk/resources/
PB in Action: Angus
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The people of East Brechin are being invited to spend a budget of £20,000 on initiative to improve wellbeing in their area.
Read MorePB in Action: Midlothian
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Midlothian Council is working with Coalfields Regeneration Trust to deliver a Participatory Budgeting (PB) project in Woodburn and Dalkeith.
Read MorePB in Action blog posts
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PB Scotland is featuring a series of updates from Scottish local authorities who have been supported to engage in PB activity by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government is part-funding PB consultancy support delivered by PB Partners during 2015/16 to twenty local authorities across Scotland signed up for PB activity in their area.
You can read these updates below.
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About PB Scotland
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PB Scotland is a new website for sharing and learning about the great work being done by PB initiatives around Scotland.
Read MorePB in Action: Fife
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A number of local events have taken place in Fife which are promoting PB approaches - along £500k devolved to local communities to spend on their priorities.
Read MorePB in Action: Western Isles
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Read of two PB projects are underway in the Western Isles, one focusing on the local transport budget and another as part small youth grants.
Read MorePB in Action: Highlands
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PB has been a key area of development in the Highlands, with a series of events taking place across the year around funds of more than £60k.
Read MorePB in Action: Glasgow
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As part of the approach to community planning Glasgow City Council is rolling out community budgeting to local areas so local people have greater influence over, and input into, how services are developed and delivered.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting and community services
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Jez Hall from PB Partners discusses the potential role of participatory budgeting in the future of community service provision.
Read MorePB feature on 'Creating a Fairer Scotland' website
/The Scottish Government's Creating a Fairer Scotland website features the story of MutualGain PB initiative in Manchester, which Community Empowerment Minister Marco Biagi recently visited along with a PB project in Durham.
Read more here.
Call for citizen participation in spending 1% of UK public budgets
/In March 2015, the Open Government Manifesto, a group of UK based civil society organisations, called for citizen participation in spending 1% of UK public budgets. Registered users on the group's website can support and rate the idea.
Read more here.
Participatory Budgeting Leaflet
/A leaflet produced by the Scottish Government to provide background information on participatory budgeting (PB) and an overview of developing PB activity and support across Scotland.
Read the full leaflet here.
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.
PB Working Group
/Members of the PB Working Group are working with the Scottish Government to build capacity in Scotland to ensure PB is delivered in a meaningful and sustainable way. Members are Fiona Garven, Scottish Community Development Centre, Angus Hardie, Scottish Community Alliance, Dr. Oliver Escobar, University of Edinburgh, Martin Johnstone, Faith in Community Scotland and Felix Spittal, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
As featured on the Innovation Exchange website, Western Isles Council has used PB to engage withcommunities in Uist and Barra around the redesign of the local public bus services.