PB in Action: Ayrshire
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Colleagues from Ayrshire have let us know about some of the developments taking place in the early part of 2016, including community information meetings and PB training.
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Mini publics and free school meals
/Explore how Aberdeenshire used participatory budgeting and mini publics to address issues around free schools meals.
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 MoreDigital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme
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In 2015 the Scottish Government commissioned the Democratic Society to investigate options for PB digital tools. The report Digital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme is now available.
Read MoreFacilitation role for forthcoming PB project in Edinburgh
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Employability and Skills at the City of Edinburgh Council wishes to engage an organisation to facilitate their Participatory Budget programme for Activity Agreements
Read MoreGrow Your Group for PB in Fraserburgh
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A Grow Your Group Event wii take place on Saturday 5th March 10am - 12pm, Fraserburgh Community and Sports Centre to address the support needs of community groups hoping to benefit from "your voice, your choice" Participatory Budgeting (PB) Funding
Read MoreGrants available to help nurture Nairnshire
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Nairn Highland Councillors have set aside £25,000 from the local Ward Discretionary budget to let the local community decide for themselves which projects are needed in their area.
Read MoreLeith will decide how community cash gets spent
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In a continuation of previous PB work, people in Leith will be asked by Leith Neighbourhood Partnership to decide how a pot of more than £22,000 in funding should be spent on projects that benefit the local community.
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 MoreCouncils giving more power to people
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Communities will be able to vote on how councils spend money through a funding boost of nearly £500,000, Community Empowerment Minister Marco Biagi has announced. Thirteen councils will receive a share of the participatory budgeting fund, which will give people the opportunity to decide where investment should be directed in their local community.
Read MoreUpcoming PB event in Perth and Kinross to support carers
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Perth and Kinross is organising a PB event on 4th February 2016 to enable unpaid carers to be involved in deciding how money is spent to benefit them.
Read MoreAberdeen youngsters have say in how council underspend is used
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In what is a first for Aberdeen City Council, children and young people have been given a vote on how an underspend of £50,000 will be spent on activities in their local community.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in Scotland - new report
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The Glasgow Centre for Population Health and What Works Scotland have today published Participatory budgeting in Scotland to complement the launch of the Scottish Government’s new participatory budgeting website.
Read MoreThe National Standards for Community Engagement→
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The National Standards for Community Engagement are good-practice principles designed to improve and guide the process of community engagement.
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.
Get your PB activity on the PB Scotland website
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PB Scotland is looking to cover 6-8 future PB initiatives, capturing the enthusiasm, innovation and learning and sharing it on the website. We want to attend any live events, interview people involved and record the process using written, audio-visual and social media.
Read MoreCoalfields Regeneration Trust supports PB in Prestonpans
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On Saturday 7th November 2015, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) supported a PB event in Prestonpans, in which local people voted for their favourite projects and help decide who shares the £20,000 participatory budget provided by the CRT.
Read MoreIntroductory 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
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.
Read MoreTop 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.
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