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April 11, 2016

Public Participation in Decision Making - draft report

April 11, 2016/ Admin
Public Participation in Decision Making - draft report

The Democratic Society has published a draft paper which outlines methods of implementing the new public participation in decision making power described in the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act.

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demsoc, democracy, scottish government, scdc, participation, community empowerment, community empowerment (scotland) act, empowerment act, reports
April 11, 2016

PB in Action: Tackling disadvantage in Midlothian

April 11, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
PB in Action: Tackling disadvantage in Midlothian

Local residents in a disadvantaged area of Midlothian are being supported to decide how to spend £30,000 to support people who are struggling financially

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April 11, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
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April 08, 2016

PB across the pond

April 08, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
PB across the pond

Young people in Boston have been deciding where to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money.

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April 08, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
March 31, 2016

Local Glasgow community budgeting events in April

March 31, 2016/ Admin
Local Glasgow community budgeting events in April

Glasgow Community Planning Partnership has a series of events planned during April which will see £10,000 to be voted on in each Glasgow's 21 Area Partnerships.

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March 31, 2016/ Admin/ Comment
glasgow, local events, community budgeting, Community Planning Partnerships
March 24, 2016

PB in Action: Shetland

March 24, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
PB in Action: Shetland

Lerwick Community Council is organising and hosting a participatory budgeting event, 'Loot for Lerwick' on 21st May 2016.

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March 24, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
March 24, 2016

Local People Leading - Participatory Budgeting in Brechin

March 24, 2016/ Paul Nelis

PB Scotland reports from PB in the East Brechin where residents have allocated £20,000 to a variety of local community groups.

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March 24, 2016/ Paul Nelis/ Comment
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brechin, your budget, young people, nhs tayside, Brechin YBYC 20k, angus, learning event reports
March 11, 2016

PB in Action: North Ayrshire PB event, Kilwinning, Sat 19th March

March 11, 2016/ Admin
PB in Action: North Ayrshire PB event, Kilwinning, Sat 19th March

The first North Ayrshire PB event will take place on Saturday 19th March 2016. The event will be a chance for local community members aged 8+ to vote on £12,000 of funds for community organisations, who can bid for up to £700. 

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March 11, 2016/ Admin/ Comment
pb in action, north ayrshire, kilwinning, ayrshire
March 08, 2016

Carers Voice, Carers Choice! Participatory Budgeting Event

March 08, 2016/ Ciara Maguire
Carers Voice, Carers Choice! Participatory Budgeting Event

Singing, dancing and even a few tears - not something you might expect from a public decision making process but it was clear from the outset that the ‘Carers Voice, Carers Choice’ event in Perth was going to be something very different. We

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March 08, 2016/ Ciara Maguire/ Comment
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perth and kinross, PB, learning event reports
March 07, 2016

PB in Action: South West Edinburgh

March 07, 2016/ Admin

Edinburgh South West Neighbourhood Partnership has run a PB process where young people have decided on £10,000 for local projects.

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March 07, 2016/ Admin/ Comment
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March 04, 2016

Participatory budgeting in Scotland - GCPH and WWS report

March 04, 2016/ Admin
Participatory budgeting in Scotland - GCPH and WWS report

This paper from Glasgow Centre for Population Health and What Works Scotland outlines ten strategic PB design choices and ten principles for effective delivery.

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March 04, 2016/ Admin/ 2 Comments
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gcph, glasgow centre for population health, what works scotland, wws, What, reports
February 29, 2016

Better decisions, local priorities: Cardenden visit for £2m PB funding announcement

February 29, 2016/ Andrew Paterson & Sam Jordan

PB Scotland visits Cardenden to find out more about the local PB activity and a new £2m PB fund

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announcement, write up, marco biagi, Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment, scottish government, cardenden, fife, Coalfields Regeneration Trust, learning event reports
February 29, 2016

£2 million fund for PB in Scotland

February 29, 2016/ Admin
£2 million fund for PB in Scotland

These funds will enable further involvement from community organisations and other public bodies over the next year.

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February 29, 2016/ Admin/ Comment
announcement, funding, funds, scottish government, marco biagi, Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment
February 22, 2016

PB in Action: Ayrshire

February 22, 2016/ Admin
PB in Action: Ayrshire

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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February 22, 2016/ Admin/ Comment
pb in action, ayrshire, north ayrshire, east ayrshire, south ayrshire, information events, pb parnters, training
February 20, 2016

Mini publics and free school meals

February 20, 2016/ Admin

Explore how Aberdeenshire used participatory budgeting and mini publics to address issues around free schools meals.

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February 20, 2016/ Admin/ Comment
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February 18, 2016

Digital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme

February 18, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
Digital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme

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. 

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February 18, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
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PB, Demsoc, local authorities, scottish government, scotland, reports, digital pb
February 18, 2016

Digital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme

February 18, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
Digital Tools and Scotland's Participatory Budgeting Programme

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.

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February 18, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
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PB, scotland, How, digital pb
February 18, 2016

Facilitation role for forthcoming PB project in Edinburgh

February 18, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
Facilitation role for forthcoming PB project in Edinburgh

Employability and Skills at the City of Edinburgh Council wishes to engage an organisation to facilitate their Participatory Budget programme for Activity Agreements

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February 18, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
PB, edinburgh, facilitation, young people
February 15, 2016

Grow Your Group for PB in Fraserburgh

February 15, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
Grow Your Group for PB in Fraserburgh

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

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February 15, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
February 09, 2016

Grants available to help nurture Nairnshire

February 09, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
Grants available to help nurture Nairnshire

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.

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February 09, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
February 05, 2016

Leith will decide how community cash gets spent

February 05, 2016/ Andrew Paterson
Leith will decide how community cash gets spent

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.

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February 05, 2016/ Andrew Paterson/ Comment
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Participatory budgeting in Scotland.

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Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.

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