Mainstreaming Participatory Budgeting
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This guide from PB Network and PB Partners aims to support public sector organisations wishing to develop ‘mainstream’ Participatory Budgeting
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Community members come out in force in South Lanarkshire
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Hundreds of local residents in South Lanarkshire attended a number of ‘Community Decision Making Days’ to have their say on how funding should be allocated in their local area.
Read MoreUpcoming Partick West Community Budgeting event
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Glasgow Community Planning Partnership will be holding the latest of its Community Budgeting public engagement events in Partick on Friday 25th November 2016
Read MoreSURF PB Conference report
/Our colleagues over at SURF have produced an excellent take on the International PB Conference which we held last month.
Read MoreNorth Ayrshire's Young People take PB Lead
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North Ayrshire Council and Young Scot launch one of Scotland’s largest ever online participatory budgeting exercises exclusively for young people.
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Review of 1st Generation Participatory Budgeting in Scotland
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This What Works Scotland review of participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland is based on an analysis of existing evidence about the PB processes that have taken place in Scotland up until June 2016.
Read More£eith Decides again
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£eith Decides has announced the results of its well-established PB process with a total of £44,184 being distributed to 24 community initiatives.
Read MorePB videos - home and abroad
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Following on from our recent international PB conference, we highlight two videos on PB - one from Edinburgh and one from Kenya.
Read MoreThe International PB Conference 2016 - Event report→
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The International PB Conference brought together more than 200 people across two days to learn about participatory budgeting (PB) and see how it can help shape democracy in Scotland and beyond.
Read MoreReview of participatory budgeting in Scotland
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What Works Scotland has published a review of participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland, based on an analysis of existing evidence about the PB processes that have taken place in Scotland up until June 2016.
Read MorePB in Action: Uist and Barra bus project
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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.
Read MoreNew PB grant making 'how to' guide available
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Specifically written with community led organisations in mind but also useful for front line workers or local authorities starting out on using Participatory Budgeting, this guide lays out a simple 10 step process for PB grant making, from forming a planning group right through to monitoring and evaluation.
Read MoreGrant making through Participatory Budgeting
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Specifically written with community led organisations in mind but also useful for front line workers or local authorities starting out on using Participatory Budgeting, this guide lays out a simple 10 step process for PB grant making, from forming a planning group right through the monitoring and evaluation.
Read MoreCommunity Choices Fund recipients announced
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The Scottish Government has announced which community organisations and local authorities have been successful in applying for funding to distribute through participatory budgeting processes.
Read MoreCivic Activism toolkit
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An online toolkit from Northern Ireland with useful introductions to a range of methods for getting local people more involved in decision making.
Read MoreShaping Budgeting: Evaluation of process by PB Partners
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This evaluation by PB Partners describes the process, achievements and learning from a participatory budgeting initative in Aberdeen where young people had their say on how £50,000 of underspend.
Read MoreApplications are now open for 2016 PB event in Brechin
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Applications are now open for Brechin's next round of Your Budget Your Choice. An online app has been set up to post ideas onto.
Read MoreBringing more to Moray
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In the latest events as part of tsiMoray’s ‘Canny Wi’ Cash’ initiative, eighteen charities and community groups have benefited from a total of £15,000, which has been distributed through a PB voting process.
Read MorePrestwick and surrounding villages - South Ayrshire recieve funding through PB
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25 community groups are celebrating after landing fresh funding to help support their work. Around 100 people turned out to take part in the 'Prestwick and Villages Decides' event.
Read MoreProposal to put £1m a year per council ward into PB in Glasgow
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Proposals have been made within Glasgow City Council to commit £1m per council ward to participatory budgeting.
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