Police in Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Council are inviting people to vote for projects designed to create a city free from Islamophobia on Saturday 28th January 2017. It is also possible to vote online and in public libraries.
Read MoreYou wouldn't normally expect to combine decision-making about local funding with a full pipe band on Burns night. But when decisions are put in the hands of the community, anything seems possible. Read PB Scotland's report from the Govan community budgeting event on the 25th January 2017.
Read MoreWhat Works Scotland (WWS) has produced a new paper presenting findings and reflections from ongoing research in the WWS Participatory Budgeting programme, and signposting future directions for inquiry and practice.
Read MoreThis paper presents findings and reflections from ongoing research in the What Works Scotland (WWS) Participatory Budgeting programme, and signposts future directions for inquiry and practice.
Read MoreThis event provides an opportunity to discuss some of the opportunities and challenges of ‘digital democracy’ for Scottish local authorities, and to hear from some leading pioneers in our research from across Europe.
Read MoreThe Troon and Villages 'Decision Day' is taking place on Saturday 25th February 2016, 11am-2pm where you will be able to decided how £38,000 is distributed to groups in the local area.
Read MoreOn the 26th January a session on participatory budgeting will give in an insight into the how the process works and how it contributes to the public service reform agenda.
Read MoreOn Wednesday 22nd February 2017 you're invited to attend the first learning event for PB Scotland Network members.
Read MoreIn January community groups and residents from across the city are being invited to identify projects which can make a real difference to the place they live.
Read MorePB Scotland recently helped promote 'Shared Vision - Your Decision', an Edinburgh based initiative enabling local people to decide how public money is spent in eradicating Islamophobia and associated prejudice behaviour. Sergeant Scott Kennedy of Police Scotland has provided the following blog to update on progress so far.
Read MoreAround 160 people turned out to take part in the Maybole and North Carrick decision day event. This is the second PB event in the town this year and saw £26,000 being distributed to active community groups.
Read MoreWe are looking initially for a small group of people to come together to establish a core reference group for network activities and for advising on policy as participatory democracy in Scotland grows.
Read MorePB Partners are delivering training for people auditing public sector programmes or reporting on outcomes on Monday, 6 February 2017 from 10:00 to 15:00 (GMT) in Edinburgh.
Read MoreNorth Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership and The Scottish Government are jointly funding a £50,000 Participatory Budgeting (PB) initiative to improve mental health and wellbeing in North Ayrshire.
Read MoreComhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Outer Hebrides Community Planning Partnership and Hi-Trans have been recognised for the ground breaking work that has been undertaken to promote community engagement at the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland 2016/17.
Read MoreNorth Ayrshire have now completed their PB pilot. The events were well supported, attracting in excess of 550 local people and community groups who took part in deciding how the £72,000 grant funding would be allocated.
Read MoreOur goal is create a searchable database of information about past, present and future PB activity in Scotland - and you can help.
Read MoreFor this event the community were invited to celebrate not only the range of community projects who applied, but also St Andrew’s day and so they enjoyed a steak pie meal, a bagpiper, a local musician and more at this fun family event which culminated in the projects receiving funding that would help them develop their ideas.
Read MoreAs part of the "Your Community" initiative, there is £25,000 available for projects in local communities to improve neighbourhoods.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
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