It’s Over to You! Promoting inclusion through PB in Glasgow North
/Guten Tag! Buenas Noches! Bonsoir! Good evening! were the welcomes which kicked off the evening at Woodside Hall in Maryhill on Thursday 20th April 2017.
Read MoreGuten Tag! Buenas Noches! Bonsoir! Good evening! were the welcomes which kicked off the evening at Woodside Hall in Maryhill on Thursday 20th April 2017.
Read MoreUpNorth! Community Chest has provided a blog reporting on the recent PB process in Tongue, Sutherland on the March 11th 2017.
Read MoreThe event in Orkney demonstrates the innate flexibility of the PB process. The inter-island vote and discussion on the day were a masterclass in co-operation.
Read MoreWhere else other than a PB event would community projects offer each other the free use of a hearing loop, a spare couple of desks for working at and hens for a chicken coop?
Read MoreIn March Castlemilk saw participatory budgeting with a twist. They called it ‘community funding’, but rather than being about a community of place this event was about funding for two school communities.
Read MoreKirkconnel and Kelloholm PB event this weekend was about more than just money, it gave lots of small groups the opportunity to be heard by their community. The audience showed their appreciation for them by listening carefully in absolute silence.
Read MoreThis event report of the Leith Links event in March 2017 shows how PB helped bring the community together through low fuss table top presentations, community discussions and social voting for £400 - £2,000.
Read MoreEast Ayrshire Tenants and Residents Federation use PB to benefit older and younger residents of Hurlford, Galston and Crookedholm.
Read MoreNorth Carrick use £80,000 to fund 4 projects that they hope will lead to transformational change in the surrounding villages.
Read MoreBurnfoot Community Futures is a long-standing active community organisation (established in 2006) who are delivering a local PB process in the Burnfoot area of Hawick in the Scottish Borders.
Read MoreRead the write up from the PB Scotland Network’s first learning event on the 22nd February at Townhead Village Hall in Glasgow.
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 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 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 MoreThis guide from PB Network and PB Partners aims to support public sector organisations wishing to develop ‘mainstream’ Participatory Budgeting
Read MoreHundreds 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 MoreThis 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 MoreThe 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 MoreSpecifically 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 MoreParticipatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
PB Scotland is developed by the
Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC)
with funding from the Scottish Government.
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