Our Money, Our Planet: PB and the environment
/PB Partners are delivering a series of free events across the UK in response to the Climate Change emergency.
Read MorePB Partners are delivering a series of free events across the UK in response to the Climate Change emergency.
Read MoreCome and join the discussions, as GDA members share learning from their Budgeting for Equality phase 2 pilot project.
Read MoreResidents who live in the Canal ward in Glasgow are able cast three vote for their favourite projects.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government and COSLA have published an analysis of the Democracy Matters consultation, run last year as part of the Local Governance Review.
Read MoreOn Saturday 11th May a group of GDA members, supported by GDA, organised the Big Milton Fun day!
Read MoreWard 6 Community Choices is a £200,000 project which will make funding available for activities, events and more in Pollokshields, Shawlands & Strathbungo, Craigton, Dumbreck and some neighbouring areas in 2019.
Read MoreThis piece reflects on the history and evolution of participatory budgeting in Indonesia across six cities.
Read MoreAs part of their work developing the use of digital participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland, Demsoc has been sharing inspiring examples of how digital tools have been used for PB around the world. This time they’re looking at Reykjavik’s long-standing PB process. This blog was written with the help of Róbert Bjarnason, who gave them a short interview about Reykjavik’s PB process. Róbert is Chief Exec of Citizens Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation, whose technology has been used in this process. Citizens Foundation are also one of the providers we’ve worked with to support digital PB in Scotland.
Read more here.
If you want to apply for Scottish Government funding for running a PB initiative in 2019/20, you will have to apply to the new Investing in Communities Fund.
Read MoreWe attended the Ferguslie Park PB event and saw how local people are quietly using their talents to make a real difference.
Read MorePaul Nelis went along to the Dalmellington PB voting event to see what transparency looks like in practice.
Read MoreFollowing on from a successful pilot event in Speyside, Moray YP Decide has been on a mammoth task to carry out 7 PB events
Read MoreHeld at the Silverburn Cineworld, the event saw young people vote on the projects important to them.
Read MoreHear from Girvan Youth Trust about their PB process which saw £25,000 to give out in grants of up to £2,500 to groups in South Carrick.
Read MoreThe group is a national online platform to connect, discuss, share information and learning around PB.
Read MoreEarlier in the year we asked the 850 strong PB Scotland Network members to tell us their ideas and thoughts about how we can develop participatory budgeting training in Scotland.
Read MoreMaryhill Housing Association and YOMO took the bold step to enable young people to lead the PB process for Ruchill and Maryhill.
Read MoreLinking Communities is an umbrella group made up of representatives from Barrhead, Neilston and Thornliebank
Read MoreWe’ve been reporting in all the amazing PB that’s been happening across Scotland. Catch up here.
Read MoreThe young people of Ferguslie park successfully held a fun packed PB event on Friday, 29th March 2019. The results are in.
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.
For more information please contact info@pbscotland.scot.
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