The PB Charter sets out seven key features of what a fair and high-quality PB process should be, accompanied by guiding statements which describe what those features should look like in practice.
Read MoreDemocracy Beyond Elections highlights democratic innovations
/Democracy Beyond Elections is an emerging collaborative campaign to win structural democracy reforms that deepen participatory democracy and civic engagement, beyond and between elections.
Read MoreInformal networking event: 28 June, The Melting Pot, Edinburgh
/Join other PB practitioners for an informal information and networking event.
Read MorePB and the Church of Scotland
/The Church of Scotland has published a new webpage and leaflet which highlights the church's role in supporting PB.
Read MoreNew video shows how US elected officials have been supporting PB
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The video features inputs from a range of elected officials who talk about the impact PB has had in building trust between voters and officials.
Read MoreScottish Government publishes PB evaluation
/The research set out to study the impact of PB on communities, services, local democracy, and tackling inequalities.
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 MoreParticipatory Budgeting: a model for involvement - GDA Event, 25 June
/Come and join the discussions, as GDA members share learning from their Budgeting for Equality phase 2 pilot project.
Read MoreCommunity Choices Canal online voting goes live
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Residents who live in the Canal ward in Glasgow are able cast three vote for their favourite projects.
Read MoreDemocracy Matters conversation analysis published
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The Scottish Government and COSLA have published an analysis of the Democracy Matters consultation, run last year as part of the Local Governance Review.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting Fun Day in Milton
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On Saturday 11th May a group of GDA members, supported by GDA, organised the Big Milton Fun day!
Read MoreGlasgow Ward 6 Community Choices website
/Ward 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 MoreParticipatory Budgeting in Indonesia: Past, Present and Future
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This piece reflects on the history and evolution of participatory budgeting in Indonesia across six cities.
Read MoreOnline PB in Reykjavik: making democracy easier and more fun
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As 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.
Looking for Community Choices? - Scottish Government funding for PB in 2019/20
/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 MoreCommunities making their choice in Ferguslie Park
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We attended the Ferguslie Park PB event and saw how local people are quietly using their talents to make a real difference.
Read MoreOpening the Black Box in Dalmellington
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Paul Nelis went along to the Dalmellington PB voting event to see what transparency looks like in practice.
Read MoreYoung People across Moray showing us how PB is done!
/Following on from a successful pilot event in Speyside, Moray YP Decide has been on a mammoth task to carry out 7 PB events
Read MorePollok PB event success sees young people decide on £200k
/Held at the Silverburn Cineworld, the event saw young people vote on the projects important to them.
Read MoreGoing Forward for South Carrick
/Hear 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.
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