Blog: Participatory budgeting for a rights based approach to recovery
/Ellie Craig, MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart has published a blog about the role of PB in encouraging young people to become involved in decision making.
Read MoreEllie Craig, MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart has published a blog about the role of PB in encouraging young people to become involved in decision making.
Read MoreThursday 18th November, 9:30 – 12:30, online
Read MoreFunded by the Scottish Government’s Investing in Communities fund, and organised by Annexe Communities, the PB process saw grants on offer between range from £150 to £1,000.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting, with a focus on tackling the climate emergency, has been featured as a part of the 2021 Scottish Government's Programme for Government.
Read MorePartick and Thornwood Ideas Fund opening for applications from 1st to the 14th September 2021.
Read MoreThe Ripple Project will be running a PB Process in October called ‘LCR Stands Up’ (Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny areas in North East Edinburgh).
Read MoreA total of 31 community and voluntary sector organisations operating in Greater Cumbernauld have been awarded small grant funding following an innovative exercise in which local citizens decided which community proposals were funded.
Read MoreA Rhode Island school district us set to use participatory budgeting (PB) to decided how to spend $100,000 of federal covid-19 relief funds.
Read MoreA new book explores how to use participatory budgeting to address climate change, using lessons from experiences across the globe.
Read MoreNorth Ayrshire Council has shared the latest statistics for its youth participatory budgeting processes during 20/21.
Read MoreThis article and podcast from Demsoc explores the work from North Ayrshire Council and their youth-focused PB activity.
Read MoreFour projects received a share of £15,000 through Queens Cross Connected; a participatory budgeting project funded by Glasgow City Council’s Communities Fund and Queens Cross Community Involvement Groups.
Read MoreThe Scottish Youth Parliament's Manifesto for the next 5 years calls for young people to be able to contribute to school budgetary decisions
Read MoreDo you want to discuss the condition of democracy in Scotland through the lens of present challenges?
Read MoreLearn how to make PB and other participatory processes more inclusive, engaging, and empowering for immigrants, refugees, and IDPs with the latest training from People Powered.
Read MoreSCDC and Demsoc working together to explore what digital participatory budgeting (PB) might look like for communities in the future
Read MoreThe episode features interviews with Shari Davies from the Participatory Budgeting Project in the US, Brazilian political scientist Rebecca Abers and PB Network's Jez Hall.
Read MoreFalkirk Council has launched its Community Choices participatory budgeting process. With £3 million available over two years, local communities can now submit expressions of interest.
Read MoreHere’s your chance to catch up on what we discussed during our digital PB learning event.
Read MorePeople Powered have announced new course where participants will learn how to engage more community members in addressing climate change, together.
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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