New training programme: Climate Democracy Action
/A new training programme around participatory strategies to drive local governments’ response to the climate crisis.
Read MoreNew video profiles Scottish PB
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A new video from EURACTIV has profiled Scottish participatory budgeting (PB) and how local authorities are working to 1% of budgets being subject to PB.
Read MoreA year of research: findings that address key PB challenges - People Powered
/People Powered have published insights from 2021-22 around participatory budgeting.
Read MoreNew PB qualification for young people launches in Fife
/A new qualification will support young people and community activists to use participatory budgeting (PB) to improve their local communities.
Read MoreGorbals Ideas Fund publishes new PB strategy
/Gorbals Ideas Fund has published a new strategy exploring how it aims to expand its PB activity over the next three years.
Read MoreCraigshill Community Choices – deadline extended for funding applications
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A new pilot project is part of the wider development of participatory budgeting (PB) in West Lothian, led by West Lothian Community Choices. It aims to improve the overall wellbeing of individuals and families in Craigshill through addressing key issues facing the community.
Read MoreBlog series explores deliberation
/A series of blogs explores deliberative democracy: what it is, why it’s powerful, why the time is right for it, how it works, and how to get it going in your community.
Read MoreInstitutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group: report
/This report explores how the Scottish Government's ambition for change can be delivered to make Scotland’s democracy more participative and inclusive.
Read MorePB Job with Dundee Carers Centre
/The postholder will work with carers of all ages, disabled people, the Carers Centre, locality teams and the wider community to test a participatory budgeting approach in localities.
Read MorePB from Scottish schools highlighted in Pupil Equity Fund Report
/A Pupil Equity Fund report has detailed how participatory budgeting (PB) has been used in schools to support wider democratic involvement of children and young people.
Read MoreEvent blog: What's Next for Participatory Budgeting?
/Read insights and ideas from this People Powered event which explored what needs to be done to use PB to address climate change, pursue social justice, and expand democracy across the globe.
Read MoreYouth Participatory Budgeting (PB) Accelerator Toolkit and DIY Manual – Free On-line Launch Events
/A new toolkit provides detailed guidance to support the design and delivery of youth led PB.
Read MoreNew Digital Participation Resource launches
/A new resource from People Powered takes you through each step of developing digital tools for your participatory budgeting project.
Read MoreNew project to explore PB and democracy across Europe
/This new piece of work from Demsoc will explore how participatory budgeting lead to greater and more informed citizen participation in policy-making.
Read MoreNew Elected Member PB Briefing Note
/The briefing covers mainstream PB, the role of elected members in PB and key considerations for carrying out PB by local authorities.
Read MoreSchool PB: South Lanarkshire Schools runs PB process
/The South Lanarkshire School brought together a PB planning group with children from P1 - P7 and had all staff and pupils able to vote on their priorities.
Read More2020/21 PB World Atlas published
/Oficina has published the latest Participatory Budgeting World Atlas, a detailed summary of where and how PB is taking place across the globe.
Read MoreNew report explores PB laws across the globe
/"Participatory Budgeting via National Law: What Works and What Doesn't," dives into the how PB laws are implanted and the impact they may or may not have:
Read MoreNew event and webinar will explore national PB laws from across the world
/In the webinar, you’ll hear directly from the authors about the report’s key findings, including why governments adopt national PB laws.
Read MoreJohnathan Smith, PB advocate with North Lanarkshire Council, dies saving grandsons
/The PB community in Scotland will be sad to hear the news of the death of Johnathan Smith, who died in Crete saving his grandsons from dangerous waters. Johnathan was very involved in PB when he worked in North Lanarkshire Council.
Des Murray, chief executive of North Lanarkshire Council, told BBC News: "The news about Jonathan has been a terrible shock to everyone who knew and worked with him at the council and beyond over many years.
"Jonathan was held in the highest regard, and the work he did to forge long-lasting links and friendships with communities and partners across North Lanarkshire is testament to the passion and tireless dedication he gave to everything he did."
He said Mr Smith was central in developing the council's Syrian Resettlement Programme in 2015, which has assisted a number of families who have fled conflict and provided them with a safe and secure future.
We’d like to express our condolences to his family, friends and all who knew him through his work.
