£750,000 Dundee Climate Fund launches
/Dundee has launched a new participatory budgeting (PB) fund to support climate action in the city.
Read MoreA Message from the Minister: Launching the Just Transition North East PB Fund
/Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Tom Arthur, speaks about the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund in the North East of Scotland.
Read More“Show me who participates in deciding your budget and I’ll see who you value.”
/Here, David Reilly, Communities and Networks Manager at The Poverty Alliance explores the role PB plays addressing poverty across Scotland, and what we need to do to truly challenge power and ensure decision making is accountable.
Read MoreUsing PB to challenge the poverty of participation in Ferguslie Park
/Here, David Reilly, Communities and Networks Manager at The Poverty Alliance shares his reflections on how we can use participatory budgeting (PB) to challenge the poverty of participation.
Read MoreNew video about participatory budgeting in South Lanarkshire schools
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South Lanarkshire Council have produced a new video which shows the impact of PB across SLC schools.
Read MoreSouth Lanarkshire schools see 5% of PEF funding for PB
/Every school receiving Pupil Equity Funding set aside at least 5% of this budget for PB which enables children and young people to be actively engaged and involved in the purchase of learning resources.
Read MoreConnecting the dots: PB and community development
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In this blog Sam Jordan explores the connections between participatory budgeting and community development in Scotland.
Read MoreEvaluation of GCC ‘Wee Green Grants’ Participatory Budgeting processes
/GCPH found that the the PB process was “an example of a strong, authentic and democratic PB process”.
Read MoreNew training programme: Climate Democracy Action
/A new training programme around participatory strategies to drive local governments’ response to the climate crisis.
Read MoreExploring Green PB in Scotland→
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We’ve launched a new campaign focused on how communities can use green participatory budgeting to make direct decisions about their climate priorities.
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 MoreFinding your roots: Exploring Green PB
/Here, Francesca Lynch, Development Manager at SCDC, explores the expanding world of green PB and launches PB Scotland’s new Green PB resource.
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.
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