PB Scotland attends participatory budgeting events around Scotland, capturing the energy and learning at each event through a range of media, including photos, videos and interviews. Get in touch if you are organising a local PB event that you would like us to cover.
We've brought together a mix of news, resources, guides and training around PB and participatory democracy.
This resource highlight some useful digital tools which can support a Participatory Budgeting process - from complete solutions to useful individual tools.
PB Scotland are delighted to announce that our first dedicated Green PB Seal has now been issued to the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Partnership for their recent Green PB Project in the North East of Scotland.
The Green PB Seal and Green PB Benefits Badge aim to highlight the positive impact participatory budgeting is having on Scotland’s drive to achieve a Just Transition to net-zero by 2045.
Francesca Lynch from PB Scotland shares her thoughts as green PB continues to progress.
Videos, presentations, learning & more
Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Tom Arthur, speaks about the Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund in the North East of Scotland.
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.
In this blog Sam Jordan explores the connections between participatory budgeting and community development in Scotland.
We’ve launched a new campaign focused on how communities can use green participatory budgeting to make direct decisions about their climate priorities.
With Participatory Budgeting slowly coming back to our communities following lockdown and effort being made toward the 1% Mainstream PB Agreement - how do we grow and expand PB in the next 5 years?
On 18th November 2021 more than 60 participants attended this online workshop to explore the PB Strategic Framework. This report summaries the event and the inputs from our contributors.
On the 8th June 2021 Demsoc and SCDC brought together PB Scotland members and developers of online democracy tools to discuss how they can be used for PB processes in Scotland.
We are inviting you to a workshop about moving ‘Community Digital PB’ forward with practical tools and learning from others.
Participatory budgeting is one of 10 'Big Ideas' considered by a student-led think
The Our Place Our Plan participatory budgeting process in Whitehill, South Lanarkshire has concluded, with £3500 is available through the South Lanarkshire Council’s Tackling Poverty Programme
View a video of our learning event on the future of PB after the pandemic.
PB Scotland is delighted that local and national government in Scotland have reaffirmed their commitment to meeting the target that 1% of local authority budget be decided by communities through participatory budgeting.
We recently spoke to Kellie Miller, Senior Policy Development Officer at Renfrewshire Council, about their response to developing PB processes for young people as part of their Celebrating Renfrewshire work.
Read about and watch this PB in a Digital World online workshop held on 18th November 2020
Read about our PB in a Digital World online workshop held on 25th August 2020.
See how participatory budgeting has been used in Ferguslie Park and the impact its made to the local community.
This online learning event will explore digital approaches to PB.
People Powered is a new organisation to support participatory democracy across the globe.
Fiona Garven, SCDC Director, shares her thoughts on how we can use participatory budgeting to support our Covid-19 recovery
The Scottish Government has published the guidance for the Pupil Equity Fund 2020-21, featuring a statement on how schools can use PB to engage children and young people in decision making.
In this piece, Tony Bone from Celebrate Kilmarnock reflects on how we can create a new normal of empowerment and participation in the wake of Covid-19.
Participatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
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This PB Scotland learning event will be a chance to explore how we fund participatory budgeting (PB) and the learning we're seeing from across Scotland.