The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group, which was established to help guide the strategic direction for PB in Scotland, has published its annual report for 2022/23.

In this article, we’re going to set out the basic steps of how to run a successful small grants PB process – and share links to some useful resources and tips.

This new guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023.

Aberdeenshire pupils have been involved in a participatory budgeting process which has seen 27 projects related to climate change and carbon reduction.

On 22 June PB practitioners joined the online Growing PB through Digital Tools workshop to hear from 3 PB approaches which used digital tools to reach out to a wider audience and involve them in budget decisions.

The Badges and Seals are being introduced to act as a simple way to recognise where Green PB activity has taken place.

The report details the activity of the group and the overall development of PB activity during the year.

The Carers’ Partnership has funded Dundee Carers’ Centre to create and deliver a participatory budgeting project to improve the quality of life for unpaid carers in Dundee.

Edinburgh City Council has opened up a new fund for organisations supporting climate action and a move to net zero.

Police Scotland and Caithness Voluntary Group have announced the results of a participatory budgeting (PB) process to decide how £32,000 can be spent in the Caithness area.

Two days of events and discussion around green PB in Scotland.

Dundee has launched a new participatory budgeting (PB) fund to support climate action in the city.

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.

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.

GCPH found that the the PB process was “an example of a strong, authentic and democratic PB process”.

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.

People Powered have published insights from 2021-22 around participatory budgeting.

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.