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The PB Charter for Scotland: Making good PB happen

The PB Charter is a set of seven key features showing what a fair and high quality PB process should look like.

Online event: Big Decisions, Local Voices: Participatory Budgeting at Scale

Monday, 16 February 26, 10am to 12.00pm - online. PB Scotland invites you to an online Participatory Budgeting event focused on PB at scale. Join us as we explore how large-scale PB processes can drive significant community-led investment and empower residents to shape priorities that matter most.

Budgeting Together: Lessons from Brazil for Scotland’s Participatory Future

Paul Nelis form the PB Scotland team reflects on the changing nature of PB in Scotland and how it has strong parallels with the original PB model developed in Brazil in the 1980s.

PB : Reaching the parts that other grants can’t reach in Inverness

Participatory budgeting was used to full effect most recently when national and local organisations came together in Inverness for the ‘Your Place, Your Point’ - Participatory Budgeting process.

Case study: Merkinch & South Kessock (Inverness): Your Place, Your Point

Funded by Police Scotland, Youth Highland have been working with young people to understand more about their feelings about where they live.

Falrkik Community Choices: Public Voting Now Open

Public voting is now open for this year’s Community Choices, with 57 projects from community and third sector groups across Falkirk District.

Participative Democracy Certificate Training - YouthLink Scotland

The Participative Democracy Certificate (PDC) is a youth award developed by YouthLink Scotland aimed at young people involved in decision making processes.

Participatory budgeting: New challenges, same principles

Evaluating our PB practice: A resource to support PB learning and evaluation

This resource aims to support PB practitioners to develop and improve evaluation practices. It’s web-based, easy to use and will support practice at all stages.

Another Green PB Seal for Scotland: City of Edinburgh Council

The City of Edinburgh Council have now been awarded a Green PB Seal for their Green Participatory Budgeting Programme – “The Edinburgh Community Climate Fund” - which was launched in 2023.

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