The Independent Commission into the future of policing published its report ‘Policing for a Better Britain’ on the 25th November 2013. The Commission’s remit was as wide reaching as that of the Royal Commission on the Police undertaken fifty years ago. Otherwise known as the Stevens report, after the Chair of the Commission, with 37… Read More
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Massive turnout for Durham PB events
Durham County Council has been leading on innovations in local authority wide PB, and this year have seen their efforts pay off with record breaking attendance, with 11,000 residents participating at their already popular local events. Not only in developing citizen led decision making on small grants, but linking this to wider budget consultation exercises…. Read More
White House Open Government Report endorses PB for USA
The US has released its 2nd Open Govt. National Action, and the promotion of participatory budgeting is part of it. Here’s an excerpt of the White House blog: "The United States will promote community-led participatory budgeting as a tool for enabling citizens to play a role in identifying, discussing, and prioritizing certain local public spending… Read More
Diocese of Lichfield PB Day, June 2013
Steph Clerke produced this blog based on her involvement with the Bishop of Lichfield’s PB programme in June 2013. Below are some exceprts from her blog. PB Partners provided advice to the Diocese to make the event a great success. "Today I went with Kate Goodall over to Stafford to the Diocese of Lichfield Participatory… Read More
Researching the use of the internet for PB
The PB Network has had a request to submit cases of participatory budgeting that contain a significant element of online activity. I would like to know if any of your contributors could help for my thesis research. I have launched a snowball technique to find cases worldwide of e-Participatory Budgeting (e-PB) a few weeks ago…. Read More
PB in an age of austerity
Interesting little film from a small town in Spain. Do you think its possible to do PB in an atmosphere of cuts? Or as I have heard it described "would you prefer to sacrifice a toe or a finger". Maybe having PB operate only at the small scale makes it easier, but there are huge… Read More
Communities in the driving seat… Oldham Big Local tries PB
Around 250 residents of Oldham attended It’s Up2us on the 30th November 2013. Oldham Big Local is one of a number of newly emerging community led PB programmes. They recently made £15,000 available to local residents in three neighbourhoods to spend on projects to improve their local communities. They named their programme "It’s Up2us!" Following… Read More
Participatory Budgeting Network Meet-up, London, 27 January 2014
Our 4th network meeting will be an especially significant one. You will be able to hear about the latest developments in Participatory Budgeting(PB) in the UK, join engaging workshops, meet leading experts, and add your support to one of the most interesting and effective innovations in participatory democracy. Taking place in the Board Room of… Read More
Jenny blogs from the NECE Participatory Budgeting Focus Group, Berlin
Below is an excerpt from a great blog from Jenny Southern, a Young Advisor who recently visited Berlin to talk about PB… and now been invited to join a follow-up meeting at the Hague… way to go Jenny… The meeting was the NECE Participatory Budgeting Focus Group on 11th and 12th October 2013 held at… Read More
Mandeville school pupils making decisions for their community
Pupils at Mandeville school in Aylesbury has been supporting Buckinghamshire County Council’s PB processes. This video gives a brief and engaging overview of how young people can play a positive role in their community. More information on PB in Buckinghamshire