In 2010 Stockport Council began using Participatory Budgeting(PB) in neighbourhoods such as Brinnington. This short film records some of the early processes they used, and the positive reactions of local people. In later years Stockport Council has continued to use PB in a variety of ways, including with businesses and in other localities. To find… Read More
Videos
Short videos about PB in the UK and worldwide
New York continues to embrace Participatory Budgeting
Participatory Budgeting has been taking off in New York over the last four years. Between March 29th and April 6th 2014, residents of ten participating council districts were able to vote on how to spend over $14 million of public money. If you lived in one of the districts below and 16 years of age… Read More
8th “Best Practice in Citizens’ Participation” Awards
Photo: DVD of a previous submission to the OIDP awards The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP) runs an annual award for good practice in local government. The award is now in its 8th year. The award is meant to recognize those innovative experiences and ideas coordinated by local governments in the field of participative… 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
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
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
Video: democracy in action, from Chicago
Participatory budgeting allows ordinary people to decide how their municipal budget is spent. Many cities around the world employ this process. in 2009, Chicago’s 49th Ward was the first municipality in the US to embrace this novel experiment in direct democracy: regular citizens gathered to research and develop proposals on how to spend the Ward’s… Read More
Re-inventing democracy through Participatory Budgeting
http://vimeo.com/65169312 A new video from the USA, produced by the PB Project, introducing the concept of PB.
Podcast from the Young Foundation: The People’s Budget – US insights
The People’s Budget – US insights as an opportunity for British action Date: 24 April 2013 Time: 13.00 – 14.00 Venue: The Young Foundation, 18 Victoria Park Square, London E2 9PF Grounded in the idea of devolving power amongst communities, participatory budgeting (PB) means directly involving local people in making decisions on the spending and priorities for a… Read More
Video: direct democracy comes to Harlem
Last October, New York City residents took part in a historic new experiment in direct democracy. Over a six-month period, ordinary citizens young and old were given the unusual power to decide how millions of their city districts’ budgets were spent. We follow two newcomers to civic engagement — Stefan Poaches, a 27-year-old assistant college… Read More