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Pembroke Dock Memorial Park project wins funds to develop county’s first disability-friendly play area

on 26 January, 2021 in Neighbourhoods, News, Wales, Young People

The Friends of Pembroke Dock Memorial Park have been successful in their bid for funding from the Cleddau Community Collaboration fund. The local charity has been awarded £2,000, which will be used towards its ambitious three-phase project to install disability-inclusive equipment in the biggest park in Pembroke Dock. 12 local projects applied to the fund,… Read More

Youth Leading Change in Newry Mourne and Down

on 20 November, 2019 in Neighbourhoods, Northern Ireland, Young People

In 2018 Newry Mourne and Down District Council in Northern Ireland had their first experience with Participatory Budgeting and it went really well. They ran two processes under the banner of Communities Leading Change. One for adults, and one focussed especially on young people. Funding was sourced by a partnership including Newry, Mourne and Down… Read More

Stirling Council launches £700k mainstream Participatory Budget

on 27 March, 2019 in Neighbourhoods, News, Scotland

On the 7th March 2019 Stirling Council announced the launch of its first large-scale participatory budgeting(PB) process, and its another example of the growing size of PB in Scotland. The fund will be split between 7 districts, with a total of £100,000 available in each. Alan Budge of PB Partners advised the council on its… Read More

I got goosebumps: Community Voting Day in Haringey

on 8 March, 2019 in Case Studies, England, Neighbourhoods, News, Videos

"I thought it was very very interesting, I was excited, I got goosebumps hearing about the projects and I thought this was an amazing thing to do." So said one of the participants in the "Community Voting day", held in Northumberland Park, Tottenham in 2017. Gayle Wallace, Director of G.W Training & Consultancy Ltd managed… Read More

Everyone is a winner: Blog from the Scottish Recovery Network on Participatory Budgeting

on 7 March, 2019 in Blogs, Health, Neighbourhoods, Scotland

Communities working together to have a direct say in how public money is spent is important… SRN’s latest blog from Holly Hendry, Network Officer for the North of Scotland, explores her experience and input into #YouChoose3, a local funding opportunity supported by recovery themes. Between October and December 2018, along with Moray Wellbeing Hub  Holly… Read More

Dundee Decides: Largest single PB in the UK in 2018

on 8 February, 2019 in Case Studies, Neighbourhoods, News, Scotland

PB Partners and the Democratic Society worked with Dundee council on Dundee Decides on an innovative £1.2m PB programme that ran in 2018. PB Partners provided regular strategic advice and guidance to the delivery team and also facilitated an independent review to inform future developments. Demsoc provided advice on the digital platform that underpinned the… Read More

PB and Social Isolation: New blog by Jez Hall

on 8 February, 2019 in Blogs, Health, Neighbourhoods, News, PB Network, Policing, Young People

In a new blog by Jez Hall, published on the Shared Future CIC website outlines why he thinks PB and reducing social isolation go together. Highlights of his blog are below. "Recently I’ve been coordinating a citizen inquiry on elderly care at home, where social isolation is a key emerging theme to promoting well-being and… Read More

New website for PB launching this month in Northern Ireland

on 28 February, 2018 in Events, Neighbourhoods, News, Northern Ireland

Interested in finding out about Participatory Budgeting (PB) in Northern Ireland? And people having a say in how public money is spent locally. Then check out a new NI resource at participatorybudgetingworks.org, launching in March 2018. The Building Change Trust has made a £50,000 award to a new collaborative project which will support Participatory Budgeting… Read More

Orchard projects in Leeds are thriving through Participatory Budgeting

on 28 January, 2017 in Blogs, Case Studies, England, Neighbourhoods, News

Alan Thornton, project worker for Leeds Orchard Live, who are supported by Helping Britain Blossom describes how they used participatory grant-making to distribute £3000. Small scale funding perhaps, yet vital to promoting orchard groups in Leeds . "Leeds is a city with a growing ‘orchard-ing’ culture. And its growing through PB. On Saturday 14 January 2017,… Read More

D-day for the Carrick group funding project is approaching

on 24 January, 2017 in Neighbourhoods, News, Scotland

North Carrick groups can grab their share of an £80,000 funding pot. The £80,000 fund is awarded from the Scottish Government’s Community Choices Fund, which has been set up to support Participatory Budgeting (PB), a process which allows local people to make decisions on local spending priorities. If you live, work or volunteer in North… Read More

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