In a recent article, Third Force News, the ‘voice of the Scotland’s third sector’ reports a commitment from the SNP to extend the role of participatory budgeting(PB) to 1% of Glasgow City Council’s Budget if it takes control of the city in upcoming elections. In a city with a population of around 600,000, that is… Read More
Neighbourhoods
The role of Participatory Budgeting in neighbourhoods
Maybole residents turn up in force for PB
Maybole in South Ayrshire is the latest Scottish community to experience PB. And it was reported to be another full house. People from across North Carrick voted with their feet on how best to spend funding in their local community. South Ayrshire’s first ‘decision day’ was held in Maybole on Sat 7th May 2016 to… Read More
Glasgow residents decide on over £200,000 across the city.
The Glasgow Evening Times reports a boost for local groups is helping to provide everything from inflatable gymnastics equipment to woodworking workshops. More than £200,000 went to fantastic projects across the city. Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Community Planning Partnership asked people in all 21 of the city’s Area Partnerships to put forward proposals for… Read More
Public can vote online for favourite school project and spend £100,000
As reported in the Royal Borough Observer: "parents and supporters will be able to win funds for their favourite schools’ treasured projects under a new scheme being launched by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The Schools Participatory Budgeting Scheme will see £100,000 made available each year, split across three terms. Schools can apply… Read More
North Ayrshire residents as young as 8 years have their say
Your money, you decide – the 3 Towns on the 21st May 2016 is the date of the next voting event in North Ayrshire, where residents will choose how to spend £19,000 in their community? Local people and groups can bid for up to £700. Shortlisted projects will be pitching their ideas in order to win… Read More
Edinburgh South Central Decides on over £200,000 of public money
On Saturday 30th April 2016 the Edinburgh South Central Neighbourhood Partnership had over £200,000 worth of funding available for distribution in 2016/17 and residents of South Centre Voiced their Choice and decided which projects got funded. Local people had some hard choices to make but have decided which was their favourites. The money was for community grants,… Read More
Voice your Choice Scarborough… The results are in
A Voice Your Choice decision-making event was held in Scarborough on Wednesday 9 March 2016. The results are in! Residents in Scarborough came out in force to cast their votes at the sixth and final Voice Your Choice Decision-Making Event held on Wednesday 9 March 2016 at Scarborough Library. The theme for this year’s Voice… Read More
More parish councils give residents a way to have their say through PB
On the 9th April 2016 Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, covering three villages near Keighley, North Yorkshire, will be launching a new Participatory Budgeting initiative. Around £20,000 of parish council funds will be available, split proportionally across the three villages. Ideas for how to spend the parish council’s money will be gathered following… Read More
Police Commissioner asks residents of Crewe to allocate £20,000 budget
Cheshire police and crime commissioner John Dwyer announced on the 8th August that he intends to ask residents how to spend £20,000 of his crime prevention budget in a community project in central Crewe … and 3 more areas are set to benefit later in the year. The money could be spent on a healthy… Read More
Kingston residents can get involved through Your Money You Decide
The Royal Borough of Kingston has been running their version of participatory budgeting, known as Your Money You Decide for many years. A small grants programme in the south of the borough uses a market stall format to spend £30,000 of public money. Any community or voluntary group, club, residents association or Council department can… Read More