"Two children’s projects are to get a cash handout from Burscough Parish Council. The Parish Council, at their annual assembly meeting, allowed the public to decide how £10,000 in funding should be spent through Participatory Budgeting. Over 100 people turned out to vote for the two community projects to keep children active during the summer"… Read More
Themes
The central themes dealt with by Participatory Budgeting
Guidance on community-led PB
Community Development Foundation commissioned PB Partners to write a community led PB ‘how to’ guide as part of its Community First programme (an £80million government-funded initiative which ran from April 2011 until March 2015). Community First provided local community panels with small sums to support community initiatives, and some tried a PB approach. This guide was… Read More
Richmond Fellowship Scotland: PB case study, 2013
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland has sent us the following report about their 2013 ‘Outcomes are Fun’ PB event. This is a report back about one of their four £20,000 processes, run and organised with members of their community. "The aim of the project was to give over control and creativity to vulnerable people to achieve… Read More
Miles Platting: You Decide from Adactus Housing
Adactus Housing Association has once again set aside a pot of money and would like to put residents of Miles Platting in control of how it is spent. ‘Miles Platting – You Decide’ lets residents of Miles Platting decide for themselves which projects are needed in their area. Any local community, voluntary or non-profit organisation… Read More
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue PB evaluation, November 2012
In 2012, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue service ran a PB programme which distributed around £20,000 in three communities. The evaluation report stated: The aim of the activity was to carry out a series of PB pilots to see what the processes would offer a FRS as an engagement technique that could help improve… Read More
It’s Up 2 U, £500K, Durham
Durham County Council, in partnership with 3 Towns Partnership, had £500,000 of capital funding for projects in the Crook area. The public were invited to have their say and vote for their favourite projects at Crook Primary School on Saturday 23 February between 10.30am and 2.30pm. The 12 organisations and projects that were bidding for… Read More
Newcastle were first in the country to do PB with Carers
In 2010 Newcastle piloted the use of a budget to support carers in the area using PB. In what is believed to be an England first, the carers themselves decided how money should best be spent to meet their needs, rather than council officers making the decisions for them. Carers from across the city met… Read More
The Children’s Fund, Newcastle
After months of preparation, 139 young people attended a participatory budgeting event in Newcastle in May 2008 to cast a 20% vote in the procurement of services for the city’s £2.25m Children’s Fund. This was one in a series of events held as part of the city’s Udecide participatory budgeting programme, which has given thousands… Read More
PB in Blaenau Gwent with Home Office funds
On Saturday 13 March 2010, 150 residents of Blaenau Gwent turned out to have their say in Safer Blaenau Gwent‘s ‘Your Voice, Your Choice’ Participatory Budgeting Event. In total £30,000 was available for local people to decide which community safety projects would be funded in their neighbourhoods. The pilot, supported by the Home Office, invited… Read More
