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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

Our Money Our Planet: New report on using PB to tackle the Climate Crisis

on 28 October, 2019 in Documents, Environment, Featured

There is overwhelming evidence that we are in a climate emergency.  It is of maximum importance that we move on from debating the evidence towards taking immediate action.  Given the reluctance of politicians to take decisive action so far this appears to remain a very challenging task. Many people feel a sense of powerlessness, and… Read More

Lisbon agrees 5m euro fund for Green PB

on 5 July, 2019 in Environment, International, News

Lisbon City Council’s first-ever ‘green’ participatory budget, an initiative supported and managed by South Pole and EIT Climate-KIC’s City Finance Lab, has been allocated a €5 million budget to support climate change mitigation and adaptation projects selected by local citizens. The Mayor of Lisbon made the announcement in May 2019 during the ceremony for this… Read More

Speke Up – Participatory Budgeting in Merseyside 2019

on 16 April, 2019 in Blogs, Case Studies, England, Policing

Dr Andrew Fisher connects strength based engagement and participatory budgeting. Find out what happened at Speke Up – Tackling Serious and Organised Crime Through Strengths Based Engagement in Speke Merseyside, a project led by MutualGain. “There is evidence that suggests a strong correlation between low social capital and high levels of crime and disorder. High… Read More

Participatory Budgeting within Social Housing.

on 27 March, 2019 in Documents, Housing, News

Housing Associations, Cooperatives, Tenant and Arm’s Length Management Organisations are uniquely well placed to initiate and lead participatory budgeting (PB), as they often already have well structured tenant engagement processes, and much of their income comes directly from rents.  PB is an ideal way to take that engagement further, and respond to the interests, concerns… Read More

PB in Schools: Has its time come in the UK?

on 27 March, 2019 in News, Young People

Schools play a central role in developing the life-skills and confidence of young people. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a proven deliberative process that can inspire, empower and engage young people in a cooperative, democratic and purposeful way. Bringing the two together has many positive benefits for schools, for society and for young people. In the… 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

Our Money, Our Planet. Participatory Budgeting and the Green New Deal

on 27 March, 2019 in Blogs, Environment, Featured, News, Young People

In a new blog featured on the Shared Future CIC’s website Alan Budge connects PB and climate change. We feature some highlights below. Participatory Budgeting(PB) enables people to make their community better, starting with issues that concern us all.  The biggest concern we face as a society is climate change. In August 2018, Greta Thunberg,… 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

Pushing at the limits: Participatory Budgeting and prisoner rehabilitation in Canada

on 8 March, 2019 in Blogs, Case Studies, International, Policing

Jez Hall writes about how PB can push the limits of empowerment to the most unusual of suspects. One of the amazing things about Participatory Budgeting(PB) is how it can push boundaries and break down walls. Even the walls around the criminal justice system? A step too far? Whether its in empowering young people by… Read More

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