The Economy Watch website has recently published a review of the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). In their report they highlight that too few PCC’s are embracing participation in budgets as a way to raise their profile. As the April 2016 report indicates in various passages: "Voters across 40 police force areas in… Read More
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The role of Participatory Budgeting in policing and community safety
Wrexham and Flintshire groups benefit from proceeds of crime money
Groups across North Wales are able to grab back cash from criminals through a Participatory Budgeting initiative run by the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner. As reported in the Leader Newspaper community groups in Wrexham and Flintshire to bid for a share of a £42,000 pot of money seized from criminals. The scheme has… 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
Higher Folds We Decide: Police and community working together
A ‘hot off the press’ video of a recent Police led £20,000 participatory budgeting (PB) event on the Higher Folds estate, near Wigan. One part of a wider initiative that saw PB grant making projects take place across Greater Manchester in the winter of 2014/15. That altogether distributed well over £250,000 for community projects into… Read More
One Wigan community celebrates through Higher Fold We Decide
Higher Folds is a small community trying big ideas and Saturday 17th January 2015 was a special day in the life of the Higher Folds Community Centre. Higher Folds “We Decide” became a reality and local groups really did benefit. After nine months of consulting and working with the community the first “We Decide” event… Read More
Change the Grange Winners Announced
The eight projects with the highest number of votes by the community of The Grange in Runcorn were announced at an event held last night at the Grange Youth Hub by Cheshire’s Police & Crime Commissioner John Dwyer. “I was proud to announce the winning projects as they are all worthy causes covering a wide… Read More
Greater Manchester Police adopt PB to build strong community leadership
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has begun the largest scale experience of Participatory Budgeting running in the North West of England. Embracing all 11 divisions of Greater Manchester, and working closely in partnership with Councils, Housing Providers, Voluntary and Community Organisations, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Fire and Rescue Services and in some cases private sector organisations. PBPartners,… Read More
Seaham residents use Police funding to create a better community
Community groups and organisations will be able to apply to a £26,000 fund which has been secured to benefit Seaham. A £10,000 grant has come from Durham Constabulary, a further £10,000 from an Our Place grant and a neighbourhood budget of £6,000, jointly provided by Seaham councillors. The police and other agencies involved in the… Read More
Dulverton Council and Devon and Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service combine forces on Our Place
Partnership working is at the heart of successful Participatory Budgeting and this is nowhere more true in Dulverton, that has been pathfinding an ‘Our Place‘ approach to PB for many years. By combining forces with agencies like Devon and Somerset Fire Service, Dulverton was recently awarded Our Place status and is looking to develop it… Read More
Tulse Hill Community Led PB programme for reducing fear of crime
The votes have been counted in Tulse Hill’s first PB event. Eight pots of £400 were awarded as part of a program aimed at reducing the fear of crime. 80 local residents turned up to vote for 13 groups. The Tulse Hill Together Project was organised by the Tulse Hill Forum and funded by Lambeth Council. It… Read More