Organised by CitizenLab, this free webinar will focus on participatory budgeting and other youth engagement work in North Ayrshire Council, Scotland, as well as wider reflections on youth participation in the UK and Europe. To find out more and sign up go to: https://www.citizenlab.co/webinar More information from the CitizenLab website below Engaging young residents in… Read More
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Involving young people through Participatory Budgeting
Voting in Youth focussed participatory budgeting in Tampere, Finland now underway
Voting in participatory budgeting in Tampere, Finland takes place between 1–30 November 2020. The citizens of Tampere can vote for how to invest EUR 450,000 (approximately £400k) for the benefit of children and young people. The project includes 120 proposals. Citizens get to choose and vote for the proposals they want to see happen in… Read More
Tackling child poverty in Renfrewshire through PB
Child poverty initiatives implemented by Renfrewshire Council have helped boost the incomes of struggling families in Renfrewshire. Alongside a range of initiatives listed in Renfrewshire’s 2019/2020 Local Child Poverty Action Report was reference to their participatory budgeting initiative, called "Celebrating Renfrewshire – by young people, for young people." The process encourages young people (aged 12-25)… Read More
YOUth Making it Happen in Derry and Strabane
An exciting new youth led and designed PB process has launched this autumn 2020, across the Derry and Strabane District Council Area of Northern Ireland. Over the last few months young people from across the city have been involved in shaping and designing the YOUth Making It Happen! PB process. Mayor Tierney joined some of… Read More
PB Youth Accelerator: Erasmus+ Pan-European Research Project
PB Youth Accelerator is the working title of a new initiative looking to collate evidence of participatory budgeting involving young people in the community and in schools. This two year research partnership consists of 5 partners from 3 countries. It is lead by Polish foundation Soclab, with collaborators from Field of Dialogue in Poland and… Read More
Youth Leading Change in Newry Mourne and Down
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
PB in Schools: Has its time come in the UK?
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
Our Money, Our Planet. Participatory Budgeting and the Green New Deal
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
PB and Social Isolation: New blog by Jez Hall
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
Your say, your way in Luton funds £133,000 of community initiatives
Your Say, Your way is Luton Councils long running Participatory Budgeting initiative. It’s all about the council, police, Luton Clinical Commissioning Group, fire service and voluntary and community groups working together in a joined up, cost effective and supportive way to involve all citizens and respond to local issues by listening to your views. As… Read More
