Around 250 residents of Oldham attended It’s Up2us on the 30th November 2013. Oldham Big Local is one of a number of newly emerging community led PB programmes. They recently made £15,000 available to local residents in three neighbourhoods to spend on projects to improve their local communities. They named their programme "It’s Up2us!" Following… Read More
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Communities in the driving seat… Oldham Big Local tries PB
Participatory Budgeting Network Meet-up, London, 27 January 2014
Our 4th network meeting will be an especially significant one. You will be able to hear about the latest developments in Participatory Budgeting(PB) in the UK, join engaging workshops, meet leading experts, and add your support to one of the most interesting and effective innovations in participatory democracy. Taking place in the Board Room of… Read More
Participatory Budgeting Unit toolkits and how to guides
The PB Unit produced a number of toolkits before it closed in 2012. However most are still available. Access toolkits and guides using the links below. Participatory Budgeting Toolkit (2010) The PB toolkit has over 150 pages of case studies, tools, resources and information. It was produced by the Participatory Budgeting Unit and based on… Read More
Jenny blogs from the NECE Participatory Budgeting Focus Group, Berlin
Below is an excerpt from a great blog from Jenny Southern, a Young Advisor who recently visited Berlin to talk about PB… and now been invited to join a follow-up meeting at the Hague… way to go Jenny… The meeting was the NECE Participatory Budgeting Focus Group on 11th and 12th October 2013 held at… Read More
Mandeville school pupils making decisions for their community
Pupils at Mandeville school in Aylesbury has been supporting Buckinghamshire County Council’s PB processes. This video gives a brief and engaging overview of how young people can play a positive role in their community. More information on PB in Buckinghamshire
New York election results: Participatory Budgeting wins big
Forwarded from the PBP website: Last Tuesday’s primary elections in New York City look to have paved the way for a major expansion of participatory budgeting. In the City Council primaries, voters chose 21 Council Member candidates who have pledged to use participatory budgeting to allocate discretionary funds in their district through the PBNYC process,… Read More
How to make Participatory Budgeting work for you: training from TCI
PB – where local people decide how to allocate part of a public budget 05th December 2013 – London – Avonmouth House SE1 Two years in to the Coalition Government and few things remain untouched. The case for Participatory Budgeting, however, is one of them! Originally championed as part of the last administration’s Empowerment Agenda,… Read More
Terms of Reference for PB Network
The PB Network held its first meeting in September 2012, when a small steering group was elected to guide its evolution. In December 2012 they agreed the first Terms of Reference for the PB Network. It was intended to review the Terms of Reference in January 2014. At our January 2014 meeting a new and… Read More
International conference on Consultation, 22 October 2013
The Consultation Institute (with whom the PB Network has long had good working relations) is holding a major international conference to celebrate the Institute’s 10th anniversary.. "A World That Listens?" takes place in London on Tuesday 22 October, 2013. The theme of the conference is overcoming consultation fatigue and harnessing community engagement worldwide. Speakers include:… Read More
Danish council officials visit PB programmes in UK
In mid-June, PB Partners helped to co-ordinate a visit to the South East of England by 7 councillors and 5 local government managers from Denmark, in conjunction with Morten Ronnenberg from a Danish consultancy form, Strategihuset. The aim of the visit was to showcase some interesting examples of co-production, citizen engagement and participatory budgeting. Davy Jones,… Read More