"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
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I got goosebumps: Community Voting Day in Haringey
Pushing at the limits: Participatory Budgeting and prisoner rehabilitation in Canada
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
Everyone is a winner: Blog from the Scottish Recovery Network on Participatory Budgeting
Communities working together to have a direct say in how public money is spent is important… SRN’s latest blog from Holly Hendry, Network Officer for the North of Scotland, explores her experience and input into #YouChoose3, a local funding opportunity supported by recovery themes. Between October and December 2018, along with Moray Wellbeing Hub Holly… Read More
Dundee Decides: Largest single PB in the UK in 2018
PB Partners and the Democratic Society worked with Dundee council on Dundee Decides on an innovative £1.2m PB programme that ran in 2018. PB Partners provided regular strategic advice and guidance to the delivery team and also facilitated an independent review to inform future developments. Demsoc provided advice on the digital platform that underpinned the… 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
The growth of PB in Russia and Asia: Major report on learning to date
The PB Network are pleased to host a new report, co-authored by international participatory budgeting expert Yves Cabannes on the development of PB in Russia and Asia. This report follows up the Networking Session on Participatory Budgeting in Asian and Russian cities and regions that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during the World Urban… Read More
Sweden hosts major international conference on participatory budgeting, May 2018
There will be a PB focussed conference in Stockholm on the 17th and 18th May 2018, organised by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities (SALAR), which will see experts in participatory budgeting coming from across the world. This is a great opportunity if you want to learn more about participatory budgeting and participation in complex… Read More
New website for PB launching this month in Northern Ireland
Interested in finding out about Participatory Budgeting (PB) in Northern Ireland? And people having a say in how public money is spent locally. Then check out a new NI resource at participatorybudgetingworks.org, launching in March 2018. The Building Change Trust has made a £50,000 award to a new collaborative project which will support Participatory Budgeting… Read More
Call for Sadiq Khan to create a PB budget for London
Len Duvall, Assembly Member for London and chair of the GLA oversight committee has called for Mayor Sadiq Khan to bring in a participatory budget for London. In an article on the MayorWatch website, (where it was reported that the public consultation on last year’s London budget drew just 12 responses, compared to Paris, that… Read More
Free seminar on Participatory Budgeting in Cardiff on 18th April 2018
PB Partners held a free introduction to the principles and practice of Participatory Budgeting, delivered in conjunction with the Wales Open Government Network and ERS Cymru on the 18th April 2018. At this interactive workshop at Butetown Community Centre in Cardiff we introduced best practice in participatory budgeting (PB), built on years of experience in… Read More
