Welcome to PB Scotland - The latest events, news & ideas on Participatory Budgeting in Scotland.
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This resource aims to support PB practitioners to develop and improve evaluation practices. It’s web-based, easy to use and will support practice at all stages.
The City of Edinburgh Council have now been awarded a Green PB Seal for their Green Participatory Budgeting Programme – “The Edinburgh Community Climate Fund” - which was launched in 2023.
PKC have used their recent PB to cover a number of topics, looking at cost of living and the climate recently as a small grants PB.
In this article, PB Scotland’s Paul Nelis explores the work of the Ripple Project and Craigentinney Primary school where PB has been used by pupils to set their priorities.
This PB Scotland learning event will be a chance to explore how we fund participatory budgeting (PB) and the learning we're seeing from across Scotland.
We've brought together a mix of news, resources, guides and training around PB and participatory democracy.
This resource highlight some useful digital tools which can support a Participatory Budgeting process - from complete solutions to useful individual tools.
News and resources
Our new Ideas Clinics are collaborative, peer learning spaces to help those working around participatory budgeting (PB) and beyond to come together to share experiences, challenges and ideas.
The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group, which was established to help guide the strategic direction for PB in Scotland, has published its annual report for 2022/23.
The Rising Stars Mentorship Program connects democracy practitioners with expert guidance to launch and improve participatory programs.
We’ve brought together some of the key evaluation resources that are feature on our PB Resources Hub, as well as some examples of real PB processes.
In this article, we’re going to set out the basic steps of how to run a successful small grants PB process – and share links to some useful resources and tips.
This new guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023.
COSLA and the Scottish government have announced that Scottish Councils have reached the milestone of spending 1% of their budgets through participatory budgeting (PB) process.
What is PB?
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
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What's PB Scotland?
We cover the PB activity that's happening across Scotland.
PB Scotland is developed by SCDC and funded by the Scottish Government.
We always want to hear about local PB activity and can help promote your work.
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The PB Scotland Network is free and open to anyone who is interested in participatory budgeting.
Network members are invited to contribute their ideas, learning and enthusiasm to advancing PB in Scotland.
This resource aims to support PB practitioners to develop and improve evaluation practices. It’s web-based, easy to use and will support practice at all stages.