A right to a voice: participatory budgeting and children’s rights
/In this blog, Andrew Paterson from PB Scotland shows how PB is a great way to advance children’s right to participate.
Read MoreIn this blog, Andrew Paterson from PB Scotland shows how PB is a great way to advance children’s right to participate.
Read MoreThis report from Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA) highlights the experiences and views of disabled people in relation to having their voices heard in decision making processes.
Read MoreThis new briefing by Glasgow Centre for Population Health aims to support community-based PB practitioners to monitor and evaluate PB processes.
Read MoreFind out some of the ways local community organisations can get involved in participatory budgeting in Scotland.
Read MoreDundee City Council's ambitious PB programme has been launched, with citizens in each of Dundee's eight electoral wards deciding how best to spend £1.2 million of the Council's spending budget.
Read MoreRead about all the action from the day.
Read MoreNews of Dundee City Council's city-wide £1.2m PB programme, Dundee Decides, has gone public.
Read MoreRead the Interim report from the evaluation of PB in Scotland by Glasgow Caledonian University
Read MoreAberdeen City Council is enabling council tenants in part of the city to have a direct say over how money is spent on improving their area. PB Scotland asks if this is a sign of a move towards the 'mainstreaming' of PB.
Read MoreAnyone interested in PB in Scotland should have a look at this collective summary of reports from PB projects funded through the Scottish Government's Community Choices Fund in 2016/17.
Read MoreThese case studies by Demsoc capture key learning points from Scotland's early exploration of digital tools to support participatory processes at a local level.
Read MoreThis toolkit is intended to support any individual or group organising a PB activity to plan how to evaluate their PB process, and to collate the evidence and information required.
Read MoreThe City of Edinburgh Council has produced three new videos to complement last year's Participatory Budgeting in Edinburgh film, which we previously featured on PB Scotland.
Read MoreThe City of Edinburgh Council has produceda series of videos on PB in the city. In addition to introducing PB, the videos give perspectives on PB from voters, projects and funders.
Read MoreThe Scottish Government has announced that the 2017/18 Community Choices Fund is open for applications.
Read MoreThis comprehensive guide from PB Partners lays out 10 essential actions to record, monitor and evaluate the impact of a PB programme.
Read MoreThis video from Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) in the USA shows the experience of PB in 5 schools in Phoenix, Arizona.
Read MoreThis briefing from the Health and Social Care Academy highlights the potential of participatory budgeting (PB) within health and social care
Read MoreBlog post by ng homes about its work with young people across North Glasgow, culminating in a Community Choices budgeting event on 28th March in Springburn Academy, Glasgow.
Read MoreUpNorth! Community Chest has provided a blog reporting on the recent PB process in Tongue, Sutherland on the March 11th 2017.
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting in Scotland.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a way for people to have a direct say in how local money is spent.
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