Participatory Budgeting 2025 in North Ayshire
North Ayrshire Council’s Connected Communities team are inviting individuals and community organisations to a series of information drop-in sessions ahead of the next cycle of the council’s Participatory Budgeting Fund (PB). Over 190 community groups and projects received a share of North Ayrshire’s £171,377 of PB funding since November 2024.
This year a total sum of £204,159 will be made available and, for the first time, the PB also includes a Community Wealth Building element of £30,000. Their PB Work in this coming year includes:
- Locality PB: Health and Wellbeing, Building Community Spirit, Cost of Living, Green Projects
- Youth PB: Green Projects, Health and Wellbeing, Young People’s Voice and Rights, Equality and Diversity and Cost of Living
- Community Wealth Building Fund: Community Ownership, Enterprising Communities and Local Innovation.
Councillor Alan Hill, Cabinet Member for Communities, Housing and Islands says;
“Our residents know better than anyone else which projects will be the most beneficial to them in their local communities, so it is only fair that they have a direct say on how money is spent… The aim of the upcoming sessions are to engage with as many local people as we can from across our localities so that they too can get involved in the next participatory budgeting cycle, as we work together with residents and the groups supporting our communities to build a thriving North Ayrshire for all.”
Find out more on the North Ayrshire Council website