Community Choices is Dundee’s version of Participatory Budgeting – a democratic process which empowers people and communities to have a greater say in how public money is spent. Within that, Climate or Green PB features strongly. Now, in its third…
More than a thousand pupils across Aberdeenshire influenced the distribution of £41,000 to fund school projects related to climate change and carbon reduction in 2023-2024. 27 projects across the region from both primary and secondary schools were ultimately funded through…
Oregan Metro invites public to share their ideas for Nature in Neighborhoods grants and vote on proposed projects The Nature in Neighborhoods Community Choice Grants program puts community members in the lead. The community choice model invites everyone in the…
Yves Cabannes was a leading researcher and practitioner in Participatory Budgeting, and in recent years had been focussing his work on climate themed PB. Over the years he shared with us a number of publications that explore this topic in…
Following last year’s online public vote, residents in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray can now find out which local eco-friendly projects will receive a share of £1million in funding from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Participatory Budgeting (PB) Fund. Details of…
Pots of Possibility grants help regenerate North Lancashire’s environment and build healthy, thriving communities across Lancaster district. There are smaller Community Pots, decided by a local panel, and larger £10,000 Your Pots participatory budgeting grants, voted on by local people…
Shipley Town Council hosted its first Participatory Budgeting event on Saturday 27th January 2024 for their Green Grants funding programme and over 70 people attended to make their voices heard. Seven projects were asked to present their environmental initiatives to…
Lisbon City Council’s first-ever ‘green’ participatory budget, an initiative supported and managed by South Pole and EIT Climate-KIC’s City Finance Lab, has been allocated a €5 million budget to support climate change mitigation and adaptation projects selected by local citizens.…
Alan Thornton, project worker for Leeds Orchard Live, supported by the ‘Helping Britain Blossom’ programme, describes how they used participatory grant-making to distribute £3,000. Small scale funding perhaps, yet vital to promoting orchard groups in Leeds. “Leeds is a city…