Communities across Merseyside and the Wirral have been deciding on funding from the Proceeds of Crime. For example, in Belle Vale £25,000 is available from the Big Bid, Belle Vale Matters fund. Grants ranging from £500 to £5,000 are available for projects…
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…
Voting openned on Monday 17 February 2025 for people, young and older, living in Aberdeen’s Priority Neighbourhood Areas (North, South and Central) to select the projects they think are best suited to meet their community needs. Aberdeen City Council’s Participatory…
The College of Policing, using examples from Merseyside Police, has produced an information resource for PB. Stating the aim is to encourage and support the use of this community-led approach to improve engagement and empowerment within communities. According to the…
Over 6100 valid votes were cast across all nine council wards in the most recent PB process in Falkirk, held in February 2025. Helping 22 of the 57 community groups in the public vote secure their share of just over…
Participatory Budgeting in Belfast gives residents a direct say in the decisions that affect them. It helps generate new ideas, strengthen community spirit and direct funding to where residents think it will make a difference. The most recent participatory budgeting…
100+ children and young people. 21 youth organisations. £200,000 up for grabs. What could go wrong? Not a lot it seems. Shared Future were happy to support Choose For Cheetham 2025, after the steering group decided to use participatory budgeting…
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…
In 2023, People’s Budget Cleveland launched a historic ballot initiative to direct the City of Cleveland to put aside funds equivalent to 2% of the City of Cleveland’s General Fund each year towards participatory budgeting. While the vote was razor…