Barrhead Housing has distributed £6,000 to high-school projects selected by students. Cheques for £3,000 were presented to Barrhead High and St Luke’s High as part of the housing association’s Brighter Futures programme. As part of the programme, students were given…
This 2024 schools PB programme was about a culture of democratic participation and increasing the number of young people with an understanding of community development, good relations, and democracy through Participatory Budgeting (PB). Watch their video made following their celebration…
Communities and residents living in the Killutagh area of Northern Ireland received grants through Triangle Housing for funding for small projects. In the 2024 round they could apply for up to £1000. Triangle housing regularly uses the same format in…
Brent residents have cast their votes to choose which projects should share a £500,000 funding pot that aims to reduce carbon emissions in the borough by at least 100 tonnes. Voting from residents took place on Saturday 29 January 2022.…
In August 2020, KRISTANIA DE LEON wrote about how PB can help address a persistent challenge around affordable housing in the USA. In New Jersey, for example, as housing prices rise and wages remain low, many New Jerseyans are struggling…
The Academy of Urbanism is well used to reporting on the innovations that bring about an urban renaissance. In an article by Katy Hawkins the Academy now looks at participatory budgeting (PB) in the USA, the UK and more widely.…