Report and toolkit for the Evaluation of Participatory Budgets in Gwent This 2023 guide and toolkit reflects on recent experiences of Participatory Budgeting (PB) within the Gwent area of Wales, from early 2020 to January 2023. Produced by Shared Future,…
Winsford Decides Winsford Town Council: Participatory Budgeting Pilot Programme August – December 2021 Participatory Budgeting (PB) originated in Brazil in the 1980s, has spread worldwide, and is a method of giving local people the opportunity to decide how public money…
Participatory Local Governance and Social Enterprise Exploring the links between social entrepreneurial behaviour and democratic resource allocation through participatory budgeting Since Participatory Budgeting (PB) has evolved from the 1980s, there has been over 3000 reported experiences globally by 2007 and PB is…
Our Money, Our Planet ENGAGING CITIZENS IN THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY THROUGH PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY There is overwhelming evidence that we are in a climate emergency. It is of maximum importance that we move on from debating the evidence towards taking immediate…
Participatory Budgeting within Social Housing IDEAS FOR BETTER ENGAGING WITH TENANTS AND RESIDENTS GROUPS Housing Associations, Cooperatives, Tenant and Arm’s Length Management Organisations are uniquely well placed to initiate and lead participatory budgeting (PB), as they often already have well…