An introduction to Green Participatory Budgeting Time is running short to protect our planet and achieve Net Zero. Citizen power driving our climate transition is urgently needed if the required change is going to happen. Especially, if it is going…
Participatory budgeting in school and youth settings There is now considerable UK evidence that it is possible to promote the direct involvement of young citizens in budget making. This guide is a short introduction to using participatory budgeting in school…
Participatory Budgeting at Scale Mainstreaming Participatory Budgeting for Service Commissioning and Investment is relevant to any organisation working in the UK with an interest in furthering democratic engagement. This briefing was originally produced in 2016 in response to Scotland’s Community…
Grant Making Through Participatory Budgeting A ‘how to’ guide for community led organisations and community engagement workers Updated in January 2025, this report was first launched in September 2016 through funding from the Scottish Government, to support the £2m Community…
The Values Principles and Standards for Participatory Budgeting This document provides participatory budgeting (PB) projects with a way to understand the values, principles and standards they already or could adopt in their process, and to what extent. Our Seven Values…
A Guide to Support 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,…
Building Youth Voice A tOOLKIT FOR DEVELOPING PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN SCHOOLS AND IN THE COMMUNITY This publication has been developed by an international team working within the Youth PB Accelerator project. It provides practical advice, that could be described as a…
Do it Yourself A manual FOR DEVELOPING PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN SCHOOLS AND IN THE COMMUNITY This publication has been developed by an international team working within the Youth PB Accelerator project. It provides practical advice, that could be described as a…
Hear the Voice, Make the Change 10 Ways to record and evaluate your participatory budgeting project Released in June 2017, this comprehensive guide written by Jez Hall and Alan Budge lays out 10 essential actions to record, monitor and evaluate…
Participatory Budgeting for Parish Councils: A Toolkit In 2011 Rural Action Yorkshire produced a toolkit on implementing PB in town and parish council areas. It drew on the work of several councils in Yorkshire and Humber. Town and Parish councils…