Resources
This section has some publications, practical tools and links to external publications which may be of use to you.
PB Unit documents
Produced June 2007: Participatory Budgeting in the UK: an evaluation from a practitioner perspective
Produced March 2007: Discussion paper on PB in the LAA context
Produced October 2001: The budget matrix briefing paper
Published June 2009: Community Safety PB pilots case studies booklet
More publications produced by the PB Unit can be found here
PB Unit tools
Budget literacy: building capacity and initial thinking
Here are some tools to help develop some initial thinking about budgets for participatory budgeting and to help citizens think about public budgets.
Salford budget matrix step by step guide
The budget matrix briefing paper
Guide to developing a budget matrix
Simulation game - from neighbourhood to local authority wide budget setting
When we visit local authorities or other agencies and do a workshop, we often include a simulation game. Here are the sheets we use for that game.
Simulation game: facilitator notes
Simulation game: character cards
Simulation game: Easton step 1
Simulation game: Low hill step 1
Simulation game: Middlewood step 1
Simulation game: hightown step 1
Case Study Template
We would love to publish a case study of your pilot on our website. If you would like to produce a case study, please use the template below. This template can also be used for CLG case studies.
PB Grant-giving process tools
Here are some tools to help you develop a grant-giving process.
More tools can be found in our easy to use toolkit
Links to external resources
For the Community Empowerment White Paper produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) click here
For the National PB Strategy produced by CLG click here
For 72 FAQs produced by UN-Habitat click here
For a World Bank report on PB click here
For the Citizenship Survey April - December 2007 click here
For a training companion guide for participatory budgeting in Africa, click here
For a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study on bringing community empowerment and community cohesion together click here
For a report produced by DEMOS on Democratising Engagement click here
For a working paper produced by Anja Rocke on the history of PB in the UK click here
For more links to external sites click here
Public bodies
