The Midlands
Pilot Studies in the Midlands
Glow in the Park, Vote in the Dark in Milton Keynes
This participatory budgeting voting event was originally run under the banner of “You Say, We Pay!” in September 2011 but low attendance led to a re-run in December 2011. Though the name changed it was clearly linked to the original “You Say, We Pay!” name in all advertising but incorporated a more fun element involving a youth choir, light sculptures, African drumming and a juggling Disco Stu on stilts! Following a light and song procession residents were led back to market stalls where the various projects “sold” their ideas and voting took place.
Voice Your Choice, Manton, Nottinghamshire
Just under 2 years ago Manton Community Alliance was chosen as a pilot area for a participatory budgeting pilot, the aim was to allocate a budget for priorities in the area that have been set by the community.
Everyone Counts, Walsall
The Everyone Counts project involved working with children between the ages of 6-11 years old through the school council’s.
Your Voice Your Choice, Leicestershire
Leicestershire Together has allocated £20,000 to each of its 27 Community Forums (a total of £540,000), for a Participatory Budgeting process. Spending is to be completed by March 2011.
Adeyfield Action “You Choose” (Hemel Hempstead)
As part of Hertfordshire County Council's localism agenda, £50,000 was allocated for an event in Adeyfield using participatory budgeting principles. Surveys on the percentage of people who feel they can influence decisions in their locality, had highlighted that the lowest scores throughout Hertfordshire were in Dacorum Borough and, within Dacorum, the lowest scores were to be found in the Adeyfield neighbourhood of Hemel Hempstead.
The Boston Placecheck project
This project is grass roots neighbourhood intervention, working with residents in neighbourhoods to find out the qualities of a place – what is good, what is bad and what improvements are needed.
PB in High Wycombe
The Castlefield & Oakridge area of High Wycombe were awarded funds totalling £55,000 from the Connecting to Communities funds. This was to be a community-led process with the funds being allocated on priorities in the area which had been identified by the community themselves.
PB Unit rolling out masterclasses
PB masterclass: commissioning and budget cycles
Choose Health in Deptford
