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Southampton's Your Health Your Community Your Vote success

Southampton PB pilot's first PB voting event on 27th June was a huge success with Thornhill residents turning out to vote on how £50,000 of monies allocated to health should be spent.

Southampton's Your Health Your Community Your Vote success

Over £100,000 worth of applications were received from local community and voluntary groups in the area for health related projects and the residents of Thornhill voted to fund 10 of the 18 projects with £50,000 from the Primary Care Trust.

Projects funded included healthy positive activities for children and young people, education on sexual health awareness, projects supporting disabled people and blind people, and health projects for older people.

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National PB Conference

We've announced the date of our national conference on participatory budgeting as 15th September 2008.  The conference is being held at the prestigious Midland Hotel in Manchester and our keynote speaker is Rt. Hon. Hazel Blears MP.

Delegate places cost £200 for public and private sectors and £100 for voluntary, community & charity sectors.  There is a £50 discount per delegate if you book your places before 31st July 2008.

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