Northeast of England
Pilot Studies in the North East of England
Pilot studies in the northeast of england
Keighley Decision Day, Bradford
Bradford Local Strategic Partnership (Bradford Vision), decided to distribute the 2006/07 round of Neighbourhood Renewal Funding (NRF) in Keighley using a process of Participatory Budgeting.
U-Decide Children and Young People's Pilot, Newcastle
The U-decide Children and Young People’s pilot used funds allocated by the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) but were delivered by the local council. This pilot used a participatory grant making model in which funds were allocated either directly to community projects, or to groups who would work in partnership with the council and other service providers to deliver the ideas.
The People's Fund, East End & Hendon, Sunderland
The People's Fund was one of the original 5 pilots that the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister funded to trial PB. They used a small community chest approach, with two events using PB to allocate £15,000 and £35,000 respectively.
The Children's Fund, Newcastle
After months of preparation, 139 young people attended a participatory budgeting event in Newcastle in May 2008 to cast a 20% vote in the procurement of services for the city’s £2.25m Children’s Fund.
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