Northwest of England
pilot studies in the Northwest of England
In Your Hands, Morecambe
Poulton Neigbhourhood Management arranged an event with Poulton community in February 2008 to distribute £20,000 on cleaner and greener projects using PB. The event was a great success, with over 100 people attending, 92% of which said they would take part again. 26 groups applied and 13 were funded through the process.
East Salford Highways Participatory Budgeting Case Study
IIn February 2008 Salford City Council held its second participatory budgeting event open to the public.
Participatory budgeting in Wigan
This case study reports on how Wigan Encompass used Participatory Budgeting principles to distribute £20,000 to members of the network. The Community Networks in Wigan, including Encompass, were eligible to bid for funds from the £20,000 allocation made by the LSP to support the Networks in an interim period until next April 2009.
Claremont & Weaste devolved highways budget case study
In 2006, Salford City Council made a decision to devolve decision making for the allocation of £100,000 of highways funding (Block 3 Transport capital – ‘Other Minor Works’) to each of the eight community committees in the city.
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