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• About
  • PB Unit
    • What we do
    • Who we are
    • Our Services
    • Our Resources
    • Training and support we offer
  • History of Participatory Budgeting
  • International experiences of PB
  • UK experiences of PB
• Models
  • Community Grants
  • 1% funding
  • Neighbourhood
  • Services
  • CYP
  • Town and Parish
  • Police
  • Wellbeing
  • Housing
• Outcomes
  • Evidence
• Case Studies
  • Case Studies
    • Voice Your Choice, Manton, Nottinghamshire
    • The Children's Fund, Newcastle
    • Your Community, Your Health, Your Voice
    • Everyone Counts, Walsall
    • U-Choose For Cornwall
    • The St. Ann’s Funding Team Awards for Young People 2009 – ‘The SAFTA’s’ in Stockon on Tees
    • You Decide!, Tower Hamlets (London)
    • Your Voice Your Choice, Leicestershire
    • It's UP2U in Tameside
    • Acorns Your Voice, Your Choice Ballot
    • Voice Your Choice in Eastfield, Scarborough
    • Eich Dinas, Eich Dewis - Your City, Your Choice in St. Asaph
    • Section 106 funding in East Devon
    • Cae Ddol Park PB in Ruthin
    • Rural Cornwall, China Clay Community Network
    • "Your borough, your say" in Great Yarmouth
    • Adeyfield Action “You Choose” (Hemel Hempstead)
    • Parr Investment Grant Voting Day 2009 & 2010 (St. Helen's)
    • The Boston Placecheck project
    • PB in High Wycombe
    • Sensible Spending in Dulverton, Somerset
    • Glow in the Park, Vote in the Dark in Milton Keynes
  • Videos
    • Participatory budgeting in britain: the story so far
    • Newcastle UDecide The Kids PB video
    • Manton participatory budgeting project adverts
    • Manton participatory budgeting project adverts part 2
    • Manton participatory budgeting project adverts part 3
    • UDecide Grand Voting Event Oct 2007, Newcastle
    • Cash for the community in Lewisham, Sept 07
    • Participatory budgeting in the UK
    • Middlesborough UChoose PB project
    • Walsall's Everyone Counts children's PB process
    • Everyone Counts: Helping children have a say in Walsall
    • Your Norfolk Your Decision event video
    • It's your choice, participatory budgeting in Coventry
    • PB outcomes in Cornwall
    • PB outcomes in Rotherham
    • PB outcomes in Scunthorpe 1
    • PB outcomes in Scunthorpe 2
    • You Decide in Devonport, Plymouth
    • PB in Parr Neighbourhood Management, St Helens
    • Participatory budgeting for parish councils - Part 1
    • PB for parish councils - a toolkit part 2
    • PB in Adeyfield
    • PB in Blaenau Gwent with Home Office funds
    • Your Call PB in North Lincolnshire
    • "Grab a few grand" - PB in Gosport
    • Richard Edwards being interviewed by socialreporter
    • Berkhampstead Youth Council PB process
    • Richard Edwards speaking about PB at NESTA conference
  • Individual experiences of PB
    • Teresa and Sue in Manton, Nottinghamshire
• FAQ
  • FAQ's
    • What is Participatory Budgeting?
    • Where did participatory budgeting originate?
    • Which countries are using participatory budgeting now?
    • What are the benefits of participatory budgeting?
    • When did participatory budgeting start?
    • What are the benefits of the participatory budget for the city and its citizens?
    • What are the benefits of the participatory budget for the local pubic administration?
    • What are the dimensions of participatory budgeting?
    • What are the basic conditions necessary to implement participatory budgeting?
    • In what conditions is it not advisable to undertake participatory budgeting?
    • what are the principles of participatory budgeting?
    • How much does the process cost to the municipality and how are these covered?
    • Who participates in participatory budgeting?
    • If participation is limited, does that not take away legitimacy from the process?
    • How do the excluded and marginalised participate in PB? Isn't there a greater risk of social exclusion?
    • What is the role of the third sector, universities and professionals in participatory budgeting?
    • Does volunteering play a role in participatory budgeting?
    • How can the private sector be integrated into participatory budgeting?
    • Is there participatory budgeting in rural areas?
    • How can more people be encouraged to participate e.g. electronic voting, etc.?
    • Reaching out beyond the ‘professional meeting goer’. How do we ensure that the community decision-makers are representative?
    • How feasible is it to use PB for mainstream budgets?
    • What happens when the community wants something and there is no ‘owner’? Making groups formalise themselves can result in bureaucracy and stifle innovation and sustainability.
    • Is the hype greater than the effect?
    • How do you get elected members to be passionate about PB?
    • What's different about PB (compared to other engagement)?
    • How important is deliberation?
    • Is there a chance that one community/voluntary group will hijack the outcome?
    • How many people tend to participate in PB?
    • Where does the money come from?
    • Can PB be implemented once, or does it need to be repeated?
    • Who needs to be involved when planning a PB programme?
    • How can PB improve the commissioning of public services?
    • Can PB be used to decide which services to cut?
    • Does PB disempower elected members?
    • Is PB merely a ‘token gesture’, giving the illusion of influence over tiny sums of money?
    • Do residents have the skills and knowledge to make informed spending decisions?
    • Will PB only attract ‘the usual suspects’
    • Are PB events merely a ‘beauty contest’, where the cutest bids win through, irrespective of quality?
• Resources
  • Links
    • Peopleandparticipation.net
    • Church Action on Poverty
    • Free images
    • Trafford Hall
    • Department for Communities & Local Government
    • National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
    • National Association for Neighbourhood Management
    • Sustainable Development Commission
    • Home Office
    • Involve
    • Local Government Information Unit
    • International website on participatory budgeting
    • International Budget Project
    • European Union Socrates Programme PB toolkit
    • Joseph Rowntree Foundation
    • New Economics Foundation
    • Institute for Development Partitipation Team
    • International Centre for Participation Studies
    • Logolink
    • Women's Budget Group
    • Marc Bloch Center in Germany - studying PB in Germany
    • Freefoto.com
    • Brazilian participatory budget network
    • Communities and Local Government participatory budgeting page
    • Facebook: participatory budgeting group
    • Accenture's Spending Public Money project
    • National Youth Agency
    • Asset Transfer Unit
    • ICT 4 Democracy Facebook group
    • CFE: organisation working to bring social & economic prosperity
    • National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
    • Government Offices in the Regions
    • Community Development Foundation (CDF)
    • Sostenga
    • PB project in Poitou Charentes, France
    • The Consultation Institute
    • Local Government Association
    • National Association of Local Councils (NALC)
    • Future Communities
    • Participatory Budgeting Project
    • Rethinking the public book
  • PB360
  • Online PB
  • Values, Principles & Standards
  • Other Tools and Resources