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Tagged ItemsWhy get involved with PB?It's often been said money is power. Every year thousands of pounds worth of public money is spent in your name and on your behalf. If you are not involved when your money is spent, then how do you know it will be spent the way you want it to be?
Different PB ProcessesParticipatory Budgeting can be applied to many different contexts where priorities have to be made and budgets set in the allocation of public funds. Most, but not all, of the PB initiatives in the UK to date have been applied to the allocation of small grants.
CouncillorsThis page is for councillors/elected members to help you to think about why you might want to do PB, why you might want to promote it as an idea and how it can help you in your role as councillor.
CouncillorsThis page is for councillors/elected members to help you to think about why you might want to do PB, why you might want to promote it as an idea and how it can help you in your role as councillor.
Welcome Facilitators!This section is here for all the practitioners out there - those people organising, managing, running, sorting, PB events whether they be public sector officers, community activists or even our own associates.
Why do PB?
Role of councillors in PBIt is important to note that participatory budgeting does not, in any way, diminish the role of councillors and representative democracy. It supports it. This page explains the role of councillors within the PB process.
Voting methodsVoting is a crucial part of the PB process - whether that's done in a single event, multiple events or remotely. This page looks at different methods of voting and their pros and cons.
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You
can write to the
Participatory Budgeting Unit
through our Manchester Office.
Participatory
Budgeting Unit
C/o Church Action on Poverty
3rd Floor
35 Dale St
Manchester M1 2HF
UK
Office Tel: 0161 236 9321
Fax: 0161 237 5359
The PB Unit is a project of Church Action on Poverty, a charity (charity no. 1079986) and company limited by guarantee (company no.3780243)
