We are pleased to announce that the Youth PB Accelerator Project has launched the Youth PB Toolkit and DIY Manual. The tools, resources, inspirations and materials offer detailed guidance and suppo...
Join us for the launch of the Youth Participatory Budgeting (PB) Accelerator Toolkit and DIY Manual.Free On-Line Workshop, Wednesday 23 March 2022, 10 am to 12 noon (GMT)The toolkit provides detail...
People Powered have launched an amazing new Digital Participation Platforms Resource Centre It features a detailed Guide to Digital Participation Platforms and a Matrix with ratings of recommended ...
Representatives from PB Works - Noeleen Diver, Gemma McCaughley and Louise O'Kane had the opportunity to brief the Communities Committee on Thursday 03 February 2022. We set out a route map for mai...
If you missed out on our latest learning workshop which explored PB and Community Wealth Building you can find a full report and recording of the session in the resources section. The workshop wa...
The new edition of the World Atlas of Participatory Budgeting 2020-21 is now available. The atlas is the most comprehensive compilation of data held today on Participatory Budgeting around the wo...
PB Works together with Development Trust NI are hosting a joint webinar on Tuesday 23 November 2021 from 12 noon until 2pm. The webinar will explore how participatory budgeting (PB) can put the ā...
The third round of the Communities Leading Change Participatory Budgeting initiative is currently open for your project ideas. If you are an individual or community group who provide a service in o...
The Join the Dots PB deadline has been extended until 12 November 2021. Individuals and Groups can bid for up to Ā£500 (or Euro Equivalent) under the theme of āCreating Connectionsā this could...
As part of the Tak£ 500 Your Community, Your Voice, Your Choice! PB process a Learning Video has been produced to showcase some of the amazing ideas put forward and voted on by residents, with 362...
Connswater Homes and The Larder have launched a totally digital, Participatory Budgeting (PB) process called, Inner East Kitty. If you live, work or volunteer in east Belfast, do you have an idea ...
Collaboration for Change (CfC) and partners are delighted to announce the launch of Join the Dots Participatory Budgeting (PB) around the theme of creating connections. CfC is a collective of or...
Can you join the Dots and Connect? Collaboration for Change (CfC) are facilitating the Design Team for their first, and totally digital, Participatory Budgeting process called, Join the Dots with...
Armoy Community Association have prepared a fantastic video sharing their learning from the Armoy Open Pot 2021. The video showcases three of the winning bids, including teachers and pupils from St...
As part of Putting People in the Lead through Quality PB our next learning workshop on Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 10.00 am is on the theme of Community Led Participatory Budgeting (PB). I am de...
Community Places and the Department for Infrastructure are co-hosting āPlanning Your Place: Getting Involvedā, four online engagement events on Tuesday, 25 May 2021. The sessions form part of...
The Participatory Budgeting Project based in America has just opened its own PB process. If you are a supporter (subscriber to their mailing list) you can have a direct say on how a portion of thei...
Lots of new materials have been added to the PB Youth Accelerator Website including this latest blog by Jez Hall which explores how we can accelerate youth participation through PB and the importan...
The NI Open Government Network, in partnership with Collaboration for Change, is looking for your ideas for how government in Northern Ireland could be more open, transparent and accountable. The...
Collaboration for Change (CfC) are inviting you to help put the CfC vision into practice through the 'Joining the Dots' PB process. The crowd fund approach to growing the 'Joining the Dots' PB Pot ...
Young people across Derry and Strabane are set to benefit from a range of exciting new projects in the new year, as the winners of the YOUth Making it Happen Participatory Budget (PB) scheme were a...
PB Works has had some great opportunities to share our learning of all thing Participatory Budgeting this week. On Monday 23 November 2020, Louise O'Kane together with Michelle Markey, Community Pl...
Collaboration for Change have some exciting news! They are launching their first crowd funder to raise a pot of money which will be shared through a participatory budgeting process - you can find ...
As part of the Tak£500 PB process taking place in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area this fantastic animation has been developed to explain how easy it is to get involve...
The deadline for #YouthMakingitHappen has been extended until 23 October 2020 in light of the ongoing implications of COVID-19 and restrictions experienced across the Derry City and Strabane Distri...
Jez Hall, Director of Shared Future CIC in Manchester and Louise O'Kane, Planning and Engagement Officer at Community Places - PB Works in Belfast had the opportunity to share their experiences of ...
Your community, your voice, your choice!Do you have an idea that you feel would have a positive impact on your community? If so, look no further than the āTakĀ£500ā PB Fund which is led by Arma...
An exciting new youth led and designed PB process has launched today across the Derry and Strabane District Council Area. Over the last few months young people from across the city have been involv...
Our next PB Learning Workshop will take place on Wednesday 23 September 2020, 2.00 ā 3.30 pm. Kelly McBride from The Democratic Society will share her expertise and experience of Planning and S...
The Place Standard Tool can help to create conversations and discussion as part of a Participatory Budgeting (PB) process. The tool helps you to think about both the physical and social aspects of ...
We have added a great new resource - the Glens Healthy Places Impact and Learning Summary. The report details the Armoy Open Pot process which saw the community coming together to pitch 34 creative...
Check out this PB video from Scotland which explains what PB is all about and how it can help to create communities which are inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe. The video also includes BSL a...
Do you live in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area? If so, why not take part in the 'Community Cash' Participatory Budgeting project and apply for up to £1,000 to make your community saf...
Jennie Dunlop, Community Planning Manager, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council recently shared her thoughts with us on the power of participatory budgeting and how it can address...
People Powered is a new Global Hub to support and champion participatory democracy. Its initial flagship programme is the Global Participatory Budgeting Hub which will work towards improving and ex...
We have added a new PB Case Study Mapping function to the website. Now you can find out more about the PB projects near you including useful tips from PB Champions about how they planned and delive...
Ruth McNeill from Armoy Community Association recently shared with us her experience of and reflections on the Armoy Open Pot PB process, part of the Glens Healthy Places Initiative.Ruth explained...
On Thursday 25 June 2020, forty-two participants joined an online zoom-shop to explore how Participatory Budgeting (PB) can help to transform and empower peopleās lives in the context of post C...
PB Works would like to hear from you about how best we can stay in touch and continue to develop quality participatory budgeting. Please take two minutes to complete this short survey to help us pl...
Nesta have produced a summary of the digital tools available to help democracy thrive during the current pandemic. The blog includes tools to support idea generation, on-line deliberation and votin...
We are certainly living in unprecedented times and I hope each and everyone of you are staying safe and well and looking out for each other where it is safe to do so. We encourage everyone to follo...
Unfortunately, due to the evolving Corona Virus situation we have taken the decision to postpone our forthcoming events. While this is disappointing the priority should now be on staying safe and l...
We are delighted to announce that we have secured Great Ideas funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to put people in the lead through quality PB.The project aims to achieve a āquali...
Earlier in the year I chatted with Alan Budge from PB Partners about the risks and rewards of mainstreaming PB. Alan noted that examples from all around the globe including Europe, USA and Latin A...
At the beginning of November 2019 over 50 people from across a wide range of sectors took part in a PB Innovation Lab, sponsored by the Department for Communities. Over the two-day lab process par...
A new PB Charter has been developed for Scotland. The charter sets out seven key features designed to make sure that every PB process involves good-quality democratic participation. The seven key f...
As part of the Imagine Festival fourteen brave individuals pitched their creative ideas to re-imagine democracy! Each hoping for a share of £3000 made courtesy of the Building Change Trust. Ide...
Thursday, 14 March 2019 10.00 am to 13.00 pm (registration from 9.30 am) Lough Neagh Discovery and Conference Centre, Oxford Island, BT66 6NJPB Works hosted by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavo...
Saturday, 30 March 2019 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm Apply for up to £500 to help make the change you want to see in the world.Get involved in a live PB process! In the run-up to and during the Imagine Fe...
There was a palpable energy in the room at the PB Works 'Sharing the Learning' Event on Wednesday, 28 November 2018. Louise Warde Hunter, Deputy Secretary for Housing and Urban Regeneration, Depart...
The Participatory Budgeting Works Project is delighted to announce that we will be working with and providing support to: Rathlin Development and Community AssociationNewry, Mourne and Down Dis...
PB Works held two Participatory Budgeting workshops during June 2018. The first workshop focused on the role of PB in widening engagement and took a detailed look at the 10 steps to planning a PB ...
Come along to the Participatory Budgeting Works Launch Event as part of Democracy Day on Wednesday, 14 March 2018 from 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm registration from 1.30 pm . Find out about Participatory...
The Participatory Budgeting Works Project is a collaborative effort to raise awareness of and advocate for Participatory Budgeting (PB) across the region. For those who are interested in develop...
The Participatory Budgeting Works Project is a collaborative effort to raise awareness of and advocate for Participatory Budgeting (PB) across the region. For those who are interested in develop...