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Learn how to empower communities in making financial decisions to support social care projects. Explore case studies and practical exercises to implement participatory budgeting (PB) processes effectively.
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Local financial decision making to support social care projects Martin Johnstone and Chloe Clemmons
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Church of Scotland PB Project in 2018 • PB Events were held in 8 Churches across Scotland • £58,500 of funding was given to 63 community projects • 1,239 people voted
PB with Dundee Drop In Network There were seven successful projects, which were: - 7th - Making Dundee Home - Creative journeys = £990.006th - Lifegate Healthy Eating - £1,500.005th - Taught by Muhammad - new cafe in Kirkton = £1,500.004th - Making Dundee Home - underwear and toiletries = £400.003rd - Lochee cooking classes and wonderbox = £1,200.002nd - Parish Nursing Recovery map = £1,110.001st - Mainstreet young people's group = £1,300.00
PB with Dundee Drop In Network Feedback received: “They should do stuff like this more. It makes the people of Dundee feel like they are part of the community, deciding where the money goes, more part of Dundee”
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PB in St Madoes Church in Perthshire Feedback received from a school child: “At last a vote we can do! All the others are for adults and we are not allowed to”
What organisers said about PB “Transformative” “The community itself making a decision, how people are empowered to fulfil their dreams and aspirations with regard to projects that really need to happen in a community.” “Putting back the control into people’s hands about a decision making process – very much a democratic process”
Practice a PB process 1 You are part of a Steering Group for a PB Project which will give out £2,000 in your community. Please set the criteria for bidding into the PB Process. • Hint – the Steering Group should not take decisions about the suitability of the bids. Criteria could include location of the project, status of the bidding organisation e.g. do they need to be a charity, whether the application form is complete • Hint – how much can any one project bid for, consider a maximum and minimum bid
Practice a PB process 2 Please plan a decision making event and voting process • Hint – who can vote? Think about where someone lives or works and age – can children vote? • Hint – how many votes does each person have?
Practice a PB process 3 You have received 7 bids – see handout. Do all of the bids meet your criteria? If no, please explain why not.