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PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN SALFORD. Anne Godding Neighbourhood Manager Salford. NEIGHBOURHOOD MANAGEMENT IN SALFORD. IDENTIFYING LOCAL PRIORITIES PARTNERSHIP WORKING TO DELIVER PRIORITIES FINDING SOLUTIONS TOGETHER PROMOTING CHANGE, DRIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITIES.
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PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN SALFORD Anne Godding Neighbourhood Manager Salford
NEIGHBOURHOOD MANAGEMENT IN SALFORD • IDENTIFYING LOCAL PRIORITIES • PARTNERSHIP WORKING TO DELIVER PRIORITIES • FINDING SOLUTIONS TOGETHER • PROMOTING CHANGE, DRIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITIES
HOW IS NEIGHBOURHOOD MANAGEMENT DELIVERED? • OUR EIGHT COMMUNITY COMMITTEES SET THE PRIORITIES • COMMUNITY ACTION PLANS • ELECTED MEMBERS AS LOCAL LEADERS • DEVOLVED BUDGET OF £2.96 PER HEAD OF POPULATION • OTHER SMALL GRANTS AND FUNDS
SALFORD’S PB PILOT • BLOCK 3 TRANSPORT CAPITAL • £100K PER COMMUNITY COMMITTEE DEVOLVED FOR EACH OF LAST THREE YEARS • PB PILOTS HAVE RUN IN TWO OF EIGHT NEIGHBOURHOODS • HIGHWAYS SCHEMES PROPOSED BY COMMUNITY • COMMUNITY COME ALONG AND ‘SCORE’ THE SCHEMES
THE POSITIVES • GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PROCESS OF DECIDING SPEND • DEMOGRAPHIC SPREAD OF PARTICIPANTS IS INCREASING • FEEDBACK IS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE • INCREASING INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT • CONTRIBUTES TO BUILDING STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE THE SALFORD PLAN 2008 – 2011 COMMITS THE COUNCIL TO “EXTEND PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING TO ALL NEIGHBOURHOODS AND FURTHER DEVOLVE DECISION MAKING TO COMMUNITIES