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Voting opens for city youth work projects

Young people in Edinburgh are being asked to decide how £160,000 of City of Edinburgh Council funding should be spent on youth work projects.

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A total of 55 projects now face a public vote in Choose Youth Work – the latest participatory budgeting project in the Capital. Voters can cast their vote online with a Young Scot card or at events being held in schools and other community venues.

The Communities and Families Youth Work Grant Programme allowed groups to apply for grants of up to £10,000 each, to be spent on open-access, universal youth work that will benefit young people in Edinburgh. The youth work can be locally-based or city-wide.

Submitted applications were assessed by a team of young people and Council officers, and those that met the required criteria are now being voted on by young people.

Voting

Young people aged 11-25 years who live in Edinburgh have two votes: one for projects taking place across the city, and another for projects in their local area.  Young people will be able to use their Young Scot number to vote. Temporary registration numbers can also be provided, and there will be paper ballots at locality events.

Voting opened on Monday and will close at 5pm next Friday – 16 March 

During this time, voting will be available online at: https://young.scot/edinburgh-pb/ and in selected community and education centres in Edinburgh.

 

 

Small steps towards citizen say in council budget planning

Joint commitment to 1% participatory budgeting target

People across Scotland are to have a say in how  £100 million of council funds will be used in their communities. Council leaders have agreed that at least 1% of local government budgets will be subject to participatory budgeting by the end of 2021, giving communities more influence than ever to make decisions on how  funding is spent in their localities.  Continue reading Small steps towards citizen say in council budget planning

Community Choices Fund success for local Community Council

The Scottish Government has announced the successful applicants for the latest Community Choices Fund. Sixteen community organisations and 17 local councils will share the £1.5 million fund, with more than 90 applications submitted for 2017/18. Among the successful applicants are Leith Links Community Council, who receive £82,800 for their Local Democracy at Work initiative, while the City of Edinburgh Council receives £44,000 to support it’s participatory budgeting programme. Continue reading Community Choices Fund success for local Community Council

EVOC ThinkSpace: Participatory Budgeting – what’s your view?

You are invited to Participatory Budgeting (PB) Third Sector Perspective by Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council

Participatory Budgeting (PB) has become part of the funding landscape in Edinburgh. Police Scotland and City of Edinburgh Council have both distributed funds by PB in 2016 and 2017.  Opinions are polarised – some Third Sector Organisations love it, others loathe it. Whatever your opinion, it is likely to be part of the funding landscape for the next few years.  This thinkSpace has been designed to:

  • Introduce participants to the concept behind PB, look at PB around the world, in Scotland and in Edinburgh.
  • Learn about the PB project run by Police Scotland in Edinburgh tackling Islamaphobia.
  • Give participants a chance to discuss what they feel are the positives and the issues around PB from a Third Sector organisational perspective.
  • Ask participants what recommendations could be made to those running a PB project to improve the experience for the Third Sector organisations, bearing in mind it looks like it is here to stay for the next few years.  This session will inform a position paper for EVOC on PB.
  • Identify what support is required for Third Sector organisations to take full advantage of PB opportunities.  This information will inform a toolkit and training for projects for PB.

Whether you are new to PB, experienced in applying for PB funding or whether you just have an opinion we would encourage you to take part in this discussion.

Thursday, 25 May 2017 from 13:30 to 16:30 (BST) The Melting Pot, 5 Rose Street, EH2 2PR

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Youth Work: make your choice

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