Scottish Rural Action is a platform for rural and island Scotland and works with members and partners to build a rural movement connecting rural communities with each other and with policticians and decision-makers. Amongst many other things, the SRA delivers the biennial Scottish Rural and Islands Parliament
Read MoreThe Global Participatory Budgeting Hub is aims to improve and expand participatory budgeting (PB) around the world by addressing common challenges and opportunities faced by PB implementers and supporters. It provides information on what PB is, how to design and carry out PB, funding, training, events and news updates.
Read MoreThis report from SCDC and What Works Scotland explores how community councils can be even more relevant in Scotland’s evolving policy context, especially as public service reform continues through the Local Governance Review.
Read MoreScotland’s Climate Assembly brought a group of people together who were broadly representative of the Scottish population to learn about, discuss and make recommendations on how we can best tackle climate change.
Read MoreThe Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland involved 100 citizens from across Scotland, who were broadly representative of the country, coming together to listen, discuss and think about what kind of country we want to build in Scotland, as well as other related questions.
Read MoreThe Citizen Participation Network includes 600 citizens, researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in a range of fields in Scotland and beyond. It should be relevant to anyone wanting to know more about the theory and practical methods behind participatory democracy.
Read MoreIn this briefing, CHEX argues that by building on the fantastic community-led response to Covid-19 and by making use of great ways for everyone to take part (e.g. citizens assemblies) we can build a more just and sustainable country which really begins to tackle long-term health inequalities.
Read MoreThe Local Governance Review aims to find out what changes are needed to encourage a more local, participatory and inclusive democracy in Scotland.
Read MoreWe highlight three ways that your community group can get involved in participatory budgteting…
Read MoreParticipatory budgeting is a way for people to directly vote on how local money should be spent. PB Scotland acts as a hub for sharing and learning about PB across Scotland. It provides updates on events, policy and resources relevant to PB in Scotland, and profiles good examples of PB in action.
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