Involve · Youth-led funding

Shaping Budgeting: Evaluation of process by PB Partners

Aberdeen City Council and PB Partners (via PB Scotland) · 2016 · Case study

Evaluation of a participatory budgeting process run through schools in five areas of Aberdeen between November 2015 and January 2016, in which 3,755 primary and secondary pupils voted at 15 events on how £100,000 of council underspend was spent on youth work. 28 of 59 bids were funded. Covers how it was run, what was funded and six recommendations, including longer lead-in times and building in time for young people to deliberate.

Section

Youth-led funding

Format

Web page

Access

Open access

Link

pbscotland.scot