Participatory budgets

Preston Seton Gosford Area Partnership 2024

Help with participatory budgets

Current phase

Reviewing projects

Participatory budgets phases

Information

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The next PSG Area Partnership funding round will open shortly.  Applicants should discuss projects with Ben Morse, Chair or Emma Brown, Connected Communities Manager to ensure they address inequality and meet the needs of the area plan priorities

April 

1st – 26th  – applications open on CONSUL

3rd  6pm Teams - help session for applicants on Teams

10th 4.30pm Teams - help session for applicants on Teams

 

Accepting projects

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We are accepting projects which meet with inequalities and the priorities within the Preston Seton Gosford Area Plan.

Please speak with Ben Morse, Chair or Emma Brown, Connected Communities Manager about your project and they will email you a copy of the application form.

There are online help sessions re: uploading your application to CONSUL on 3rd April 6pm and 10th April 4.30pm on Teams

Selecting projects

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All applications will go to the PSG AP Scrutiny Group and be marked on a matrix to ensure they help address our Area Plan Priorities.

Voting projects

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Voting will be available through CONSUL, as well as supported sessions in community centres and libraries.  We will also be gathering votes in children and youth clubs.

Reviewing voting

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Online voting will be brought together with member voting and children and youth voting and brought to the Area Partnership Meeting on 5th June.

Successful projects will hear the following week the outcome of their application.

PSG Area Partnership

£45,000

Project proposals located geographically

List of projects

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Port Seton Centre - Food and Fitness £1,925

2024-04-26  •  No comments  •  Sandra Bell  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Pennypit Centre

Pennypit centre summer provision -Blair Drummond £1,500

2024-04-29  •  No comments  •  ebrown3  •  PSG Area Partnership

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MotherBaby Together £4,775

2024-04-26  •  No comments  •  Breastfeeding LENS  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Patchwork

Patchwork EH32: Equipment renewal & venue hire £2629

2024-04-29  •  No comments  •  ebrown3  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Befriending Project

Pennypit Trust Befriending Project £4,966

2024-04-26  •  No comments  •  The Pennypit Community Development Trust  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Growing & Changing: Voices of Young Pple with Lived Experience of Poverty £2,750

2024-04-25  •  No comments  •  Lucy Daniels  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Some of the team

Port Seton Centre - Walking Football £3976

2024-04-26  •  No comments  •  Sandra Bell  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Shorelark Watercolour & Mixed Media Workshops for Well-being

Shorelark - Watercolour & Mixed Media Workshops for Well-being £2,700

2024-04-26  •  No comments  •  Kat Healy  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Rhino Sensory Trailer

PSG Galas - Inclusive activities for Autistic and Neurodiverse Children £3,000

2024-04-25  •  No comments  •  Elaine Anderson  •  PSG Area Partnership

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Finished participatory budgets

Preston Seton Gosford Area Partnership

What is PB?

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. It gives people real power over real money.