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Davy Jones Consultancy
Participatory Budgeting in Brighton
Davy Jones
East Sussex PB event in Lewes 14 May 2012
• New Green Council committed to Greener, fairer & more democratic city
• Greater budget consultation• Support for PB• Good local track record in
youth participation work
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Background
• Discussion with councillors – agreement of Leader & Chair Education & Young People – summer 2011
• Discussions with Youth Commissioners & allocation of £20k budget – September / October
• Identifying support resources (Trust for Developing Communities) / budgets / location – November
• First (of nine) youth organising group meetings held on 16 Jan 2012
• Final PB public event held on 31 March 2012• Evaluation still being finalised• Commitment from Council to do again next year !
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Chronology – very tight!
• TDC youth workers in Moulsecoomb & Bevendean created organising group of 13-19 year olds
• Group met nine times and agreed / arranged all aspect of the process / final event
• Big Dish Out logo• Advisory Group – Council Youth
Commissioner, PBU, TDC & People Can
• Twitter account, blog site and email set up
• Local & city-wide publicity
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How process worked
• £19,000 to be distributed• £6,500 organising costs and £1,000 evaluation• Organising group had core of 8/9 young people – 15 in all at
9 meetings • Local young people and organisations in area invited to bid
for two pots -£15k (bids up to £3k) and £4k (bids up to £750) – simple application forms
• 16 bids (8 for each pot) received – value of £27k+• Stalls on the day and voting by local young people• 61 voted and projects worth £17k+ approved• Feedback from the day “very positive”
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What happened?
• Longer timeframe for delivery• More resources & budget to run
process• Integrate evaluation from outset• More clarity on decision-making
powers of young people’s organising group
• Think through options for voting on the day more thoroughly
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Lessons learned
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Contact
Davy Jones
07932 [email protected]
k www.davyjonesconsultancy.co.uk
Twitter:@davyjones2