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National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group

Inactive

This group is no longer active.

Overview

This group was active between 27 August 2020 and 7 December 2023.

The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group was established in 2020 to provide strategic direction for participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland. The group met on a quarterly basis to build capacity for PB across Scotland and ensure best possible practice.

The group worked together to design and develop a high-level strategic plan to enable PB to be part of the core infrastructure of a constantly renewing democratic and community life across Scotland. Following the development of the ‘Framework for the Future of PB in Scotland’, the group worked to continuously support the implementation of the framework.

The membership spanned across public sector agencies and organisations.

The group concluded in December 2023.

Annual report 2021 to 2022

The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group produced two annual reports highlighting activity of the group and the overall development of PB activity over recent years.

There has been an impressive scaling up of PB in Scotland, and this report celebrates some of this progress to date, with particular reference to the National PB Framework themes.

The full 2021/22 report is available on PB Scotland’s website.

The full 2022/23 report is available on PB Scotland’s website.

Members

  • Martin Johnstone, Chair of National PB Strategic Group
  • Angus Hardie, Scottish Community Alliance
  • Anil Gupta, COSLA
  • David Allan, Scottish Community Development Centre
  • David Reilly, Poverty Alliance
  • Ellie Craig, Member of Youth Scottish Parliament
  • Gavin Crosby, Young Scot
  • Jane O'Donnell, Scottish Government
  • John Munro, COSLA
  • Kathleen Glazik, Scottish Government
  • Kevin Ditcham, Police Scotland
  • Kirsten Urquhart, Young Scot
  • Michael Wood, Association of Directors of Education Scotland
  • Neil Ritch, National Lottery
  • Oliver Escobar, University of Edinburgh
  • Peter McNaughton, Association of Directors of Education Scotland
  • Robert Emmott, Dundee City Council/Local Government Directors of Finance Group
  • Susan Paxton, Scottish Community Development Centre
  • Tressa Burke, Glasgow Disability Alliance
  • Tricia Ma, Scottish Government (Secretariat)

Publications

National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group: terms of reference

Contact

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