Participatory budgeting in vibrant communities

We have supported steering groups to deliver the Participatory Budgeting (PB) events listed below.

2020 events

• Dunlop and Lugton Community Awards: You Decide - List of successful projects

2019 events

• Dalrymple Parish Decides - List of Successful Projects
• Muirkirk and Glenbuck: You Decide (Galawhistle Renewable Energy Fund) -  List of Successful Projects

2018 events

Vibrant Communities supported a number of PB events during 2018. These included:

Community led action plan areas

• North West Kilmarnock Decides - List of Successful Projects
• Ochiltree and Skares Community Awards - List of Successful Projects
• Catrine Counts Voting event - List of Successful Projects

Housing

East Ayrshire Council Housing Services is allocating part of its environmental improvements budget through PB. For further details please visit Housing Environmental Participatory Budgeting.

Young people

• Kilmarnock Area (Kilmarnock/Crosshouse/Hurlford) -  List of Successful Projects 
• Cumnock and Doon Valley Area -  List of Successful Projects
• Northern Area (Annick/Irvine Valley) - List of Successful Projects

East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership  

• Irvine Valley (Darvel, Galston, Newmilns) - Download a list of successful projects for the Irvine Valley
• Annick (Dunlop, Fenwick, Kilmaurs, Moscow, Stewarton, Waterside)  - Download a list of successful projects for Annick
• Southern Locality (Cumnock and Doon Valley) - Download a list of successful projects for Southern Locality
• Kilmarnock Locality (Crosshouse, Gatehead, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Knockentiber) - Download a list of successful projects for Kilmarnock Area

2017 events

Vibrant Communities supported 12 East Ayrshire communities to hold participatory budgeting events during 2017.  

Each community had up to £10,000 to award to groups and individuals with an idea for a project which will benefit the local community. Funding was provided by the Scottish Government’s Community Choices Fund, East Ayrshire Council and East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership. Each event had a presentation or marketplace format.

List of successful projects

• Cumnock event
• Dalmellington event
• Fenwick event
• Kilmarnock Town Centre
• Logan, Lugar and Cronberry event
• Muirkirk event
• Netherthird, Craigens and Skerrington event
• New Cumnock event
• Patna event
• Drongan, Rankinston and Stair event
• Sorn event
• Stewarton event

Pilot events

Two PB events were held in June 2016, with funding provided by the Scottish Government and East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership. The ‘You Decide - Mauchline Matters’  and ‘You Decide - Valley Ventures’ (Darvel/Newmilns) events gave local people the opportunity to choose which community groups received money for projects in their areas. A list of successful groups for each event are: Mauchline Matters and Valley Ventures.