Half day workshop exploring how participatory budgeting can move on from successful involvement in small grants allocation, to transforming citizen involvement in mainstream decision making.

FOR: community groups, councillors, staff working with communities from Local Councils, Police, Health and voluntary sector.

Programme:
9:30 Registration and refreshments
10:00 A fishbowl conversation with Chris Parsons and a council officer. Chris is the Chair of the Eastfield Neighbourhood Partnership in Scarborough. Coming from different backgrounds, they have had an invigorating experience of working on Participatory Budgeting in recent years.
10:30 Keynote speaker: Shazia Hussain, the Director of the Tower Hamlets Partnership, who helped local residents decide themselves how £4.8 million of council money was spent effectively.
11:00 ‘How best can communities be involved in deciding how public sector money is spent locally?’ Using an Open Space format, this lively discussion will involve movement and initiative so all of us can contribute and get what we need from dialogue with each other.
1:00 Lunch and networking
2:00 Finish