When should I use this?

• When you want the community to decide how to spend an allocated budget or deliver future service and policy change
• When you want to bring diverse communities together and enhance social networks
• When you want to improve citizen participation in creating ideas to generate behavioural change
• When you have a minimum of £15k to spend with the public

When wouldn’t I use this?

• When you have no allocated budget to spend with the public
• When you prefer committees or individuals to make decisions about allocated funds
• When you have to allocate a budget within a few weeks (this takes about 2-3 months)
• When you think the best solutions lie within specialist service areas

How does MutualGain deliver this?

• Train your partnership team in PB and how it has been used internationally (1-day training on or off line)
• Attend, host and support your partnership team to deliver a series of facilitated workshops to agree ten key decisions which will result in a community led Participatory Budgeting event
• Provide independent verification of public voting at the event
• Produce visual minutes or a film of the ideas voted on