PKC Community Choices

Locality PB Fund Guidance

Overview

This year, Perth & Kinross Council have agreed to focus participatory budgeting on four localities that face the greatest deprevation and need for targeted community investment in an exercise called the Locality PB Fund. At the start of December, we will open the portal for applications from groups within or near the localities for projects to be run specifically in these areas. Projects should demonstrate a focus on tackling poverty and alleviating the impact of cost of living. Applications are also welcome to include costs towards upskilling and resourcing volunteers to enhance the work of your organisation.

 

Localities

This year's PB exercise targets four specific areas of Perth & Kinross. Please identify the locality in which your project is taking place. You can identify the ward and locality you live in by using our Postcode Checker. The residents of those localities will make the final decision on who receives funding. The total funds available for each locality are detailed below.

Locality  

Total Funding  

Old Scone, Central & North Perth  

£47,837.22  

Rattray  

£16,690.60  

South Crieff  

£16,625.41  

Coupar Angus, Meigle & Alyth  

£18,846.76  

TOTALS  

£100,000.00  

 

Timeline

w/c Monday 2nd December – Proposal entry window opens. 

January 2025 - Proposal Workshops 

Friday 7th February 2025 - Proposal window closes.

Monday 17th February 2025 – voting opens on the webpage. 

Friday 7th March 2025 - voting closes on the webpage

w/c Monday 17th March 2025 - results announced. More details to be confirmed at a later date.

 

How to vote

  1. Sign in using your MyGovScot, Facebook or Google account OR register with the webpage using an existing email address

  2. Go to My Account in the top right hand corner of the site, and select the area in which you live using the area drop-down list in the 

  3. Select the locality in which you wish to vote – note that you can only vote in one locality and should vote in the locality in which you live. Localities are combinations of one or more Perth and Kinross Council wards. If you are not sure which locality you live in, you can use your address to check which ward you are in at Find your local councillor - Perth & Kinross Council (pkc.gov.uk).

  4. Note the total funding available in that locality – this is displayed at the top of the screen

  5. Read through each of the bids in your locality and decide which bids you wish to support.

  6. Click ‘Vote’ on the bids you wish to support and keep an eye on your available budget. This will go down as your cast your votes.

  7. You can vote for as many projects as you wish until you have either spent the full budget, or have insufficient budget left to vote for any more projects.

  8. You do not need to spend the full budget. If you only wish to vote for one or two projects that is fine.

  9. You can sign in again at a later date, using the same long-in details and amend your vote prior to the closing date on 1 March

  10. If you have any issues with logging in or voting, you can contact us at communityempowerment@pkc.gov.uk. Help and support in terms of guidance is also provided on the website.