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What is it?
Udecide in Newcastle
DVDs
Evaluation
Awards
Comments
Links
For further information
You can now take part in Udecide from the comfort of your own home by accessing the new Udecide discussion board. The board is updated regularly with information on current projects and allows those who register to take part in discussions and influence how these projects develop. In future, we hope to use the board to share videos and photos of Udecide with users.
2009/2010 Udecide Projects:
UDecide will be coming to Shieldfield over the Spring and Summer of 2010. The project will enable local people to decide how £100,000 is spent on improving green spaces.
UDecide is working with carers across the city to bring greater engagement and deliberation to spending decisions around the 2009/10 Carers Grant. Find out more:
UDecide is also working together with local people and other organisations in Cowgate to spend £35,000 to help build community spirit on the estate. Find out more:
The UDecide Projects in Lemington and the Great Park are now complete. Read more:
What is it?
U decide, or participatory budgeting, is a way of giving local people the power to spend some public money to benefit their communities. This means they can share some of the responsibility for what happens where they live, and make some real changes.
What is different about Udecide?
U decide is different because it knows you - the people who live here - understand best what is needed in your areas and it gives you the chance to make your own decisions about how money is spent.
This is a great opportunity for local people to make a real difference to the places where they live. And we know people want to get involved. Recent surveys tell us that 66% of local people think residents should be able to decide how to spend money to improve their quality of life, and 79% think people are keen to get involved in solving community problems.
Please read our frequently asked questions document for more information.
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Udecide in Newcastle
Read about the various projects we have run.
DVDs
Evaluation
U Decide has a number of benefits for an area. Read some evaluations of the programme.
Awards
At a ceremony in The Hague on Thursday 27th November 2008 as part of the Eurocities AGM, the U Decide programme won the international Eurocities Award in the Participation category. Leader of the Council John Shipley accepted the Award on behalf of the Council, the Newcastle Partnership and the U Decide working groups in front of a crowd of 350 people drawn from all of the European major cities. The other winners were Espoo (Finland) for Innovation and Ghent (Belgium) for Cooperation. The awards recognise European City Councils' success in involving their citizens in local governance. Udecide has already won two national awards. Read about our success.
Comments
Read some of the comments we have received about Udecide in Newcastle.
Links
For more information go to contacts page.