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Great News! The Shieldfield Green Udecide Working Group have made it through to the finals of the Evening Chronicle's Environment Awards! The Udecide Team would like to say well done to all the members of the Working Group who have shown so much commitment to the project over the last 9 months. The awards ceremony will take place on 28th February - cross your fingers and we'll let you know how the Group get on!
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.
2010/11 Udecide Projects:
UDecide is in Shieldfield in 2010 and 2011. The project will enable local people to decide how £100,000 is spent on improving the local green.
Udecide is also working with the Neighbourhood Management Team in Scotswood to keep children and young people safe during the earthworks.
Read the Scotswood Young People's Udecide project report (pdf, 771.5Kb)
The Council's Children's Services Directorate are working with the Udecide Team on an Aiming High project which will see disabled young people spend £30,000 on activities to benefit them and their peers.
Greening Wingrove Udecide - November 2011 to Febrauary 2012
.... get into the green scene, it's your decision!
Greening Wingrove Udecide has £40,000 to spend on environmental projects in the Wingrove ward (Arthurs Hill, Spital Tongues, Wingrove Terraces, Milvain Estate, Fenham area from Hadrian Road to Fenham Hall Drive).
We are seeking bids from community groups, voluntary sector organisations, public service providers and religious organisations who have a project idea to improve the environment in the Wingrove Ward and benefit local residents.
Download the poster here: Greening Wingrove Udecide Poster
To find out more about the kind of project ideas we are looking for, who is eligible to apply and the key dates and stages of the project please read our invitation to apply letter and the project brief
Or contact Ali Lamb on 0191 277 7681 or email alison.lamb@newcastle.gov.uk
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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Read about the various projects we have run.
U Decide has a number of benefits for an area. Read some evaluations of the programme.
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.
Read some of the comments we have received about Udecide in Newcastle.
For more information go to contacts page.
Page last updated: 13 December, 2011
