Community Voting Days

Community Voting Days, also known as participatory budgeting, is a democratic process where community members directly decide how to allocate part of a public budget. ​

It involves community planning and decision-making – involving communities in the process of understanding needs, priority setting, and developing and agreeing solutions.  ​​

It involves residents in decision-making, allowing you to propose and vote on projects or initiatives that you believe will benefit your community, at a Community Voting Day. ​

Benefits of Community Voting Days

• empower residents and increase sense of ownership in communities.   ​
• build capacity and confidence in communities, may leverage additional funding into an area ​
• allocation of resources to projects that directly address the needs and priorities of the community, communities will have a better idea about what best supports them   ​
• give a voice to disadvantaged communities and ensure that their needs are considered in the budgeting process. ​
• increase transparency in public sector spending

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