Residents across North Ayrshire are being urged to cast their votes for the council’s latest Participatory Budgeting (PB) round.
The deadline to vote online via the Shaping North Ayrshire website has been extended until midnight on Sunday 16 November 2025.
Don’t miss out! Vote online now via the Shaping North Ayrshire website.
North Ayrshire Council’s Connected Communities team received 324 nominations throughout September as community groups and organisations applied for their chance to be shortlisted to go to the public vote.
Now the team alongside their group of independent community reviewers have identified 78 youth projects, 158 locality projects and 27 Community Wealth Building Fund projects that meet the eligibility criteria.
There’s a total of 263 community groups overall that now have a chance to receive votes for their share of £204,159 funding. But hurry, time is running out to vote for who most-deserve the helping hand!
The significant funding also includes – for the first time ever – a Community Wealth Building Fund element of £30,000.
Allocation of the funds will be distributed between three key elements:
- Locality PB: Health and Wellbeing, Building Community Spirit, Cost of Living, Green Projects
- Youth PB: Green Projects, Health and Wellbeing, Young People’s Voice and Rights, Equality and Diversity and Cost of Living
- Community Wealth Building Fund: Community Ownership, Enterprising Communities and Local Innovation
Pupils across North Ayrshire secondary schools have also been given the chance to vote online if they hold a Young Scot card. In schools, further support is being provided for pupils to vote with their Young Scot card. Alternatively, temporary voting passes can be provided.
Participatory Budgeting is a type of citizen participation where local people are involved in the process of deciding how public money – in this case the council’s PB budget – is best spent. It is based on an ethos of ‘it’s your money, you decide’.
Full details in the Latest News release.
