Community Choices Phase Two Information Event

Community Choices– Falkirk Council’s participatory budgeting initiative – gives local people and groups the chance to apply for funding to improve their local area and decide how public money is spent.

Earlier this year, funding totalling £640,000 was awarded in Phase One to almost 60 local projects aiming to make Falkirk’s communities fairer, healthier, more connected and inclusive.

Feedback from this first phase has helped shape how the next round of funding will operate, with changes including:

• increasing the limit for Small Grants to £5,000, with projects looking for more than £5,000 applying for a Capital Grant
• a Falkirk-wide category will be introduced for projects that benefit more than one council ward
• no single group will be able to take up more than 60% of the fund allocated to a ward or the Falkirk-wide fund, to ensure funding is more evenly spread

The 3 information and Q&A events in November will cover:

• how Community Choices works, including the voting system
• the application process for Small Grants
• the criteria for Capital Grants

The events are open to anyone who has an idea that could benefit their community and improve the quality of life in their local area.

To book your place at any event, please click on the relevant Eventbrite link below:

• 10am event: EVENTBRITE BOOKING LINK
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• 6:30pm event: EVENTBRITE BOOKING LINK