Residents and local organisations are applying for Well London funding to run summer time activities that benefit people who live in the Woodberry Down area. Small grants of up to £500 for small or one-off type activities or larger grants up to £3000 are available for activities that contribute to the five priorities identified by residents:

· Encouraging healthy eating
· Promote mental health and wellbeing
· Encourage the take up of physical activity
· Promote the use of open spaces
· Use of arts and cultural activities to bring the community together

Short-listed projects will be invited to present their ideas to residents who will vote on which ideas they like best. The projects that get the most votes win the money. Come along and vote on 19 May, 14.00 – 18.00 at the Redmond Community Centre.

Successful projects must run activities between the beginning of June and the end of September and must agree to promote the other Well London activities.

Participatory Budgeting

Participatory Budgeting (PB) allows the citizens of an area (neighbourhood, regeneration or local authority area) to participate in the allocation of part of the local Council’s or other statutory agency’s (health services, police) available financial resources. PB aims to increase transparency, accountability, understanding and social inclusion in local government affairs. PB applies to a varying amount of the local Council’s budget and the actual process is developed to suit local circumstances.

In practice, PB provides citizens with information that enables them to be engaged in prioritising the needs of their neighbourhoods propose and debate new services and projects and set budgets in a democratic and transparent way. As the process becomes embedded it involves citizens being engaged in an annual budgetary cycle of setting

For more information call Moishe: 020 8800 7624