Following a successful event in 2022, the Town Council are providing funding towards another Participatory Budgeting event. £36,000 has been allocated towards this year's event, with a £10,000 limit on each application.

Details of the criteria for funding can be found at the foot of this page.

Applications will be voted on by the public at an event to be held at the Venue on Wednesday 16th October 2024, all the family are welcome to the event as anyone aged 8 or above will be eligible to vote - more details on the public event in October will be advertised nearer the date.

In the meantime an Information Drop In Session will be held on Wednesday 10th July 2024, 4.00pm to 6.30pm, Oxley's Cafe in Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre. If your group is interested in applying for funding pop along to the session to pick up an application form or download one from here:

PB Application Form

Alternatively you can request a form from the Town Council office via email.​

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​Participatory Budget Event Results 2022

Stocksbridge Town Council receive income from Sheffield City Council which is derived from planning developments in the area, this is known as Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).

CIL is levied on new developments to fund infrastructure provision and is implemented by local planning authorities. Legislation requires that 15% of CIL collected within the local area is to be retained in that area to be spent on projects that benefit the local community. This is the element of CIL that the Town Council receive.

CIL regulations state that it has to be spent on:- The provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of infrastructure or anything else that is concerned with addressing the demands that development places on an area.

The Town Council have determined four Spending Priorities as the criteria for CIL expenditure, these being:-

Environmental Projects

Access Works

Road Safety Measures

Recreational Facility Improvements

The Town Council would like the community to be involved in expenditure of CIL and have therefore implemented a Participatory Budgeting scheme for this purpose. Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a process which allows members of a community to participate in making spending decisions about local things that affect them. The process allows for community groups to submit bids for projects that fit the criteria and for the community to vote on their preferred project. The winner(s) are decided by which project(s) receive the majority of the votes.

A PB Task Group has been set up to administer the scheme. This group includes representatives covering various sectors of the Town Council area including, rural, recreational, elderly and the community as a whole. It comprises of the following:-

Chairman, Barbara Horsman Stocksbridge Community Forum

Andy Clarke, Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre

Alan Rodgers, Bolsterstone Community Group

Sylvia Parry, 50plus Group

3 Town Councillors