Celebrating Equalities Community Choices
This participatory budgeting project, focusing on the protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act, is a pilot as part of the wider development of Community Choices in West Lothian. Voting has now closed and the results can be found below.
Celebrating Equalities Community Choices Results
As a result of the votes the following projects will receive funding.
- Spark Science Festival: £4,495
- Spark Digital Champion Programme: £4,989
- Coffee Shop (Fauldhouse & Breich Valley CDT & Burnhouse School Skills Centre: £5,000
- African -Scottish Expo, African Women's Network: £4,700
- Petit Asian Cooking Lessons, West Lothian Chinese Community Hub: £5,000
The table below shows the total number of votes each project received.
PROJECT | ORGANISATION | VOTES |
Spark Science Festival | Spark | 718 |
Spark Digital Champion Programme | Spark | 657 |
Coffee Shop | Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust and Burnhouse School Skills Centre | 410 |
African-Scottish Expo 2024 | West Lothian African Women's Network | 333 |
Petit Asian Cooking Lessons | West Lothian Chinese Community Hub | 329 |
Cultural Connections Events | Fair Justice System for Scotland | 278 |
West Lothian Cultural Harmony Festival | Foreign Communities of Alba Association | 244 |
Diwali Firework Festival | Winchburgh Community Development Trust | 245 |
Lodestars Fabulous Features | Lodestars Community Hub | 191 |
Research Project | ELREC | 156 |
