Author Archives: Andy

Budget-setting: it’s more than just cuts. PLUS how can you involve the public?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Andy

Cuts have been the background to budget consultation in recent years. When cuts must be made, it’s obviously essential to engage the public in budget setting. However it’s a worthwhile reminder that even with cuts, public sector organisations – especially … Continue reading →

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2010 – a year in budget consultation

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Andy

With widespread public concern about the impact of spending cuts, increasing value has been placed on engaging and involving the public in budget-setting. In 2010, many organisation chose Budget Simulator as a cost-effective tool for public consultation on budgets. Key … Continue reading →

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Learn about our apps in minutes with video tours

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Andy

We’ve been having fun with making short, sharp videos to help explain our apps to the world (mostly the English-speaking parts of it at the moment, I guess).  We know our apps inside-out and like them a lot — we … Continue reading →

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Engaging young people: Moray launch the Budget Challenge

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Andy

An interactive budgeting challenge built by Delib has been launched by the Moray Community Planning Partnership focused on getting 16-24 year olds engaged on budgeting issues. Moray Council is currently formally consulting on its budget proposals and the Budget Challenge … Continue reading →

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Heather talks about Delib’s open budget data project

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Andy

Our Open Data project with iShed and Bristol City Council has been a white knuckle rollercoaster of data acquisition resulting in no data and a revision of our project. In this video Chris asks me (mildly) searching questions about our … Continue reading →

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Consultation and the comprehensive spending review

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Andy

With the spending review recently announced, the focus is now on how to manage budget cuts at the same time as managing public satisfaction. To help achieve this, we’ve produced a short briefing paper detailing 3 quick ideas on how … Continue reading →

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Budget Simulator FAQs

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Andy

Given the current focus on government spending, forthcoming cuts and public perception of the whole situation, Budget Simulator has received a lot of attention over the last few months. We recently hit the milestone of our 40th new client, and … Continue reading →

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