Have Your Say, Together: Dundee Budget Consultation Gathering

Dundee City Council’s Budget Consultation for 2026/27 is now live and runs until Friday 19 December 2025.

This year, many cultural organisations, community groups, youth projects, third-sector support, regeneration teams, and local amenities are once again facing potential cuts for a second year in a row.

As it’s the time of year when we should be coming together to celebrate, UNESCO City of Design Dundee and Creative Dundee are hosting an open and upbeat Budget Consultation Drop-in and Gathering to create space to join us, show support, complete the consultation, and celebrate Dundee! 

Dundee’s culture, community and access services are critical to the city’s wellbeing, economy and future — we’re gathering not to talk about problems — but to celebrate what these organisations contribute.

What to expect: A welcoming early evening session where you can:

• Fill in the consultation in their own time (digital + printed copies available)
• Find a space to meet organisations facing cuts
• Have a chance to hear from some of the affected organisations about what’s at stake, including personal stories of the impact these groups have in Dundee
• Help with completing the consultation

Can’t make it along in the evening? Join the Creative Dundee and UNESCO teams for our drop-in session from 10:00-16:00.

Why join us?

• Your voice matters in shaping Dundee’s future
• Not everyone has easy access to the online form so we want to make it easy for all residents to make their voices heard, no matter which issues they feel most strongly about
• Completing the consultation alone can feel overwhelming — doing it in the company of others can make it more manageable
• Meeting the organisations who support Dundee every day brings the issues to life. It’s more than cuts — it’s about connection, community and civic pride
• Because you are much more than a consultation respondee – you are a co-creator of our city.

Everyone is welcome: 

Anyone who loves Dundee — parents, young people, creatives, carers, volunteers, community members, city workers and councillors.