Final results of Maastricht's 4th Citizens' Budget announced: 64 projects to be implemented
17 Maastricht-based community associations received the good news tonight that their projects have secured funding through the Citizens' Budget. During a celebratory event at City Hall, the winning initiatives were revealed, bringing the total number of funded projects to 64.
Funding for 64 projects
This year, 64 projects in total received Citizens' Budget funding. Of these, 47 were immediately approved for implementation across four themes — Arts and culture, Stronger together, Greening, and Sport and physical activity — without a voting round, as the allocated budget covered them all.
However, in the Community associations theme, a vote was necessary. €181,882.96 was available for 20 eligible projects, but the total funding needed exceeded that by €34,040.77. As a result, residents were invited to vote for their favourites.
Voting numbers
Residents could vote digitally from 19–23 January and in person at the well-attended closing event held at the Theater aan het Vrijthof on Saturday.
- Digital votes: 6,727
- Closing event votes: 867
- Total votes cast: 7,594
Manon Fokke, member of the municipal executive (civic participation) expressed pride once again in this year’s proposals: “The fact that this is the 4th edition of the Citizens' Budget shows how much it resonates with our communities, organisations and associations. It's wonderful to see the money being put to such good use.”
Funded projects
The following projects will receive Citizens' Budget funding this year.
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- Creative stories and painting for children
- Book journey – A read-aloud project for Maastricht’s youngest global citizens
- The Art of Moms – Connected to Art
- Art at de Zouw
- ‘Behind the scenes: Culture in Maastricht’ podcast
- Limmel historic hiking trail
- Migrante Libros. A literary journey in Italian and Spanish.
- Storytelling benches – Sharing stories in the district
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- Special day to support people with head and neck tumours
- A wonderful kitchen for communal cooking in Wolder
- Sprucing up Aen de Wan community lounge
- Versatile support
- A solid foundation – New floor for community centre
- Two new training AEDs for resuscitation courses in Amby
- Cooking and sharing a meal together
- Connexion Day
- Bingo night with sing-along music for Residentie Reynaerde
- Bonnefanten College Culture Day
- Swap to your heart’s content
- Multifunctional space for social initiatives
- Quiet Community Maastricht makes noise about quiet poverty
- Group lunch for the handymen
- Strong(er) together - first aid for parents of babies and toddlers
- Screens that connect
- Stronger together through meet-ups
- Driving skills tips for people over 50
- Happy to help
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- Green meet-ups
- Hoof aon de Zouw
- A flowery Itteren
- Where green takes root once again
- Flowering verges
- More greenery and shade for petting zoo in De Heeg
- Beautiful Borgharen
- The Heugemerweg - something to look forward to
- The green residence
- Tools for Tuinzicht Lichtenberg community garden
- Our community garden in top form
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- Florijnruwe playground: a place to meet
- Come and play
- Turn ‘t Ruuske into a playground
- Be healthier and stronger - body and mind
- Green neighbourhood playground for Wolder
- Play & Care: Mutual support that sustains itself
- An illustrated walk
- Four-day walking event through Maastricht
- Pure Running Maastricht
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- New equipment shed for PC Le But
- New bingo cards for Limmel
- Uniform workwear for volunteers
- Let Maastricht breathe, even under water
- New street uniform trousers for Harmonie Sint Walburga Amby
- Purchase of trailer for Fanfare St. Servatius to transport instruments
- Renovation of Volkstuindersvereniging Boschpoort’s building
- The Breakfast Club@vvScharn
- Melodic Maastricht
- Replacing worn-out uniform trousers for Maastricht Scouts Band
- Renovating RKSV Heer’s kitchen to make it more sustainable
- Musical Treasure Hunt
- Tents for waterscouting club
- Improving concert hall acoustics
- The Koninklijke Harmonie van Heer gets a new (uniform) look
- New game uniforms for Jokers VC youth
- Startup of new orchestra/new members
All projects can be found and followed on this page. You can filter by area and by theme.
Below, you'll find photos from the closing event held on 31 January 2026.
