Also in this section Direct payments Getting a Direct Payment How much money Managing your Direct Payment New ways of paying for your support

Today you have more choice about how you are supported.

Before, the person supporting you was chosen and paid for by the Council.
Now you can ask for the money to be paid direct to you.  This is called a Direct Payment.

The Council will pay it into your Bank Account.

YOU decide who you want to support you.  You pay them from your Bank Account.