What can I buy with my Direct Payment

pay for PAWith your Direct Payment you can:
  • pay a Personal Assistant – someone to support you that you find for yourself,
  • buy support from an agency that employs support workers:
    – a charity like United Response, or
    – a private company,
things I like doing
  • buy support to take part in activities you choose, instead of going to a Council day service,
  • pay to have a break somewhere you choose, instead of somewhere paid for by the Council,

bus pass
  • buy equipment to make your house or flat easier for you.
  • buy a bus pass, or pay taxi fares, instead of using