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Making Money Easier
The Easy Picture Guide to
Banking
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Introduction
Independent Living
Make a plan
More about making a plan
My plan
Paying for support
Direct payments
Getting a Direct Payment
How much money
Managing your Direct Payment
New ways of paying for your support
Who Can Support You
Having a personal Assistant
Buying your support from an agency
Unpaid support
Benefits You Might Be Able To Get
Council Tax
Health Benefits
DLA
Employment and Support Allowance
Working Tax Credit
Independent Living Fund
Housing Benefit
Cheaper transport
The right benefits
How Benefits are paid
Getting help
Moving on Planning Ahead training
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What can I buy with my Direct Payment
Also in this section
Direct payments
Getting a Direct Payment
How much money
Managing your Direct Payment
New ways of paying for your support
With 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,
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,
buy
equipment
to make your house or flat easier for you.
buy a
bus pass
, or pay taxi fares, instead of using