Personal budgets and direct payments
A personal budget is the amount of money paid to you to help pay for services to meet your social care needs.
Your adult care assessment will identify these needs. You can have your personal budget paid:
- directly to you in a direct payment
- to a ‘nominated person’ who manages money for you
- to a service provider
- as a combination of the above
For further details, you can read about personal budgets.
Benefits
You can claim benefits or get financial help, like:
- Disability Living Allowance
- Personal Independence Payment
- Disability premiums - can be added to your income support or jobseekers' allowance, if eligible
- Universal Credit
- Carers Allowance
- Carers Credit
- Disabled student allowance
Further information
- Get financial help if you are disabled
- How and when your benefits are paid
- Carers and disability benefits
- Disability equipment and transport
Managing money
For further help on how to budget online, visit:
