Direct Payment Board
What is a Direct Payment?
A direct payment is a way of managing your personal budget. They are a cash payment provided to individuals who have been assessed by Adult Social Care, as needing care and support services under the Care Act 2014.
A personal budget is an allocation of money that you use to pay for the care and support needs detailed in your support and assessment plan. This may vary depending on your financial circumstances. You can read more about personal budgets by viewing the Personal Budget Factsheet
Working together our aim is to improve the direct payment offer in Telford and Wrekin. The Direct Payment Board has representatives who use Direct Payments to source their care and support, Carers (unpaid) who manage direct payments on the behalf of others to source care and support as well as representation from Adult Social Care’s Direct Payment, Finance, Social Work and Co-Production teams.
If you have a direct payment and would like to get involved in co-producing the improvements, please complete the ‘register your interest’ form or contact the Co-Production team for support.
If you would like to attend the Direct Payment Board, please complete the ‘express your interest’ form or contact the Co-Production Team on the ‘register your interest’ webpage.
2026 Board meetings:
- 12 January 10.30am – 12.30pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 16 March 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 11 May 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 13 July 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 21 September 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 16 November 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
2026 Direct Payment subgroup meetings:
- 9 February 10am – 12 noon in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 13 April 10.30am – 12.30pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 15 June 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 17 August from 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
- 19 October 11am – 1pm in the Sunnycroft room at Darby House
Add log and refresh required after every meeting
