Can anyone add to this list is my understand on what you can use DP for?
What direct payments are used for?
Personal Support – employing a personal care assistance, support worker, carer related or non-related, cleaner, gardener, transport costs (petrol), taxi, looking after a pet, respite care (time off), travel abroad with carers, household duties, sleepover support, meals delivered, 4 weeks residential accommodation every 12 months.
Social Life – Joining a leisure club, assisted shopping, assisted event attendance, buying an annual sports season ticket, buying a computer laptop for learning English, sky TV subscription, assisted being a good neighbour (personal support), joining a lunch club, plot of land (allotment to grow vegetables or build), card/cake making small business.
Employment – Training for work, set up a small business (employing staff),
Learning – Studying for an national qualification svq, distance learning online, travel training, attend uni/college, job learning,
Citizenship – Becoming a local member of community council, getting involved in a political campaign, support to become an MP,