• Are you a Direct Payment user receiving a Personal Budget from either Social Services or your local NHS?
• Do you support someone else to manage and use a Direct Payment? 
• Are you a parent or someone with parental responsibility for managing a direct payment on behalf of a child?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you may want to know about this new group starting in Oxford. Hosted by Connection Support, the group will offer:

• The opportunity for people to meet other Direct Payment users and improve knowledge, understanding and confidence with using Direct Payments to buy care and support services in Oxfordshire
• Information and advice in all aspects of using a Direct Payment and Employing Personal Assistants.
• Training to become a Direct Payment Mentor and share experience and knowledge to help others become more confident using Direct Payments
• Close working with both Oxfordshire Country Council and Oxford Health to ensure Connect-Up members can become a voice for Direct Payment users in Oxfordshire and help guide local Direct Payment policy and practice.

To find out more, contact Ann Cummings, Oxfordshire DP & Employment Advisor Administrator on 01865 410307 or click here to download the flier.