Managing your personal budget

If you are assessed as being entitled to financial support, you will be given a personal budget. This is the amount of money allocated towards your care and support needs, which is made up of funding from the council and your own assessed contribution.

Your care and support plan will cover how you are going to use your personal budget. Options could include:

• help with personal care
• support to get involved in community activities
• equipment to help you stay independent at home.

You also have flexibility over how the personal budget is managed. You can:

• ask the council to make all the arrangements for you
• apply for a direct payment so that you can arrange your own care
• have a combination of both.