Government allocates cash for direct payments partnerships

The government has announced which voluntary organisations are
to be granted cash from its direct payments development fund.

Health minister Stephen Ladyman allocated £4.5 million to
45 voluntary organisations for them to build partnerships with
local authorities from next month in the first round of grants.

A total of £9 million was made available in October last
year for three years for the development of direct payments
partnerships.

First Round of direct payment development fund
initiatives:

Age Concern Berkshire
Reading Direct Payments Project
Reading
£105,248
 
Age Concern Derby and Derbyshire
Direct Payments in Derby – Be In Control
Derby City
£43,390
 
Age Concern Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Direct Payments Support Project
Nottinghamshire
£83,700
 
Bradford Disability Services Ltd
Easing the Way to Direct Payments
Bradford
£105,600
 
Brighton and Hove Federation of Disabled People
Direct Payments Direct
Brighton and Hove
£105,600
 
Cheshire Disabilities Foundation
Direct Payments Project Worker
Cheshire
£47,629
 
Choice Support
Unlocking Potential Project
Southwark
£97,064
 
Choices and Right Disability Coalition
On-line Personal Assistant Directory
Kingston upon Hull
£64,690
 
CHOICES Independent Living and Community Support Service
Greenwich and Lewisham Joint DP Project
Greenwich & Lewisham
£105,600
 
CHOICES Independent Living and Community Support Service
Islington DP Project
Islington
£105,600
 
CHOICES Independent Living and Community Support Service
Suffolk PASS Development Project
Suffolk
£105,600
 
Disability Advice Service Lambeth
New Paths to DP in Lambeth
Lambeth
£104,446
 
Disability Carlisle and Eden
Partnership Promotion Team
Cumbria
£54,692
 
Disability North
Newcastle Direct Payments Project
Newcastle upon Tyne
£105,600
 
Disability Resource Centre
Equal Access to Direct Payments
Bedfordshire & Luton
£105,600
 
Disability Solutions
DP for Children and Young People
Stoke-on-Trent
£73,473
 
Disablement Association Hillingdon
Hillingdon DP Development Project
Hillingdon
£100,166
 
Ealing Centre for Independent Living
Ealing Direct Payments Take-up Project
Ealing
£69,672
 
Employment and Regeneration Partnership Ltd
Manchester PA Recruitment Project
Manchester
£105,600
 
Equalities 
Breaking Barriers (Phase II)
Watham Forest
£104,798
 
Gateshead Crossroads
Making the Connection
Gateshead
£105,430
 
Herefordshire Centre of Independent Living
Direct Payments in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
£104,871
 
Hertfordshire Personal Assistance Support Service
DP Promotion Project
Hertfordshire
£105,558
 
Ideal for All Limited
DP Capacity Building – Sandwell
Sandwell
£105,314
 
In Stream Partnership
Independent Futures
Oldham
£105,600
 
Independent Living Agency
Direct Payments Scheme
Barking and Dagenham
£40,408
 
Independent Living Agency West Sussex
Independent Living Advocacy
West Sussex
£48,844
 
Leonard Cheshire South West
Direct Payments Support Service
Plymouth
£52,338
 
MCCH Society Ltd and Housing Options
Direct Payments Support and Brokerage
Kent
£65,531
 
Mosaic: Shaping Disability Services
Mosaic: Direct Payments Project
Leicester & shire
£83,255
 
National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL)
National
£420,000
 
People’s Voices
Direct Payment Support Service
Buckinghamshire
£61,600
 
Real Life Options
Direct Payment (Leeds)
Leeds
£54,490
 
Richmond Users Independent Living Scheme
The Richmond Peer Support Project
Richmond upon Thames
£84,796
 
Rowan Organisation
Blackburn, Thurrock, Cambridgeshire, North Warwickshire, Wiltshire,
Milton Keynes, Lancashire, Staffordshire
£400,574
 
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Rotherham Direct Payments Project
Rotherham
£79,879
 
Salford Council for Voluntary Service
Advocacy and Support
Salford
£94,233
 
Scope in Huddersfield
DP Mental Health Initiative
Kirklees
£68,838
 
Sefton Carers Centre
Sefton Direct Payments Scheme
Sefton
£104,364
 
Southampton Centre for Independent Living
Empowering Older People with Direct Payments
Hampshire
£81,000
 
Swindon People First
SPF Direct Payments Partnership
Swindon
£103,841
 
The Wilf Ward Family Trust
East Riding of Yorkshire Direct Payment Support Agency
East Riding of Yorkshire
£105,600
 
Walsall DIAL
Walsall Direct Payment Support
Walsall
£86,390
 
WHERE
Direct Payments Advisory Service
Somerset
£63,525
 
Wirral Information Resource for Equality and Disability
Wirral Direct Payments Support Scheme
Wirral
£79,952