A direct payments network has been operating informally in the region for a few years, but became a formal sub-group of the commissioning network of WM-ADASS in 2022. Co-chair Dave Drayton-Green explains in the video below.
The way direct payments and individual service funds are set up and operate across councils in the region, and the scale of the activity varies widely. The network is a great forum for sharing experience, good practice and sometimes frustrations, in an area of growing importance.
Direct payments webinar: 4 November 2024 Online 1230 - 1430
AGENDA
12:30 Welcome & introduction: Alistair Egginton (Coventry City Council) and David Drayton-Green (City of Wolverhampton Council) Co-Chairs – West Midlands ADASS Direct Payments Network
12:40 Reimagining Direct Payments: Supporting Glorious Ordinary Lives – Making it Real: Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE, Chair - TLAP programme board
13:00 Experiencing DPs I - VIDEO with the person drawing on support, informal carers and personal assistants: Grace Currie, Lorraine Currie, Netty Brook and Shannon Whitehouse
13:10 Experiencing DP’s II - practitioner perspectives: Paige Westwood and Penny Wilcox (Warwickshire CC)
13:25 Direct payments and pre-paid cards: Chris Roberts (Shropshire CC) and David Drayton-Green (City of Wolverhampton Council )
13:40 Monitoring and outcomes of direct payments – what works? Veronica Greenhouse (Hoople Group, Herefordshire)
13:55 Increasing the use of direct payments: Chris MacAdams (Birmingham City Council)
14:10 From the “chat” – panel discussion: Chat Manager – Jenny Swain (Warwickshire CC)
14:30 End of Webinar
If you would like to attend, please email info@wm-adass.org.uk by Friday 25 October. This mailbox is monitored regularly (but not 24/7) so please wait for a response with joining instructions.
A transcript of the interview with the DP Network chair is available in the resources section of the website.
About this network
The Network is co-chaired by Alistair Egginton, direct payment lead at Coventry City Council and David Drayton-Green, direct payments service manager, City of Wolverhampton Council.