For further information on Direct Payments, Individualised Budgets and support with becoming an employer
you may find the following contacts useful.

General Information.

• Disability Information and Advice Services - www.dialuk.info
• Hartlepool Borough Council - Tel: 01429 266522 - www.hartlepool.gov.uk
• The Official Government website for citizens - www.direct.gov.uk

Individualised Budgets and Direct Payments.

• The Department of Health - www.dh.gov.uk
• The National Centre for Independent Living - www.ncil.org.uk

Employing Staff.

• ACAS - www.acas.co.uk
  
• Business Link - www.businesslink.gov.uk
  
• HM Revenue and Customs - www.HMRC.gov.uk

Purchasing Equipment.

• Trading standards - www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
  
• Disability Equipment Register - www.disabreg.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
  
• The Disabled Living Foundation - www.dlf.org.uk

Using an Agency.

• The Commission for Social Care Inspection - www.csci.org.uk

Web Master Alec Redpath - Tuesday 16th March 2010