Direct Payment Support Group Workshop January 12th 2026

Liz Leach from Imagineer and Katie Clarke from Accessible Calderdale are pleased to announce a new series of workshops aimed at people who are:

• Interested in knowing more about employing your own staff through a Direct Payment or Personal Health Budget.

• Already receive a social care Direct Payment and who want a greater understanding about the assessment process, support planning and how it works, recruiting Personal Assistants, and knowing your rights as an employer of Direct Payments.

Our sessions are a safe place to come together with like-minded people, learn together and share what works, what doesn’t work and what we can do to make employing our own team/s easier.

Thanks to Skills for Care we are running the following sessions:

16^th September at the Kings Centre, Halifax 10am to 3pm  Recruitment Top Tips

15^th October online 6pm to 8pm Guidance and Legislation

12^th November online 6pm to 8pm Not Another Assessment

3^rd December online 6pm to 8pm Support Planning for Individual Employers

12^th January online 6pm to 8pm Managing your own PA/s

TBC February online Disability Related Expenses workshop

2^nd March full day workshop  10am to 3pm What Does Good Support Look Like?

We will be running 3 outreach workshops for family and disabled led organisations so do get in touch if you want us to join one of your sessions.

We run a closed group for anyone receiving Social Care to share ideas, knowledge, and support.

For more information on the Direct Payment Support Group please contact katie@visitsunlimited.org.uk and follow us on social media @AccessibleCalderdale

For bookings contact lorraine.accessiblecalderdale@