Progressive Independence

Your direct payment, properly used

We accept direct payments across every service — and we make the evidence side of it effortless.

Your direct payment, properly used — supported by Graceful Living

If you hold a direct payment, you need support you can rely on and paperwork you can submit. Our invoices pass through unchanged, and every visit carries its own evidence: verified time, agreed activity, the outcome worked on, and cancellation reasons where they apply.

New to the route? Our care-navigator add-on walks with you through the assessment, the personal budget and the direct-payment decision — preparing paperwork, writing question lists, helping you plan. Every navigation ends with support you can actually buy.

What support looks like

Direct payments accepted across all services
Invoices DP account holders can submit unchanged
Visit-level evidence: time, activity, outcome, mileage where approved
Care-navigator add-on: assessment → budget → direct payment

What progress looks like

Budgets used fully and correctly
Audit-ready evidence without extra effort
Fewer payment disputes, faster approvals
Choice that stays with the person

The worker never manages your payment

Our workers deliver support and record it. The money side stays with you, your payroll service or your managed account — we only ever produce the evidence that makes it simple.

Our honest boundary

We never manage, hold or control anyone’s direct payment, and we never ask for PINs, cards or banking access. Navigator support is paperwork preparation, not financial advice.