A
Advocacy
Help saying what you want and understanding your rights
Appeal
Asking for money (donations)
Austerity
When the government cuts public spending
AUKC
Age UK Cheshire
B
Benefits
Money you may get to live off, like Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
BACS
A way to pay for something by using the internet and your bank.
(Bankers’ Automated Clearing Services)
C
CAF
Charities Aid Foundation
CEC
Cheshire East Council
CHC
Continuing Health Care
CVS
Council for Voluntary Services
CWAC
Cheshire West and Cheshire Council
CDPP
Cheshire Disabled People’s Panel
Campaign
A set of messages that aim to change the behaviour of people, organisations or government
D
DBS Check
Disclosure and Barring Service Check. This is a check to make sure a person does not have a criminal record that would stop them taking a job
Disability Living Allowance or DLA
Money or benefit that helps pay some of the extra costs when looking after a child under the age of 16 with a:
• Disability
• Illness
• long term health condition.
Diversity
Welcoming people from different backgrounds
Direct Payment
Getting the money from your Personal Budget as a payment to you so that you can choose your own care and support
DPO
Disabled People’s Organisation
DWP
Department for Work and Pensions
E
Equality
Treating people fairly according to their needs
F
G
Governance
Rules, relationships, systems and processes used by the people in charge of an organisation or company
H
I
ICP
Integrated Care Partnership
ICO
Information Commissioner’s Office
ILA
Independent Living Advisor
ILF
Independent Living Fund
J
K
L
LA
Local Authority (Also known as a local Council)
LSAB
Local Safeguarding Adults Board
LRN
Learning Resource Network
M
Mental Health
How we think, feel and act
MBA
Managed Bank Accounts
N
NWCC
North West Care Cooperative
NWPA
North West Personal Assistance
O
P
Payslip
A document that explains what someone has been paid and shows tax and national insurance contributions and other deductions
Person Centred
A way of working that means everyone’s needs are met
Personal Budget
The money you get to meet your care needs from the council
Personal Health Budget
The money you get to meet your care needs from the ICP
Personal Independence Payment or PIP
Money or a benefit from the government to help with some of the extra costs you have to pay when you have a disability or long term health condition.
Q
R
RFQ
Request For Quotation
S
Safeguarding
A word used to mean preventing harm
Social Care
Care that provides practical help with day to day tasks
Social Media
Collective social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc)
Social Model of Disability
A way of thinking about disability (see our page on the Social Model of Disability)
Strategy
A document that explains how we will do something as an organisation
T
TUPE
Transfer of Undertakings
U
URL
Uniform Resource Locator. A Website address like www.disabiltypositive.org
