A simpler way to manage your Direct Payment in Edinburgh

PPLs Virtual Wallet is now available to all individuals who receive Option One Self Directed Support (SDS) funding from City of Edinburgh Council, making it easier for residents  to take control of their care and support.

This innovative digital tool gives you more choice, flexibility, and control over how your care funds are used, without the hassle of managing paperwork or juggling multiple payments.

Why use Virtual Wallet?

• Freedom of Choice – Choose the care and support services that best meet your needs, from a wide range of approved providers.

• Less Admin – Virtual Wallet takes care of payments and financial tracking, so you can focus on your wellbeing, not admin.

• Real-Time Oversight – See your available balance, transactions, and more all in one easy-to-use system.

All individuals in Edinburgh who are in receipt of Option 1 SDS funding and employ personal assistants to meet their agreed support needs have the option of a payroll only service from PPL.

Individuals who have been additionally assessed as requiring enhanced support are also eligible for a full Financially Managed Service (FMS) from PPL.

For any individuals who choose Option 1 Self Direct Support and employ their own personal assistants, PPL is able to offer a comprehensive payroll only solution.

Using Virtual Wallet, individuals and their personal assistants have access to submit, review and approve electronic time-sheets. Once time-sheets are approved, the PPL Payroll team will process payroll inline with the agreed schedule, before making pay slips available to the individual for payments to be made to their PAs. For more information on PPL Payroll visit Payroll Services | PPL UK

If you would like to register to use PPL payroll, you can fill in the short form available via the link here and a member of our onboarding team will be in touch.

PPL use a digital platform called Virtual Wallet to support individuals in managing their SDS funding. 

Each individual has their own Virtual Wallet account which is used to monitor funding, approve time-sheets and manage invoices, in a single secure platform. 

Whilst PPL will support the individual to manage their account, the individual or an approved representative is able to have their own access to their Virtual Wallet account, ensuring full visibility at all times. 

Where an individual chooses to use PPL's FMS support in addition to PPL Payroll, all PA timesheets will be submitted, reviewed, managed and approved online using Virtual Wallet. 

To learn more about Virtual Wallet, visit Virtual Wallet | PPL UK 

If you would like to register to use Virtual Wallet for FMS, you can fill in the short form available via this link and a member of our onboarding team will be in touch.