Product Details
My Life, My Budget is a fun and interactive, cool and colourful board game for people with learning difficulties and other disabilities who want to know more about Personal Budgets.
Heard the word ‘Personal Budget’ before, but not sure what it means?
A Personal Budget means that people with disabilities get money from the Government to do the things that they want to do in life instead of the money going towards providing Day Services for people.
There are a lot of people who will receive personal budgets, which can have complicated processes and decisions to take.
How does the game work?
My Life, My Budget walks you through the seven steps to getting a Personal Budget, as per In Control’s description.
The steps are:
- Make a Plan
- Get Plan Agreed
- Organize Money
- Hire Support
- Live Your Life
- Review
The aim of the game is to support players to understand that Personal Budgets are about choosing a life that THEY want. And that their budget gives them the money to pay for their chosen life.
My Life, My Budget focuses on Step 2; making a plan. A player goes through the game, choosing which activities they do or don’t want to buy for their dream week. They also have to think about when they will need support and how they will get there. As money will be used to pay for activities, transport, and support, it helps players to practice and learn how to make their money go the furthest.
