Essex County Council: Virtual Wallet
Overview
Essex County Council use Virtual Wallet to provide budgets for children under 18 who need additional support.
The budget can be used for many purposes - for a tutor, to horse-riding lessons, to one-off payments for education needs.
Who uses the Virtual Wallet?
Provider organisations who feature on the Essex Virtual Wallet vary from small independent tutors to large agencies. Users can search for providers and select who they want to purchase from using their budget.
Providers log in to Virtual Wallet to claim their order for payment using our simple process.
Parents log in to easily claim mileage or upload receipts for payments.
PPL's Virtual Wallet Support Team provide end-to-end support for providers and parents to guide them where needed.
The results
Since 2020 there has been a steady flow of referrals, reaching 146 in total!
Using Virtual Wallet has saved the council over £225,000 since 2023 by returning surplus funding.
Interested to know how Virtual Wallet can save your local authority money?