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• Britain’s key workers can’t take any more. They deserve better than this | Gaby Hinsliff

  27-08-2021 09:00
  
  The end of summer is a pivotal moment for hospitals, care homes and schools, where there is a palpable sense of mounting anxietyBurnout is a word too often overused.It’s more than just the September blues, that sluggish end of summer unwillingness to get back to the office. It’s not just about feeling stressed or exhausted or overwhelmed, either, but about feeling all of those things all the time, plus a gnawing sense of hopelessness on top. What’s the point of endlessly pushin
  
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• Mudeford care home helps families struggling to put food on the table

  27-08-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents and staff at a Dorset care home are doing their bit to help tackle child food poverty this summer.More than 20 bags of tinned and dried food donations have been collected at Colten Care’s Avon Reach home in Mudeford and handed over to Christchurch Food Bank Plus.The items will be used in food packages in response to the bank’s ‘School Summer Holiday Hunger Rush’ appeal.Its aim is to ensure local families in need can continue to feed children who would, in term t
  
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