• UK care firm charged workers from Africa thousands more than cost of visa

    UK care firm charged workers from Africa thousands more than cost of visa
    Zimbabweans say they paid large sums to Gloriavd Health Care but got far less work than expected and were squalidly housedA care company serving NHS patients has been charging migrant workers from Africa thousands of pounds to work in the UK when the cost of a visa is only a few hundred pounds, the Guardian has learned.Care workers from Zimbabwe were told to pay the sums to Gloriavd Health Care Ltd in return for arranging social care jobs in and around Leeds and Bath. Continue reading...
  • Young, old and marvellous: how a care home built a nursery – and everyone thrived

    Young, old and marvellous: how a care home built a nursery – and everyone thrived
    At Belong Chester, the older residents and young children have the chance to spend each day together, and it’s led to big improvements in all their lives. What’s the secret?It is lunchtime in the bistro at Belong and half a dozen toddlers are tucking into sausage cassoulet, mash and seasonal vegetables. Anyone acquainted with the table manners of two- and three-year-olds may well be bracing themselves for carnage. Yet green beans are being happily pronged with forks rather than chuck

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