A day care service for Bradford’s African and Caribbean elderly has been told to quit its home.

An action group has now been set up in a bid to get the decision reversed at Mary Seacole Court in Little Horton.

Bradford Council which has funded the Federation of African Caribbean Elders for five years at the centre said it had no choice but to withdraw its backing after Housing 21, which runs the residential complex there, gave the group three months’ notice to go.

The action group made up of Mary Seacole residents, Face members, support workers and other black organisations across the city, has vowed to find a solution to restore services at the centre and the eight support workers’ jobs that have been lost.

Action group member Courtney Hay said: “What we are hearing is that the majority of people were happy with how Face was running and people are at an utter loss as to how what appears to have been a problem with just one person has spiralled out of all control and ended up with them all being kicked out.

“We want to find a solution so activities can continue as they have been doing, if not through Face then some other way. We want to get to the bottom of this but it appears to be very complex.”

Housing 21’s director of property management Paul Richards said: “Following ongoing concerns about the quality of the service provided by Face, and their failure to respond to requests for improvement following an independent investigation, Face were given notice to vacate the premises. This action was undertaken in full consultation with Bradford Council.

A Council spokesman said it had decided to decommission Face’s services after the group was served its notice and no longer had premises to operate from. Other concerns included its management and operation of services.

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