Living Wage Week may be over but we have some fantastic memories to carry us onward in the campaign to ensure everyone earns enough to meet their needs.
Across Scotland, employers and employees joined us in highlighting the difference the real Living Wage makes and the benefits that it brings to people and society.
Below are just some of our highlights of Living Wage Week 2022. Throughout the week we also published a number of articles and blogs which you can find here and, along with Scottish Government Ministers, we visited 18 accredited Living Wage employers.
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Monday
Today, new research was published showing that wider adoption of a real Living Wage could boost Scotland’s economy by £114.1M
Dundee kicked off their Living Wage stencil campaign. You can watch their video here. While Aberdeen launched their action plan to Make Aberdeen a Living Wage City.
Over 90 people interested in finding out more about the real Living Wage and accreditation joined an online event, with Scottish employers Allied Vehicles and R&W Scott joining the panel. Peter Facenna from Allied Vehicles tells us why the real Living Wage is important to them here
Tuesday
Our Poverty & Health Inequalities online event was extremely popular, with over 150 people attending, and the announcement that NHS Lothian and NHS Tayside had become accredited strengthened the message that poverty and health are inextricably linked.
Wednesday
We saw the launch of a new campaign by our Hospitality & Tourism network, #TheGoodWeDo, sharing the fantastic ways in which these employers are supporting their people and communities. We were also involved in a podcast with the Glasgow Food Policy Partnership which you can listen to here
The UK wide Living Hours event was attended by over 150 people. This event was hosted by Lindsay at EDCH who was joined by Anthony at ACS Clothing among others. You can watch the recording using password K*8.Y3?!
The early birds in the Scottish Borders held their annual Business Breakfast on Wednesday morning where a host of employers came together to celebrate their region’s commitment and to welcome newly accredited Farne Salmon to the movement.
Thursday
The Living Wage Awards ceremony was our showcase event of the week. This was held in the Scotch Whisky Experience where finalists and their guests enjoyed an evening filled with positivity and hope for the future. Please watch our video from finalists telling us what the real Living Wage means to them.
Friday
Today saw the announcement that The Richmond Fellowship Scotland had become accredited. They are the largest third sector social care employer in Scotland to become accredited and that is great news for their dedicated and hard-working staff.
If you follow us on social media, you will have noticed that a huge number of employers and supporters took part in highlighting the importance of the real Living Wage. If you don’t already follow us, please do! You can find our social media icons at the top right of this page.