When nurses and care homes on the Island of Islay had run out of hand sanitiser, Living Wage employer Bruichladdich Distillery decided to help out and show that we are all #InThisTogether Ailsa Hayes, shop and back office manager of Bruichladdich Distillery and Gemma McLean, manager of Spirited Soaps, saw an opportunity to help their local hospital, … Read more
We’re continuing to bring you uplifting stories of good work and kindness from our Accredited Living Wage Employers #InThisTogether. Glasgow cycling charity Bike for Good are giving free bike loans to key workers, free route planning, and providing a free bike delivery service of care packages to vulnerable people. The charity are lending their fleet of bikes … Read more
As part of our #InThisTogether series, we’re bringing you uplifting stories from our accredited employer network. Today we have been chatting with Fore Play Crazy Golf. Like other Hospitality employers, Fore Play have had to close their doors to customers, but this innovative team couldn’t be held back for long. We were delighted to find out … Read more
Accredited Living Wage employer, Mage Control Systems have been telling us how they have prioritised their staff’s mental health during the coronavirus crisis #InThisTogether Just before lockdown Janet Menzies the owner and operations director of Mage Control Systems, attended the Scottish Mental Health First Aid Course. The course provides an understanding of a range of mental health … Read more
Another accredited Living Wage employer is showing kindness to our NHS staff #InThisTogether Xplore Dundee is saying thank you to hardworking NHS staff by offering free travel on all its services. Staff can board without charge by showing the driver their NHS ID badge. The initiative will be in place until at least Sunday 31st May … Read more
Another heartwarming story of kindness from our #InThisTogether series. Edinburgh Tool Library (ETL) had to close its doors and put most staff on furlough. Founder Chris Hellawell was keen to continue the ethos of the charity and use their resources to help the community. “We looked at what other organisations were doing to see if we … Read more
We’re sharing another uplifting story from our accredited Living Wage employer Ooni Pizza Ovens, who show us that we’re all #InThisTogether Annie Fowden is the Senior Office and People Manager for Ooni Pizza Ovens in Edinburgh. Annie has been telling us how they have reacted to the CV-19 crisis. “Kindness is a core value here at … Read more
As part of our #InThisTogether series, we’re bringing you uplifting stories from our accredited Living Wage Employers. Bikes For Refugees is a Scottish charity based in Edinburgh and Glasgow that provides free bikes to New Scots such as refugees and asylum seekers. Although the charity had to close due to COVID-19, they still wanted to help … Read more
We’re sharing stories of our amazing accredited employers and how they’ve shown us all that we’re #InThisTogether Our Living Wage employer The Edinburgh Bow Tie Co closed last month and furloughed its staff. Owner Hannah is 8 months pregnant, so decided that as a vulnerable person, a face mask would be useful as an extra precaution. Hannah … Read more
Living Wage Scotland have been speaking to employers all over the country. This week we were lucky enough to speak to the teams at two of our Living Wage accredited care homes and hear about their experience of Covid-19. Grandview House in Grantown on Spey and Main’s House in Newtonmore are both run by Libby, … Read more