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Living Wage Week 2025 – the difference it makes
This month, the Fair Economy team at Cynnal Cymru look back at the highlights from this year’s Living Wage Week – an annual celebration of the Living Wage movement in the UK. Cynnal Cymru are the Living Wage Foundation’s accreditation partner for Wales and have been championing the Living Wage movement in Wales since 2016. During
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Swansea Community Farm – Nurturing Community and Partnerships
Earlier this summer, we visited Swansea Community Farm in Fforestfach, Swansea. Home to a wide range of animals, we were delighted to have the opportunity to meet the newest residents, a group of baby goats. During our visit, we met the team at Wales’ only city farm and talked about what being a Living Wage
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Coaltown Coffee – Doing Business the Right Way
Nestled in the heart of Ammanford, Coaltown Coffee is more than just a place to get a delicious cup of coffee – it’s a business committed to its workers and community. During our recent visit, we sat down with members of the team to find out why they became an accredited Living Wage Employer. About
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Urban Foundry – Every Business Should Pay the Real Living Wage
We paid a visit to the Urban Foundry team at HQ Urban Kitchen in Swansea and Tara Tarapetian a Director of Urban Foundry shared their thoughts on why paying the real Living Wage is important to them. “It’s really important to us at Urban Foundry to pay the real Living Wage to our staff, because
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Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru celebrates Living Wage Week with new Living Wage Employer Accreditation
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru marked the start of Living Wage Week 2024 by becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer. A few months since their launch by Welsh Government, Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru is working to optimise the benefits to Wales from a portfolio of renewable energy projects to be developed across the Welsh Government Woodland Estate. Their commitment
The REAL LIVING WAGE INCREASES TO £12.60 IN WALES
Over 20,400 (20,459) Living Wage workers in Wales are set for a pay boost as over 587 Living Wage Employers are signed up to pay the new Living Wage rates The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate independently calculated based on the actual cost of living and is different from the Government’s
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Cardiff Hosts Living Wage Champion Awards for the First Time
The Welsh capital hosted the prestigious Living Wage Champion Awards for the first time on the 11th of July 2024 – only the second time it has been held outside of London. The event was held at Techniquest and co-hosted by the Living Wage Foundation and the Living Wage Wales team from Cynnal Cymru, marking
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Celebrating Workers’ Rights for International Workers’ Day 2024
Today we celebrate International Workers’ Day as the movement towards fair wages, hours, and working conditions continues. The History We celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1st to celebrate the labour movement and the working classes. The celebration takes place on the 1st of May to commemorate the pivotal events in Chicago in 1886 [1] when
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi 2024 – Cardiff as a Living Wage City
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St. David’s Day everyone! You might have heard the popular saying in Wales, “Do the little things in life”. This saying comes from our patron saint’s final sermon, where he advised his followers to be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that they have heard and seen
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