On April 1st Brighton & Sussex Care signed up to the Living Wage Campaign here in Brighton making a huge statement about pay in this challenging sector. We interviewed Craig Jones, CEO of Brighton & Sussex Care to find out how he achieved paying a living wage for his team. How long have you worked in the Care sector? Having… ...Read More
The Living Wage Campaign in Brighton & Hove has been on quite a journey since its launch in April 2012 and this two year campaign was originally going to come to an end next month. However, due to its success the team behind the campaign have been working to secure another years’ funding and so far are pleased that UNISON… ...Read More
At Tru Thoughts, we started and have been proudly based in Brighton throughout the life of the label. The Brighton Living Wage is an important gauge of the financial situation of living in this city and we are proud to support it and ensure our staff are fairly paid and can afford to live in…
"Because we support and advise people about money, and low waged workers are in our experience generally most likely to be living in poverty with all that that entails - they can be most reliant on other means of support such as welfare benefits, with little financial stability."
"We are proud to be able to say we are now a Living Wage employer, we were not far off prior to this campaign but it highlighted the issues and the total additional cost has been manageable even in the current climate."
we support living wages because if they need any help from us we can provide service to them.
"Even as a small independent charity that is constantly having to raise funds to survive, we feel it is central to our ethos to pay our employees a living wage. People working in the community and voluntary sector often put in far more hours than they are contracted to, so this is at least one…
