Living Wage Week

Living Wage Week is the annual celebration of the Living Wage movement. In 2026, it will take place from the 9-15 November.

 

We want to celebrate our movement of employers and individuals pushing our movement forward and encourage others to join the movement of over 16,000 Living Wage accredited employers, from IKEA, the Royal Albert Hall, the Welsh Refugee Council, to thousands of SMEs.

94% of Living Wage businesses say they’ve benefited since accrediting. So if you’re already accredited, Living Wage Week is the perfect opportunity for you to promote your Living Wage accreditation to staff, stakeholders and the public. Overall, the Living Wage accreditation is good for business, individuals, and society as a whole.

Living Wage Week 2026

What happens in Living Wage Week?

Events take place up and down the country
 

Employers celebrate their accreditation

We raise awareness of the Living Wage online and in person

We're celebrated Living Wage Week 2025 with the entire movement on the 10-16th November 2025, and there were so many highlights that we've tried to capture some of them here.

 

The rates announcement

The new 2025-2026 real Living Wage rates will be announced in October, shortly before Living Wage Week.

Get involved!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to come together as a movement of businesses and communities working to tackle in-work and post-work poverty. Wondering how you can get involved? Take a look at the below resources.  

Share your story

Share your story online 
If you're feeling creative why not create a short video or blog to share on your channels to celebrate Living Wage Week. It's a great opportunity to remind your audience of your accreditation and celebrate the difference you're making and you might even have fun while you're at it!


 

Celebrating Living Wage Week

Enter our competition

Take part in our brand new Logos in the Wild competition -  a chance for the Living Wage, Living Pension and Living Hours network to get creative and promote being a part of the Living Wage movement by taking a photo with your accreditation logos. This could be setting up a staged shot in a fun and unique way, taking a photo of your team posing with the logo, or something else. 
 

Rosslyn Coffee team with logo prop

Other ways to get involved

Living Wage, Hours and Pensions logos in shopfront

Display your Living Wage logo 

 

Living Wage logo in shop

Order some Living Wage merch 

Living Wage van

Get the public's attention

Accreditation

If you are an employer that is interested in joining over 16,000 other leading organisations who are committing to going beyond for their employees by paying a real Living Wage.

Living Wage Employer sign with man in cafe