Stockport schoolwear supplier One+All has won the Beyond The Living Wage Award at the Living Wage Champions Awards 2023. The accolade is for going above and beyond the real Living Wage and offering the highest standards of employment. The award also recognises One+All’s achievements in putting time and effort into creating a safe, fair and inclusive workplace that positively benefits its employees, society and the wider economy.

At last night’s awards ceremony, One+All was recognised for surpassing the minimum requirements for Living Wage accreditation. This award celebrates One+All’s commitment to eradicating in-work poverty and its efforts to create an inclusive, fair and supportive environment that fosters success, both within its organisation and beyond.

One+All is an employee-owned certified B Corporation with a longstanding commitment to fair employment and social impact.

The company became an accredited Living Wage employer in 2018 and an accredited Living Hours employer in 2022. It provides a comprehensive range of employee benefits including crisis loans, non-contributory pension, cash healthcare plan and an annual profit share payment, and made additional tax-free payments to every colleague in 2022 to help with the cost of living crisis.

Commenting on the award is Nicola Ryan, Colleague Support Director at One+All. “There is no better time than now for organisations to step up and become a real Living Wage employer. We’re living proof that happy colleagues lead to better results, so treating everyone fairly makes good business sense – and it’s the right thing to do.

“To be recognised for going beyond the living wage is an amazing endorsement of how we look after all our colleagues. We’re proud to be recognised as a role model for good employment practice, and hope we inspire more businesses to pay the real Living Wage.”

Also commenting is Katherine Chapman, director of the Living Wage Foundation.

“We are celebrating the outstanding leadership employers have shown in providing stability and security in their industries, communities and wider society. They are leading the way in building a better and more equal world, and I warmly congratulate One+All on their well-deserved award.

“Given the challenges of the past three years, the record increase in Living Wage employers is truly remarkable. The Living Wage movement has never been stronger, and in the current cost of living crisis, it has never mattered more.”

The annual Living Wage Champion Awards celebrate individuals and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the Living Wage movement. This year they were held in Manchester for the first time in recognition of the strength and growth of the movement in the region.

The awards were supported by gold sponsors Aviva and Everton F.C., and silver sponsors Autotrader and Anchor Removals. The Beyond the Living Wage Award was sponsored by Pro-Manchester. For further information on the Living Wage, please click here. Alternatively, click here to visit the One+All website.