Rhiannon Day, MA International Public Relations and Communications, Cardiff University. Rhiannon has been undertaking an internship supporting the updating and digitisation of WCIA’s Hidden Histories feature articles, being uploaded as PDFs to People’s Collection Wales for long-term access into the future, with printed versions at the Temple of Peace, so that […]
The birthday of the NHS – on 5th July – has been marked with a call to establish an NHS Wales history website that recognises those who pioneered the creation of a pilot national health service in Wales, decades before the full NHS was officially established by Aneurin Bevan in […]
12th June 2024 The WCIA team are gravely concerned by the desperate, daily struggle for survival for people living in Gaza, including the Israeli hostages held by Hamas. On 26 May, only days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued new provisional measures that ordered Israel to immediately end […]
Refugee Week takes place UK and Wales-wide from 17 – 23 June 2024. WCIA are delighted to been able this year to support development of bilingual education materials for schools through Schools of Sanctuary and Holocaust Resources Wales, available through the Welsh Government’s ‘Hwb’ resources site for teachers: Refugee Week is […]
Refugee Week will take place from June 17 – 23, 2024. Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of people seeking sanctuary. It’s been running in the UK since 1998 and is always the week around World Refugee Day (20 June). The […]
With a background in programme management and leadership in the international humanitarian sector, as well as the third and public sectors in Wales, Hayley is incredibly excited to join the WCIA as our new Chief Executive. Hayley returned home in 2018 after having lived outside of Wales for almost twenty […]
Closing date: 13 May 2024 Swansea University, WCIA and the National Library of Wales are pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship from October 2024 under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. Every year without fail since 1922, a Message of Peace and Goodwill has been […]
By Catherine Duigan, Professor (Hon.) of Environmental Science, Department of Geography and Earth Science, Aberystwyth University. February 2024. Address: Bronsiriol, Brynymor Road, Aberystwyth. Of course Kathleen Carpenter signed The Petition, clearly and confidently with her best fountain pen, as a testament to her loyalty and humanity. As the daughter of […]
On Wednesday 1 May, WCIA are inviting Temple Friends, volunteers, and students to join in an action packed afternoon as we launch a new heritage project and ‘Archiveathon Challenge’ for summer 2024 – helping explore and digitise materials from the Temple of Peace Archives for future posterity – alongside a […]
““A Diolch mawr am hynny – Rhyfeddol mor dda mae Duw wedi bod i ni heb anhap na ddamwain. Diolch lddo!” Last entry in Annie’s Diary – reflecting her strongly Methodist upbringing – approximately translating to: “It’s amazing how good God has been to us, without mishap or accident. Thanks […]
