Wales Internationalists Get-together

On the 12 of July 2022, took place our first Wales Internationalists Get-together event at the Temple of Peace and Health (Cardiff). An opportunity for people and organisations who care about global issues to come together, share ideas, network and get inspired. Around 40-50 attendees from 3rd sector organisations, Welsh Government, […]

Online global citizenship conference inspires over a hundred people

The aim of Changemakers is to support students to explore practical techniques to make change happen through a series of interactive activities. In today’s event, we’ve been delighted to welcome many schools from different parts of Wales participating in online workshops, change pledges, real-life examples of campaigns, etc. The conference […]

The crisis in Ukraine

Resources for a Discussion and Activities with Primary School Children  1. Talking to children about war:  As my colleague Amber Demetrius has written in her blog ‘Mummy, there’s bad new about Ukraine’ , we naturally want to protect our children from the bad news that’s happening in the world and […]

The Crisis in Ukraine

Resources for a Discussion and Activities with Secondary School Children  1. Talking to young people about war:  One of the core aims of the Welsh Curriculum is to support young people in becoming ‘ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world.’  Having said that, how do we approach sensitive and […]

In Russia, the opposition to Putin may come from civil society

Written by W.J Morgan, Honorary Professor and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow Cardiff University The murderous onslaught on sovereign Ukraine by Putin and his ruling clique of siloviki, or former members of the security services, has made the world aware of the enormities characterising his regime. We already had plenty of evidence of […]

Global Natters – Technology, life and human rights

On the first Global Natters session of the year, we were talking about Technology, life and human rights. Starting with Hannah Fry’s talk on the topic “Should Computers Run the World?” a lot of interesting ideas came up, specially made us think about how algorithms are increasingly used to make […]

Online MockCOP

A model UN which will bring students together to discuss climate change. Particularly this MockCOP edition was really inspiring, as COP26 happened barely one month ago. Pupils had the opportunity to discuss what their countries have done about climate change and talk about some of the agreements made in Glasgow. […]