Written on 15-05-2018 by Craig Owen A new learning resource on objecting to conflict was launched on 2018 International Conscientious Objectors Day. The resource was launched alongside a thought-provoking exhibition in a Swansea Valley school, as Wales remembered those who took a stand against World War One. View […]
Wales for Peace Exhibition Tour launches in Holyhead
Written on 06-06-2018 by Craig Owen June has seen the launch of WCIA’s final ‘Wales for Peace Exhibition Tour, in the Ucheldre Centre Holyhead from 6th June – 8th July 2018. The Heritage Lottery Funded exhibition draws together work over the last 4 years by communities, schools and youth groups, to […]
Llangollen International Eisteddfod: A Message of Peace Past, Present and Future
Over the week of 2nd-8th July 2018, Wales for Peace participated in the Llangollen International Eisteddfod with a ‘pop-up exhibition’ complementing the work of the Llangollen Archives Committee to capture the ‘Peace Heritage’ of this incredible festival of peace and reconciliation – borne out of the ashes of World War […]
“A Oes Heddwch?” 100 years pursuing Peace at the National Eisteddfod
Written on 03-08-2018 by Craig Owen 100 years ago this week, at the Neath National Eisteddfod in August 1918, a soldier – returned from the trenches of WW1 – took to the stage to propose the creation of a ‘Welsh League of Nations Union’. David Davies of Llandinam, horrified […]
Wales Peace History Conference for UN World Peace Day, 21-22 Sept 2018
Marking UN World Peace Day on Friday 21st September 2018, Wales’ Temple of Peace are delighted to host the Wales Peace History Conference 2018 – a gathering over two days of leading academics, students and peace activists exploring in depth understanding of Wales’ peace heritage. The programme, organised by poet […]
Wales’ WW1 Belgian Refugees’ Story shared in Brussels
Written on 14-09-2019 by Craig Owen In WW1, Wales took in over 4,500 Belgian Refugees fleeing the front in Flanders. 100 years later, WCIA Peace Programme Manager Craig Owen shared this story with researchers in Brussels at the ‘Belgian Refugees Symposium’ – but with a particular focus on exploring successive […]
Iris in the community partnership
In August 2018 UNA Exchange volunteers from Wales and around the world took part in a two-week residential project in Cardiff that sought to raise awareness of the challenges facing members of the LGBT+ community. As part of the UNESCO-affiliated Raising Peace Campaign our volunteers took part in the Iris […]
Summer Saving Special!
Calling out all ages between 18-30 years of age! This summer, UNA Exchange is offering a fantastic summer deal when booking onto selected volunteering projects. The summer sale includes a reduced administrative fee of £150, accommodation, food and activities when booking onto the project. If you are looking to do […]
Summer Sale 2018
Watch this space for details of the UNA Exchange 2018 Summer Sale, which goes *LIVE* on Thursday 26 July. Committed to making volunteering abroad as accessible as possible, we are delighted to announce that we will be cutting our administrative fees in half through August. […]
UNA Exchange celebrates Youth Work Week 2018
This week members of the UNA Exchange team, including our new Programme Officer (Exchanges) Bethan Julia Williams, represented the organisation at the national showcase event of Youth Work Week Wales in Cardiff Bay. […]