Written on 08-11-2017 by Craig Owen ‘Digital Act of Remembrance’ links past and future generations’ The Welsh Book of Remembrance from the First World War, a national treasure housed in Wales’ Temple of Peace in Cardiff, has been digitised and is now publicly searchable online at BookofRemembrance.Wales, following a 2 […]
Remembering for Peace, the women of North Wales moved by war
Written on 10-11-2017 by Awel Irene On November the 10th and 11th, members of Cymdeithas y Cymod, the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales will be meeting in Caernarfon to remember. As well as remembering their forefathers and grandfathers who were killed during wars, they will be recalling the depth of […]
Remembering our Mothers – Caernarfon Events
Written on 15-11-2017 Remember like Nain On November 10th and 11th, members of the Cymdeithas y Cymod with the support of Wales for Peace met in Caernarfon, to remember the women peace builders of Wales. There were 70 people together over the two days. As well as remembering their relatives […]
Heddwch Nain Mam-gu: Gwynedd Women launch peace campaign on International Womens Day
Written on 01-03-2018 by Awel Irene A world-wide campaign is being launched by a group of Gwynedd women to commemorate thousands of women who signed a peace petition following the First World War. The ‘Heddwch Nain/Mam-gu’ (Grandma’s Peace) launch will be held to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th of […]
Conscientious Objectors Day 2018: Exploring ‘Objection Then and Now’ in Swansea Valley
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 […]