On 7th December 2023, WCIA were delighted to host over 100 participants at Wales’ Temple of Peace, to mark the 75th ‘platinum anniversary’ of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – with the generous support of Welsh Government in funding the event. This feature article has been drawn together as […]
Cardiff Volunteer Awards 2023
Organised by the Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC), the Cardiff Volunteer Awards was their annual award ceremony celebrating volunteering in Cardiff. Held in Cardiff on Wednesday 15 November, the ceremony recognised the many contributions and achievements of volunteers, community groups and organisations for their hard work and for going above […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Cymru Global news Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights International Exchange Volunteers WCIA welcome AESIS International Conference to Temple of Peace exploring Impact of Social Sciences Research
On 19 October WCIA were delighted to welcome to the Temple of Peace, international and UK-wide visitiors participating in the 7th International Societal Impact of Social Science, Humanities and Arts Conference, organised by AESIS – the network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science. The conference has travelled to […]
WCIA announced as Taith Champion for Youth Sector
WCIA is delighted to have been chosen as Taith Champion for the youth sector across Wales. Taith aims to take Wales to the World and the World to Wales, and is a fantastic opportunity for young people aged between 16-25 to take part in an international exchange. Gaining valuable experiences, […]
Caitlyn Newman – Archiveathon Placement Blog
Over Spring 2023, Caitlyn Newman undertook a voluntary Insights Placement with WCIA through Cardiff University’s Centre for Student Life. Here she reflects on her placement tasks and learning. Before our personal projects were assigned, our first ‘team task’ (for myself and three other volunteers) was to assist with the Appraisal and Selection […]
Khai’s Heritage Placement Experience – digitising ‘WCIA50’ and ‘Dolen40’ Archives
Khai Noor Shahmir hard at work in the Temple Library & Archives When I started my Archiveathon insight with the WCIA in March, I was eager to learn more of the inner workings of an archive and what it takes to manage it effectively. I was especially interested in the […]
Developing as a global citizen on work experience
Meg Russel, Aged 17, joined WCIA for a work experience placement in May 2023. Here she shares her experience: […]
Dolen Cymru 40th Anniversary – Archives Project and ‘Call for Histories’
Ahead of the 40th Anniversary (in 2025) of Dolen Cymru, the Wales Lesotho Link – the world’s first country to country ‘twinning’ – WCIA are supporting Dolen to research and digitise archives from the founding and early years of the link. Over Summer 2023, the Temple of Peace Heritage team […]
WCIA Placement Review: Abby Craig-Jones uncovers the story behind the 1925 Welsh Churches Peace Petition
During the spring of 2023, during my final year of undergraduate studies at Cardiff university studying ancient history and history, I undertook a placement with the heritage team at the WCIA, centred around film clip production. I was tasked with creating a short informative video on the story of the […]
Open University student Tom Chambers reflects on Heritage Placement with WCIA
Tom Chambers is an Ancient History student with the Open University, who has recently completed a 6-week Heritage Placement with WCIA funded through OU’s ‘GROW’ programme. Tom’s experience was selected for an Open University short film feature about the benefits of work placements – hear what he had to say! […]