Georgia Ash from Cardiff University’s department of History has been undertaking a workl experience ‘Insight’ placement with WCIA through the Centre for Student Life. Here she reflects on her experience. Throughout August, I have been assisting WCIA with their Archiveathon sessions, through an Insights placement from Cardiff University. The aim […]
National Eisteddfod Event on plans to return the 1923 Women’s Peace Appeal to Wales
A treasure from Wales’ Peace Heritage is to make the journey from Washington to Wales, to mark the centenary next year of the 1923 Welsh Women’s Peace Appeal to America – a campaign petition signed by 390,296 women across Wales. Might your gran be among them? […]
Temple Archives Safeguarding Project
Over Summer 2022, WCIA are embarking on an ambitious project to complete cataloguing of the Temple of Peace Archives, Library and Collections […]
Young Peace Ambassadors for Wales
Young Peace Ambassadors for Wales was held at the Temple of Peace and Health (Cardiff) last 25th and 26th of July. A mix of young people from Wales between the ages of 14 and 18 together with international volunteers based in Wales met and discussed different dimensions of peace, learning […]
Last Global Natters of the Year!
Global Natters’ last edition of 2021/2022 was held on Thursday 21st of July at the Secret Garden Cafe in Bute Park (Cardiff). This time the discussion was centred on how social media affects our society. The session started by commenting on an article focused on how the social media platform, […]
All Participants from the 2022 Edition
Young Peace Activist of the Year You will have been active in the pursuit of peace, equality and social justice in your local or wider community, and your actions will have inspired others – your peers or people older or younger than yourself. This could include supporting people more vulnerable than yourself, […]
WCIA’s ‘Archiveathon Challenge’ Summer 2022 – call for volunteers!
Can you volunteer a few hours of your time over Summer 2022, to help document the library collections of Wales’ Temple of Peace & Health? […]
Climate change, Covid-19 and Africa Wales Links. End of #SummerUndod2022
Friday 15th, in Swansea, marked the last day of Hub Cymru Africa’s conference series #SummerUndod2022. Addressing the topic of sustainable livelihoods, different companies and project developers explained how they are conducting their business to assure sustainable growth and fair trade. A special emphasis was given to the links between Wales […]
Press Release: Young People Celebrated for their Contribution to Peace
At midday on 7th July young people from all over Wales will be celebrated for their positive contributions to peace and global citizenship. The seventh Wales Young Peacemakers Awards ceremony, jointly organised by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod will take place both […]
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, […]