Wales’ World Peace Campaigns of the 1920s and 30s In the entrance vestibule of Wales’ Temple of Peace, visitors pass two intriguing linen hangings proclaiming the achievements of ‘Welsh Efforts for World Peace’ in the years that followed WW1. The claims sound incredulous… yet the story behind them is […]
United Nations Day 24 Oct 2019 – WCIA unveils ‘UN75’ Peace Heritage Programme for Wales for 2020 and Beyond
24 October every year marks United Nations Day internationally – the day on which the UN Charter came into being, beginning the great process of healing, reconciliation and rebuilding that followed World War Two. WCIA are marking this year’s UN Day by unveiling our plans to develop a new […]
World Peace Day at the Temple
The Temple of Peace opened its doors to old and new friends on Saturdays to mark World Peace Day. This year’s theme was climate change for peace marked the day with concerts, marches and community events around the world. WCIA friend Fi Fenton, lead groups of people on […]
Daffodil Days of the 1920s-30s: Celebrating Wales-wide Community Activism
Blog and research by WCIA Archives Intern Rob Laker, on placement with Wales for Peace from Swansea University History Dept over Summer 2019. Drawing on materials from the National Library of Wales and Temple of Peace Archives; and Annual Reports of the Welsh League of Nations Union 1922-45 on People’s […]
The ‘Great and the Good’: Opening Ceremony of Wales’ Temple of Peace, Nov 1938
Compiled by Craig Owen, Wales for Peace from research originally prepared by WCIA Volunteers Hannah Sweetapple (Summer 2016), Peter Garwood and ‘Temple Tours’ Volunteer Guide Frank Holloway, Summer 2017 and Anna Carlile, Autumn 2018; additional material researched by Temple Archivist Mari Lowe, Ffion Fielding, and Dr. Emma West, Birmingham University […]
Minnie James and the Temple’s ‘Mothers of Peace’
In November 1938 Minnie James from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, was thrust into the limelight when Lord David Davies, founder of Wales’ Temple of Peace, decided that he would like to have a Welsh mother who had lost sons in the Great War to open the Welsh National Temple of Peace […]
“Inspired by Annie”: The Story of the 1923 Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to America
DOWNLOAD / PRINT PDF ARTICLE WOMEN’S PETITION RESOURCES HOMEPAGE (this can be easily printed in A5 Booklet Form through printer settings: A4, back-to-back, leaflet format) In 1923, with the horrors of World War 1 having galvanised a whole generation against conflict, women of Wales organised an […]
WCIA and Wales Alliance for Global Learning (WAGL) welcomes new curriculum for Wales
WCIA and the Wales Alliance for Global Learning (WAGL) welcomes new curriculum for Wales The Welsh Government worked with education and childcare professionals, and other experts to develop a new approach to the curriculum for Wales. This resulted in developing guidance which will help funded non-maintained settings and schools […]
Pupils tackled climate change in Mock Conference of Parties
Tensions rose among student delegates as they debated the issue of climate change during MockCOP sessions last week. Pupils aged 14-18 from south and west wales schools, represented countries from all over the world at Mock COP (Conference of Parties) in Cardiff City Hall and Swansea Civic centre. These sessions, […]
WCIA work recognised in UK Report to United Nations on progress towards the SDGs
We are delighted that several of the WCIA programmes are recognized as making a positive contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals says Susie Ventris- Field WCIA CEO. The Sustainable Development Goals, set after much consultation and based on the experience of the Millennium Goals, set out a vision for the […]