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 […]
Wales – Africa Community Linking: ‘Communitarian’ Development Cooperation in Action
Republished from September 2014 article on Dev.Cymru, by Craig Owen, now Head of Wales for Peace with WCIA. This opinion piece long predates the Brexit vote, and the establishment of the Welsh Government’s’ International Relations Ministry; but is republished as an important contribution to Wales’ peace heritage on ‘International Solidarity’. […]
Young Peacemakers Awards 2019
Time to celebrate all the young people who have been active in the pursuit of peace in their local or wider community this year. Many have been working towards achieving Peace School status. The young people have inspired so many and we are all very excited by the entries. […]
David Davies 75: Internationalist ‘Father’ of the Temple of Peace
By Craig Owen, Head of Wales for Peace at WCIA On June 16th 2019 – appropriately enough, Father’s Day – it was 75 years to the day since Lord David Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944), father and founder of Wales’ Temple of Peace & Health, passed away. A leading thinker in […]
Peace100: WCIA Gregynog Festival Lecture will mark Centenary of post-WW1 Paris Peace Treaty
Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health was built as the nations’ memorial to the fallen of WW1 – thanks to the vision of one family of philanthopists from Powys, who made it their mission to support the people and communities of Wales in building a better world. David Davies (1880-1944), […]
Aphrael’s volunteer experience
Skills building with WCIA From the 8th February to the 7th May, I carried out work experience as a website editor for the WCIA. Initially I believed this work experience would only consist of adding new posts to their website (something I was already looking forward to as I was […]