Monday 19 October 2023. WCIA was invited to be part of the Prince’s Trust celebration in the Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay. The event was a celebration of the charity’s work in Wales in recent years. Projecting messages of hope and positivity for young people in Wales, the speakers which […]
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 […]
World Peace Day 2023: Launching #WCIA50, WCIA’s Golden Anniversary Year
Thursday 21st September is UN International Day of Peace, commonly known as World Peace Day. The UN’s theme this year is ‘Action for Peace – Ambitions for the #GlobalGoals’. 2023 is the midway point towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals, set in 2015 with action targets for 2030. 2023 is […]
Aiden’s Story
This summer Aiden from North Wales took on something amazing. He undertook a 2 week workcamp in Germany using Welsh Government Taith funding. Read about his volunteering journey below. […]
Libya floods – how people in Wales can help
Over 5000 people have died and 10,000 people are missing in devastating floods in Libya. WCIA are urging people and communities to donate urgently towards rescue appeals by organisations who already have teams on the ground: WCIA strongly encourage people in Wales to focus on donating funds rather than clothing […]
Global Citizenship with young ambassadors
On 27 July, WCIA delivered a global citizenship and futures workshop at a residential for Public Health Wales’ young ambassadors. During the session, participants (aged 12-18) chose the global issue they were most interested in, explored what they already know about the issue and used futures thinking techniques to give […]
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 […]
Sam Mutter – Placement Review, Minnie James Collection
Sam has recently completed a work experience placement with WCIA, curating and digitising the Minnie James Collection. Mrs James opened the Temple of Peace in 1938 on behalf of the ‘war bereaved mothers of Wales and the world’, having lost 3 sons to WW1 and its aftermath. Her mementoes and […]
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 […]
Celebrating 15 Years of Fair Trade Nation Status in Wales
On July 11, the Welsh parliament was abuzz with excitement and pride as Wales celebrated 15 years since becoming the world’s first Fair Trade Nation. This significant milestone was marked by a grand celebration organized by Fair Trade Wales, the organization responsible for promoting and advocating fair trade practices across […]