Ten years after Wales’ Future Generations Act launched in 2015, it has increased prominence but is not yet driving the system-wide change that was intended, according to recent assessment by Audit Wales. This report is about how Welsh public bodies are thinking and acting for the long term. Specifically, it […]
Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights International Exchange Peace Heritage Poverty and Development Taith Projects Volunteers Dolen Cymru celebrates 40th Anniversary of Wales Lesotho Link, launched #OnThisDay #MoshoeshoeDay 1985.
By Sharon Flint, with heritage materials by Craig Owen and Khai nor Shahmir Dolen Cymru, the Wales Lesotho Link, was founded #OnThisDay over 11th-12th March 1985, with events at the Welsh Office and Temple of Peace attended by then High Commissioner O.T. Sefako. This year has not only marked Dolen’s […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Blog Cymru Global news Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights Peace Heritage Volunteers War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary International Women’s Day #IWD 2025: Accelerating Action, Inspired by our Past.
By Ffion Fielding Project Manager, ‘Hawlio Heddwch’: Women’s Peace Petition community project 100 years ago, 390,296 Welsh women signed a petition for peace, and sent it to the women of America. In 2024, we remembered their story, celebrated the centenary, and discussed ways in which we could realise their wishes. […]
The Hidden History behind ‘Daffodil Days for Peace’
Following St David’s Day 1 March 2025, WCIA are delighted to have worked with ITV Wales producer Megan Booth on her short feature exploring the history of the Daffodil. “Let Peace Bloom across the hillsides of Wales” A little known but fascinating ‘fun fact’ for St David’s Day, is the […]
Global Perspectives History Human Rights Immigration, Refugees and Asylum International Exchange Peace Heritage Volunteers War and Peace Plaque unveiled in honour of Welsh people fighting to recognise Armenian genocide
By Dylan Bilyard, Cardiff University School of Journalism WELSH-ARMENIANS have unveiled a plaque for the Welsh people who have fought to recognise the Armenian genocide of 1915. “They believed that the events of 1915 did constitute a genocide and the truth was something worth fighting for,” said Armenian businessman John […]
History Human Rights Humanitarian Immigration, Refugees and Asylum International Exchange Peace Heritage War and Peace Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 – Wales’ National Ceremony at Temple of Peace
This morning in Cardiff, religious and political leaders came together to observe Holocaust Memorial Day. This commemoration of Wales honours the millions who perished in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides worldwide. The Lord Mayor, The Rt Hon Cllr Helen Lloyd Jones The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day this year is […]
Faith in Action: Welsh Churches Campaign for Peace, 1925-2025
Over 2025-26, WCIA alongside Cytun (Churches Together in Wales) and community partners Wales-wide are marking the centenary of a remarkable 1925 campaign that sought to put ‘faith into action’, by bringing together the Churches of Wales in what is thought to have been the first ecumenical (interfaith) campaign of the […]
The Bombing of Wales’ Temple of Peace, November 1967
This astonishing ‘hidden history’ from the archives of Wales’ Temple of Peace shocks almost all who hear it – and yet offers a fascinating insight into the turbulent journey behind modern Wales. In the early hours of 17 November 1967, a terrorist bomb was detonated at Wales’ National Temple of […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Education Global Perspectives History International Exchange Peace Heritage Volunteers War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary Edefyn Heddwch | Threads of Peace by Bethan Hughes
Supported by Academi Heddwch, Wales Arts International and Ruthin Craft Centre, this collaborative stitch project led by Ruthin-based artist Bethan M. Hughes was exhibited at Oriel Dory, Llangollen alongside the International Eisteddfod in July 2024. In November 2024, the film and some elements from Bethan’s project will be incorprated into […]
Academi Heddwch Cymru Cymru Global news Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights Humanitarian International Exchange Peace Heritage War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary A Oes Heddwch? Peace at the Heart of Pontypridd’s National Eisteddfod
Over the first week of August 2024, WCIA and Academi Heddwch brought debates of world peace to the world of Wales’ National Eisteddfod, hosted by Rhondda Cynon Taff this year in venues around Pontypridd (with a ‘maes’ / main field in Ynysangharad Park) over 3-10 August 2024. Much focus of […]