Global Learning - Cymru Global

Cymru Global’s Learning mission

At Cymru Global, our Global Learning programmes develop curiosity in safe spaces to enable us to speak confidently about the world we are part of. We build hope for the future through creative processes and partners, and we empower people and communities to build a better world

For Pupils: Learner Activities

Our activities for pupils have been co-created with schools and young people and they follow national curriculum Welsh guidance (more information below). Each of the self-study courses have downloadable information that you can take away and try out. They are also are designed to be tools that learners can pick up and use independently.

Don’t be shy, give them a go!

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For Teachers: Teacher Training and Courses

Our CPD offer for teachers (Continuous Professional Development) is developed in partnership with educational professionals and it directly addresses the requirements expressed by our schools network. We also write CPD for new educational initiatives in Cymru and provide bespoke workshops.

Our courses develop new approaches within the classroom based on up-to-date ideas and we use as flexible a format as possible to enable our teachers to study in as flexible a way as they need.

Currently, we have three courses available for self-study: Future Thinking, Creating Ethical, Informed Citizenship and How to Tackle Controversial Issues in the classroom.

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For Youth and Adult Education: Youth Participation resources

At Cymru Global, we want to bring people together as a community of learners to explore their stories, champion their rights and better understand the diverse and interconnected world we are all living in. To do this, we run a programme of projects aimed at empowerment, building curiosity and confidence in speaking about world events, and resources to build hope for the future.

Our youth projects are co-created with young people and recently, we secured our Youth Quality Mark. Our adult learning programmes are co-created according to the interests and needs of the organisations we work with.

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Home » Our Work » Global Learning

The idea of global learning grew from the early 20th Century, when World Wars One and Two caused societies across the world to question how we were working alongside one another and asking how we could better understand and apply principles including equality, peace and collaboration.

Since that time, the concept of global learning has evolved to encompass a broad programme that can help us to prosper on our planet. This programme includes knowledge of the world, the skills that enable us to navigate in a constantly shifting world, and the attitudes that can be created by being able to tell our stories in empathetic communities.

Our activities for pupils have been co-created with schools and young people and they follow national curriculum Welsh guidance.

Our CPD offer for teachers (Continuous Professional Development) is developed in partnership with educational professionals and it directly addresses the requirements expressed by our schools network.

Our youth projects are co-created with young people and they are expressive, participative, inclusive, empowering and educative. We recently secured our Youth Quality Mark and are proud to provide high quality experiences and resources. If you’d like to get involved take a look!

Our adult learning programmes are co-created according to the interests and needs of the organisations we work with. We are passionate about making global citizenship accessible and relevant for everyone and our programmes and resources are there to support people to make those links in their day-to-day lives.

Global Learning is at the heart of what we do. Our programmes have grown and evolved with the changing needs of Cymru and the wider world, taking us into schools and youth spaces, higher education, communities, and conversations with policy makers. Wherever we work, the aim is the same: to amplify voices, share perspectives, and shape a fairer future.

We focus on sparking curiosity and helping learners take that first step in exploring the world.

People of all ages can ask questions, connect with their communities, and celebrate cynefin and heritage in safe and inclusive spaces. By sharing experiences honestly and openly, we build empathy and respect for international communities.

Most importantly, Global Learning is about action. Together we imagine solutions, strengthen relationships, and create pathways towards change; shaping an outward-looking, collaborative Cymru that shines for all.

For PupilsTake a look at our Learner ActivitiesRead more

For TeachersExplore our professional development courses for TeachersTake a look

For Youth and Adult EducationBrowse our Youth Participation resourcesRead more

“Global Learning sparks curiosity and helps people of all ages explore the world, connect with communities, and celebrate cynefin and heritage. We amplify voices, build empathy, and inspire action for an outward-looking, collaborative Cymru.”

Bespoke Facilitation for Schools

Cymru Global’s learning team can offer bespoke, facilitated sessions for schools and youth organisations with participatory group activities such as:

Model United Nations Summits – supporting pupils to experience decision making on world issues of now & future
Mock COP Summits – Simulating Climate Change negotiations, putting Welsh young people in the driving seat
Debating Skills
Changemakers
Peace Schools Network and Young Peacemakers projects

To find out more, please contact learning@cymru.global

Online Courses and Resources

Futures ThinkingFind out more

Ethical, Informed CitizensFind out more

SDGs4U Bringing the UN Sustainable Development Goals to lifeFind out more

Learning News & Blogs

Education

Investigating the role of machines in our future – a Changemakers Project

The robot design was my favourite part. It let me get really creative in demonstrating what I’d learned about artificial intelligence and also to learn skills like stop animation, which would never had been possible outside of the classroom […]

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Seren Network and Cymru Global MockCOP, March 2026

Opportunities like these are so important. If we want young people to learn how to problem solve and mediate different points of view, we have to give them practice and great role models. What I love about days like these is the learning that takes place from the beginning of the day to the end. It really allows people a chance to be part of a process of transformation […]

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Exploring Gender and Fairness

Inequalities, whilst varying in severity and geography, are symptoms of the same disease. The roll back of women’s rights is happening everywhere yet it is only when we look at the global picture that the trend becomes starkly apparent. The continuing issues that this world faces with discrimination not only against women, […]

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Why It’s Good to Care

It hit me this week that these are the parts of caring for someone that are seldom spoken about or celebrated. Nobody writes songs about the way that caring can be getting up early, grumpy and cantankerous. You don’t see glossy Hollywood comedies about that morning at the swimming pool. […]

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Foresight training February 5th 2026

We are delighted to announce that Henk Hilderink, Foresight Expert from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), will be joining us in the Temple of Peace, Cardiff, on Thursday 5th February. During his visit, Henk will deliver a three-hour introductory workshop on Strategic Foresight for organisational leaders […]

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Welsh Young People’s Competition for Global Education Week, 17-24 Nov 2025

You are warmly invited to join WCIA in celebrating Global Education Week 2025. Global Education week is an opportunity for all the countries of Europe to come together to learn about the world and take coordinated action to help make it a better place. For 2025, our focus and theme […]

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Young peacemakers gather in Cardiff to celebrate peace in schools

Reproduced from Quakers UK, with many thanks Almost 100 young peer mediators from across South Wales came together in Cardiff Bay on 15 October to celebrate their shared commitment to resolving conflict peacefully. The event, ‘Celebrating the Peacemakers of the Future | Dathlu Heddychwyr y Dyfodol’, was the first children’s […]

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2025 ‘Young Peacemakers’ Awarded at Llangollen International Eisteddfod

On 10 July, Wales’ 2025 Young Peacemakers Awards took to the main stage of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod – an opportunity to celebrate what children and young people from across Wales have done to create kinder, safer and more inclusive communities locally, nationally and internationally. It is often said that […]

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WCIA Branding & Identity Survey: Help shape our Future!

WCIA are in the middle of a rebrand, and we’d love your input. Over the last few months, we’ve been working hard to make it easier for people to understand what we do and why it matters. That’s meant refining how we talk about ourselves by sharpening our messages and […]

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Archive of the Month: 1926 Women’s Peacemakers Pilgrimage Report, 99 years ago this May

99 years ago this month, over May-June 1926 the “Women’s Peacemakers Pilgrimage” marched from N & S Wales and each corner of the UK, uniting tens of thousands under the banner of ‘HEDD NID CLEDD’ / ‘LAW NOT WAR’. View full Report on People’s Collection Wales This report from the […]