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‘Peace speaks every Language’: Wales’ 2026 Youth Message of Peace & Goodwill

For over a century, since 1922, young people of Wales have created a Peace and Goodwill Message, sharing it with young people across the world. The purpose of the Message is to unite children and young people everywhere, inspiring them to take humanitarian action and to build positive international connections. Pioneered […]

Peace Heritage

Blog

What is global citizenship? An anti racist approach

As long as these inequalities persist, global citizenship remains uneven in practice. For us living in Wales, this requires both collective and individual action: recognising global inequalities, connecting them to local contexts, speaking out against racism, and holding the Welsh government accountable for its commitments. […]

Volunteers

Preparing for Adventures with pre departure training

When I know I have a day with travel approaching, a kind of fever grips me. It starts a bit before. I see the date hanging there in my calendar, find my mind returning more and more to what needs to be done before that time. Depending on how big […]

Teacher and student evaluate robot design

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 […]

Image of half a room where students are working towards solutions on climate change

Education Global Learning

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 […]

History Peace Heritage Temple of Peace

Laying the Temple’s Foundation Stone – 8th April 1937

The foundation stone for Wales’ Temple of Peace was laid by Viscount Halifax, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Foreign Secretary, on Thursday, 8th April 1937. He had been widely regarded as a leading light among interwar peace advocates and champion of the League of Nations; and would go on to play a […]

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Attendees at the Cymru Global brand launch told: “Peace must be protected, nurtured and chosen”

CARDIFF, 5 March 2026 The great, great grandson of the woman who opened Wales’ Temple of Peace in 1938 points to lessons from the past as WCIA unveils new name. The Welsh Centre for International Affairs has today revealed its new brand identity – Cymru Global. The name reflects the […]

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Introducing Cymru Global: A new chapter

Today the Welsh Centre for International Affairs becomes Cymru Global – an organisation rooted in hope, connection and the belief that the people of Wales can play a part in shaping a better world. For more than 50 years, our organisation has stood for connection, peacebuilding, global learning, cultural understanding, […]

Protest banner with four painted people raising their arms in the air. Respect & Justice

Human Rights

Policing Protest

A Review of Current Regulation and practices in England & Wales by Austin Hill Public protest has long been recognised as a vital democratic practice in the United Kingdom, serving as a means for individuals and groups to express dissent, influence political debate, and hold power to account. Protest rights […]