Updated from research feature originally compiled in 2019 by Swansea student and WCIA Volunteer Placement Rob Laker. Published on 7 June 1935, 90 years ago this June, this Peace Bulletin from the Welsh League of Nations Union Archives illustrated initial results from the 1935 Peace Ballot campaign – in which […]
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AMOCA Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art launch ‘Pop-Up Exhibition’ at Cardiff’s historic Temple of Peace
Join us for a celebration of contemporary Black art featuring 34 artists from Africa and its diaspora. This pop-up exhibition offers a preview of AMOCA’s curatorial vision ahead of the museum’s permanent opening in 2026. AMOCA, the Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art, proudly announces its prelaunch on June 4, 2025 […]
Education Global Perspectives History Human Rights Peace Heritage Temple of Peace War and Peace Womens Peace Petition Centenary 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 […]
Tribute to Claire O’Shea, Head of Hub Cymru Africa
We’re heartbroken to share that our friend and colleague, and Head of Hub Cymru Africa, Claire O’Shea died peacefully this morning surrounded by her family. A passionate civil society leader and campaigner for social justice, Claire’s impact has been profound. She dedicated her life to making the world a better […]
Temple of Peace ‘Stars’ in Richard Burton Biopic
Wales’ Temple of Peace has projected onto the ‘silver screen’ in recent weeks, with release of the film “Mr Burton” starring Toby Jones (of ‘Mr Bates & the Post Office’), Lesley Manville and with Harry Lawtey playing the teenage Richard Jenkins of gritty, working class 1930s Port Talbot – before […]
Conscientious Objectors Day, 15 May: Supporting those who say ‘No to War’
“If the right to life is the first of all human rights Being the one on which all other rights depend The right to refuse to kill must be the second.” Inscription on COs Memorial Stone, Wales’ National Garden of Peace #OTD ‘On this Day’, 15 May has been recognised […]
Climate change Cymru Global news Education Environment Global Perspectives Health Human Rights International Exchange Peace Heritage Poverty and Development War and Peace Marking #FutureGens10 – a Decade of Welsh Action for Future Generations
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 […]
Recruiting – Senior Fundraising Manager and WCIA Board of Trustees
Looking to ‘Spring Clean’ your career, land that dream job, or get involved with an enriching trusteeship challenge? This March / April WCIA are recruiting a new Senior Fundraising Manager role, as well vacancies on WCIA’s sector-leading Board of Trustees. Find ouit more at: […]