By Craig Owen, Head of Wales for Peace at WCIA On June 16th 2019 – appropriately enough, Father’s Day – it was 75 years to the day since Lord David Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944), father and founder of Wales’ Temple of Peace & Health, passed away. A leading thinker in […]
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Peace100: WCIA Gregynog Festival Lecture will mark Centenary of post-WW1 Paris Peace Treaty
Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health was built as the nations’ memorial to the fallen of WW1 – thanks to the vision of one family of philanthopists from Powys, who made it their mission to support the people and communities of Wales in building a better world. David Davies (1880-1944), […]
Aphrael’s volunteer experience
Skills building with WCIA From the 8th February to the 7th May, I carried out work experience as a website editor for the WCIA. Initially I believed this work experience would only consist of adding new posts to their website (something I was already looking forward to as I was […]
Outside In: Celebrating Human Rights through the Arts
“An emotional roller coaster of an event,” That’s how the dramatic event at the Temple of Peace on 18th May, in partnership with the Josef Herman Arts Foundation, was described. The Dragons Heart and Dragons Soul performance through music and dance, powerfully depicting the persecution of people with learning disabilities […]
EU Parliamentary Elections 2019: Candidate Q & A
Watch the video of the #EU2019 candidates answering global issues that affect us here in Wales, in Europe and across the world including: climate change; sustainability; migration; economic development; agriculture & social development […]
The “Ripple effect”: social action and the new curriculum
Our Chief Executive Susie-Ventris-Field has written an article on the new curriculum in Wales which presents a focus on how social action can help to deliver the ambitions of the new school curriculum. This can be see through participation in global citizenship schemes like Peace Schools, Changemakers, Eco Schools, Rights […]
Is Universal Health Care Sustainable?
“It depends what you want,” responded Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners representing over 50,000 GPs, when speaking at the Temple of Peace on 9 April at an event sponsored by WCIA and the Learned Society of Wales as part of a series of lectures […]
GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE: Students are skipping school to save their future
By Morgane Dirion Disclaimer: The blogs on this site are written by our volunteers and guest writers. They do not reflect the views of the WCIA. We hope that sharing a range of views will encourage discussion and debate. Please get in touch if you wish to contribute a blog. […]