26 June 2023 saw the culmination and celebration of this year’s Changemakers projects. With groups of students from the participating schools Malpas Court, Newport, and Bryngwyn, Carmarthen coming to the Temple of Peace and Health to share their work and achievements as well as participating in workshops on the themes […]
Read moreOn 23 May 20 students and 12 staff from Romania, Turkey and Wales were hosted by WCIA at the Temple of Peace and Health for an interactive day as part of the ‘Becoming a Peace School’ Erasmus project. The group were given a glimpse into Wales’ rich peace heritage as […]
Read moreAlexandra is one of our volunteers in the ESC Heritage Programme. She studied Reconstruction, Renovation and Preservation of Architectural Heritage in Saint-Petersburg, where she completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She also worked as an architect restorer for five years, dealing with blueprints, archive materials, ancient books and historical documents. […]
Read moreOn 18th November 2021 over 100 participants, including primary and secondary schools from across Wales, gathered online for this year’s Peace Schools Conference. The format of this annual event was a bit different this year. The morning’s session was more outward-facing, and the theme of ‘Climate Justice’ was selected as […]
Read moreWales’ World Peace Campaigns of the 1920s and 30s In the entrance vestibule of Wales’ Temple of Peace, visitors pass two intriguing linen hangings proclaiming the achievements of ‘Welsh Efforts for World Peace’ in the years that followed WW1. The claims sound incredulous… yet the story behind them is […]
Read moreBlog and research by WCIA Archives Intern Rob Laker, on placement with Wales for Peace from Swansea University History Dept over Summer 2019. Drawing on materials from the National Library of Wales and Temple of Peace Archives; and Annual Reports of the Welsh League of Nations Union 1922-45 on People’s […]
Read moreIn November 1938 Minnie James from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, was thrust into the limelight when Lord David Davies, founder of Wales’ Temple of Peace, decided that he would like to have a Welsh mother who had lost sons in the Great War to open the Welsh National Temple of Peace […]
Read moreDOWNLOAD / PRINT PDF ARTICLE WOMEN’S PETITION RESOURCES HOMEPAGE (this can be easily printed in A5 Booklet Form through printer settings: A4, back-to-back, leaflet format) In 1923, with the horrors of World War 1 having galvanised a whole generation against conflict, women of Wales organised an […]
Read moreAre you committed to peace and would you like to make a difference? Would you like to spend a year from September 2019 working on a paid/ funded placement which would help you to develop your skills, knowledge and commitment to peace and at the same time support an organisation […]
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