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WCIA to hold first digital Global Learning Conference on anti-racist approaches into the Curriculum for Wales

Our first digital conference taster will bring together schools, policy makers and government officials to focus on the role global learning will have in tackling racial equality in the new curriculum for Wales 2022.  The new curriculum has the international context flowing through all Areas of Learning and Experience, and global citizenship understanding, […]

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Think piece: How can we create a better Wales post-Brexit?

A series of think pieces and podcasts has been announced by WCVA to focus on the future of well-being in Wales. Our CEO Susie Ventris-Field and Gethin Rhys from Cytûn, co wrote a think piece titled Responding to the climate emergency Challenges mentioned in the think piece include climate change, and […]

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The Story of Wales’ Book of Remembrance

SEARCH / VIEW the WW1 Book of Remembrance (Link to National Library of Wales viewer) Download Printable PDF Booklet Temple Tour – Book of Remembrance (WCIA website – page designed for phone / tablet users) Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health, home of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs and the HLF-funded […]

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Our response to Wales’ first International Strategy

On Tuesday January 14, the International Relations Minister Eluned Morgan launched Wales’ first International Strategy. The aim of the strategy is to promote the country as an outward-looking nation ready to work and trade with the rest of the world. Our CEO Susie Ventris-Field has issued the following statement: “At […]

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Education

Barry school pupils take first place at 2019 Wales Schools Debating Championships

Vale pupils outshone their opponents to take first place at this year’s Wales Schools Debating Championships. On Monday 16 December, Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg pupils Sara Jones and Rhys Griffiths were crowned the 2019 winning team at Tredegar House, Newport. The winner of this year’s Individual speaker award went to Amelia […]

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Calum: “The best thing I remember is the feeling of happiness”

Read the truly inspirational story of our former volunteer Calum, who participated in our supportive volunteering programme “Step by Step” a few years ago. […]

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From Paris to Cardiff – My personal experience of culture shock

 Even though I am familiar with culture shock and the way it influences your mindset -I lived in the US for a year-, I still have moments when I stop and reflect on how strange or how admirable the Welsh are. Here are a few examples of my most memorable […]

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“Inspired by Annie”: The Story of the 1923 Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to America

DOWNLOAD / 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 […]

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Wales – Africa Community Linking: ‘Communitarian’ Development Cooperation in Action

Republished from September 2014 article on Dev.Cymru, by Craig Owen, now Head of Wales for Peace with WCIA. This opinion piece long predates the Brexit vote, and the establishment of the Welsh Government’s’ International Relations Ministry; but is republished as an important contribution to Wales’ peace heritage on ‘International Solidarity’.   […]

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Young Peacemakers Awards 2019

Time to celebrate all the young people who have been active in the pursuit of peace in their local or wider community this year. Many have been working towards achieving Peace School status.   The young people have inspired so many and we are all very excited by the entries. […]

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