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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation


ALMOST HERE: Saturday, 11 August, RCS OTTAWA Garden Party Social
The Garden Party will be catered and sun gazebos will be on the lawn. In event of rain, will have made arrangements to hold the party...

RCS Ottawa
Jul 30, 2018
June 28th - July 23rd, 2018: RCS Posts
June 28th, 2018 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence, the King of Swaziland has announced that the country's name is being...
Dawson Youden
Jul 24, 2018


25 July 2018: Announcing the Commonwealth Short Story Prize Winner
The overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Prize 2018 will be announced on Wednesday July 25 at the Centre of Visual Art and Research...
Commonwealth Foundation
Jul 24, 2018


#Commonwealth for kids: diversity, equality, friendship.
Check out this Commonwealth website for #children. A great resource for parents, teachers and schools to find out more about what we do...
@commonwealthsec
Jul 21, 2018


@shroudsofsomme project
Serjeant Walter Carr worked in a Bolton cotton mill before enlisting following the outbreak of #WW1. KIA during the Battle of the Somme...
@CWGC
Jul 21, 2018


Letters between HM and Nelson Mandela on South Africa returning to the Commonwealth
The Queen has met Nelson Mandela many times, including in Cape Town in 1995. This year, The Queen met the South African President Cyril...
@RoyalFamily
Jul 21, 2018


@NelsonMandela's legacy
“Thank you for giving me another chance.” – Philip, Uganda. The @africanprisons project continues @NelsonMandela's legacy of fighting...
@queenscomtrust
Jul 21, 2018


RESCHEDULED for 22 September 2018. 5 August 2018: "Are We There Yet?" Trek to bene
This fundraising Trek is open to everyone, and we are encouraging those interested to raise pledges from their families and friends. You...

RCS Ottawa
Jul 18, 2018


#MalalaDay
In honour of #MalalaDay here's a #tbt a @HuffPostUK blog by CAMA Director @FionaMavhinga. As educated girls transition to womanhood,...
@Camfed
Jul 14, 2018


Today is #WorldPopulationDay.
Today is #WorldPopulationDay. There are 795 million people in the world who do not have enough food. That's about one in nine people....
@queenscomtrust
Jul 14, 2018


#MondayMotivation
Are you struggling this afternoon? How about some #MondayMotivation from @FeedingIndia … Full Story #Commonwealth
@queenscomtrust
Jul 14, 2018


Jeremy Hunt new Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Rt Hon @Jeremy_Hunt as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs....

RCS Ottawa
Jul 14, 2018


Boris Johnson resigns
BREAKING: Boris Johnson, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, has resigned. Full Story #Commonwealth
@RoyalCentral
Jul 14, 2018


New #Commonwealth study reveals cost of violence against women and girls (#VAWG).
New #Commonwealth study reveals cost of violence against women and girls (#VAWG). The pilot study in #Seychelles will help develop a...
@commonwealthsec
Jul 5, 2018


#CommonwealthYouth Leadership Training at #MarlboroughHouse
Kicking off Monday morning with a session on Leadership, Advocacy and Personal Impact for #CommonwealthYouth Leadership Training at...
@ComSecYouth
Jul 5, 2018
@CWGC’s beautiful Canadian Cemetery No.2
This stunning aerial footage shows the @CWGC’s beautiful Canadian Cemetery No.2 - which lies on the incline to Vimy Ridge in France. Over...
@CWGC
Jul 5, 2018


#makehungerhistory
Another impressive feat from the team over at @FeedingIndia, #makehungerhistory Full Story #Commonwealth
@queenscomtrust
Jul 5, 2018


@africanprisons is helping prisoners study law
The @africanprisons is helping prisoners in #Kenya and #Uganda to follow in Nelson #Mandela’s footsteps by studying law from prison,...
@queenscomtrust
Jul 5, 2018


HM inspects The Guard of Honour
The Queen certainly didn't appear under the weather as she made her first appearance since missing Service of the Order of St Michael and...
@royalfocus1
Jul 5, 2018


London's National Portrait Gallery is hiring
Take a look at our current opportunities: http://ow.ly/egGg30kL72d Full Story #Commonwealth
@NPGLondon
Jul 5, 2018
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