To see what events are happening in OWW this year, please scroll down this page to the Calendar
To submit your event to go on the calendar go to Submit an event
The aim of OWW is to bring people and organisations together to raise awareness about global issues of justice, poverty and inequality. Events take place locally all over Britain and in many countries around the world.
Most happen during One World Week, which includes United Nations Day on 24 October, giving everyone a feeling of joint endeavour and building a movement. But you can celebrate it when it suits you and your community.
Local community groups, religious and voluntary organisations, inter-faith groups, environmentalists, human rights and peace groups, youth groups, schools, universities and campaigners or local branches of national organisations create events which are accessible, yet challenging, to all in their community.
You can either tailor a regular meeting of your own organisation to focus on One World Week or collaborate with others.
Any local event you’d like to organise, with reference to OWW's vision and aims, which reflects this year’s theme. This could be an inspiring talk, quiz, debate, film, fair trade fete or coffee morning, walk, global/local meal, vigil, act of worship, arts performance, school assembly or project, inter–faith activity … Whatever - it’s up to your community!
Every year OWW sets a theme around a global justice issue, along with a selection of resources and links to related actions initiated by our partners, to give our event organisers focus and material to enrich their OWW events. Our themes are broad to encourage our volunteers to come up with their own interpretations and angle relevant to their communities. For more about this year’s theme visit the Theme page
1 October 2016
Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2016
Ethics, Empathy and Peacemaking;
Reflections on Preserving our Humanity
Dr Rowan Williams
(former Archbishop of Canterbury)
Date & Time: Saturday 1st October 2016
11:00 to 14:30
Venue: St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JLJ
Dr Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
will be delivering this year’s annual lecture
There will be a Gandhi Foundation sales stall and a retiring collection.
Please register and note there will not be reserved seating.
Please register on Eventbrite at http://bit.ly/2ch4ugu
For further details please go to the Gandhi Foundation website
Date: 1 Array 2016 00:00 to 14 Array 2016 00:00
Shadows of the Wanderer
A powerful installation by the acclaimed sculptor, Ana Maria Pacheco.
These outstanding - and thought provoking - sculptures present
ten over life-size darkly robed figures as they witness
the struggle of a young man to carry an older man on his shoulders.
Date & Time: Saturday 16th July – Monday 14th November
Venue: North Transept
Chichester Cathedral
West Street
CHICHESTER
West Sussex
PO19 1RPH
‘Shadows of the Wanderer’
presents a complex scene of twelve figures, each of them
larger than a human and carved out of a single lime tree.
Ten of the figures stand in the shadows around a young man
who is carrying an older man on his back.
These two central figures have been symbolically carved
out of the same piece of wood and draw from virgil’s Aeneid.
In Virgil’s ancient poem, dating from 29BC, a young man,
Aeneas, carries his lame father on his back and flees from
the burning ruins of Troy.
Pacheco’s contemporary – and challenging – depiction of this
scene resonates powerfully with current debates about exile,
migration, and the displacement of people who are trying to
escape persecution in our own day.
(This exhibition is supported by Amnesty International).k
For more Details go to the Chichester Cathedral Website
Admission : Free
The Cathedral is open
from 7.15am until 6.30pm (Monday to Saturday)
and from 7.15am until 5.00pm (Sunday).
There is no charge for entry.
Date: 1 October 2016to 16:00
Wales Fair Trade Fair
Date & Time: Saturday 1st October 2016
10am - 4pm
Venue: The Guildhall
BRECON
The largest Fair trade event in Wales
60 stalls selling fairly traded goods from the developing world
Live music, Zimbabwean food, dancing, singing and drumming
Admission Details: Free
Contact Name: David Holman
Email: walesfairtradefair@gmail.com
Telephone: 07774608215
Visit our OWW Events Pages from previous years to see what people got up to