THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF the Pledge to Peace

The Pledge to Peace was established 10 years ago - on the 28th November

Peace Partners and the Pledge to Peace

The trustees of Peace Partners signed the Pledge during the Waves of Change "Peace and Sustainability" Forum, which we hosted in 2016 at Royal Victoria Dock. 

Peace Partners was registered as a signatory of the Pledge to Peace on 31st October 2016. 

​Founder Juli Hammersley said: "Peace Partners is working towards a common language of peace, and along with our unfolding peace activities that help to emphasise our goals, the opportunity to sign the Pledge to Peace is a wonderful chance to further our objectives ... It is a great initiative that helps us strive to foster a true culture of peace in the world now, and helps us as individuals to live a life free from conflict. Peace Partners commitment to peace benefits each individual team member and the organisation as a whole" .

A main speaker at the Royal Victoria Dock event was Richard Outram, from the Oldham Pledge to Peace Forum. Some of the first organisations to commit to the Pledge in the UK came from Oldham, including the Council and a number of schools. To date more than 50 signatories have joined the Oldham Pledge to Peace Forum, to help foster mutual collaboration and growth. You can catch up with their latest news by following their Facebook page:  facebook.com/OldhamPledgeToPeaceForum, and you can read a copy their special 10th anniversary issue of The Oldham Peace Times here.

At our "Practice Peace" Waves of Change event in Croydon in 2019 Peace Partners were delighted to facilitate several new enthusiastic signatories to the Pledge ...

Especially impactful in shaping Peace Partners team’s enthusiasm to take part in the Pledge's call to action, was a special presentation about it at the Gladstone Room, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster in June 2014. The keynote speech was given by Prem Rawat, who also answered questions from the invited audience. You can watch his talk here:

​Despite the curtailing of activities of all kinds as a consequence of the global pandemic, Sunday the 28th of November is surely a day of celebration for all those who desire a world rooted in the values of peace and well-being. Indeed, and especially at this time, the opportunities for an expanded an adoption of the Pledge in the years to come seem almost limitless.

​Read our activities report to the Pledge Secretariat for 2020/21 here.