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This week was one for celebration as the Library's voluntary work on the Welsh Women's Peace Petition digitisation project was 'highly commended' at the ARA (Archives and Records Association) Archives Volunteering Awards.
Bethan Rees, Digital Program Manager of the National Library of Wales said:
"It is an honor for the National Library of Wales to receive high praise from the judges of the ARA Archives Volunteering Award 2025 for the extraordinary work done by our volunteers in transcribing the names and addresses on the Welsh Women's Peace Petition. This achievement would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment of our volunteers.
Not only has their work left a lasting legacy, but it has also built a bridge between the past and the present, reminding us that there is a story behind every name that deserves to be remembered."
You can read the judges remarks here.
But, it was also a week where the Library was bursting with creativity and young voices as we welcomed over 200 local children and students to various activities and ceremonies. These were the culmination of work that takes place throughout the year to take the nation's collections out to children and young people.
On Wednesday there was an explosion of color and images with the opening of an exhibition of the work of students with Additional Learning Needs at Coleg Ceredigion.
The basis of the project was artist John Petts' design of a stained glass window for the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Money was raised by the people of Wales to pay for it in 1963 after a racist and extremist group planted a bomb there which killed four young black girls attending Sunday school.
The students' interpretation of the work was incredibly varied and diaplayed a wide range of uses of color and style.
On Thursday morning a ceremony was held to present awards to Ceredigion primary school pupils as part of the Trwy’r Lens Film Festival. Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth, Ysgol Mynach, Ysgol Craig yr Wylfa, and Ysgol Llwyn yr Eos were present at the ceremony to celebrate their creative work. Congratulations to them all!
On Thursday night the Drwm cinema was packed for the final screening of a joint project between the Library and Coleg Ceredigion's Creative Media Production course. The students of the course had the opportunity to respond to a creative brief from the Library for creating an advertisement and the students' end of year films and work were also shown.
These types of engagement activities are core to the Library's mission which has been detailed in our recently published strategy for 2025-2030. They show our intention to increase activity that enriches the skills, research and learning experiences of all learners in Wales.
You can read our full Strategy here.