To mark the Society's 152nd anniversary, Geri Horner, David Walliams, Alexandra Burke and Gyles Brandreth have been appointed as inaugural Ambassadors. Read more
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Following the Commonwealth Equality & Justice Forum in Seychelles in February 2020, Alicia Wallace, summarises some of Forum's key moments and discussions. Read more
Kenneth Gyamerah, Associate Fellow and ambassador for the Competition describes the impact it can have for students in rural Ghana. Read more
With the delay to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda until 2021, the UK’s Commonwealth Chair-in-Office period has been extended. On 10 September 2020 we convened Lord Ahmad, the Lord Mayor of the City of London and Patricia Ithau to discuss what will be on the trade and investment agenda for the UK, and the Commonwealth more broadly, during this period and how Covid has affected the Commonwealth. Read the report and watch the webinar to learn more. Read more
Hannah is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Kalsom Movement, a Malaysian student-led education charity. Find out how Hannah's experience in The Kalsom Movement convinced her that you are never to young to make a difference. Read more
Elisha Azeemah Bano is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society from Fiji. She was presented with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award in 2015 for using the arts to make young people more aware of issues that affect their communities, through an organisation she created called ACT IT. Elisha describes how youth are part of the solution whether this be on climate action, peace-building or coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition has been gathering English language entries of aspiring young writers' thoughts on key issues of the day since 1883. With children across the Commonwealth out of school, we are delighted to share a message from our Vice-Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, inspiring children and young people to enter The Queens Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020. Read more
The Equality & Justice Alliance (EJA), an NGO consortium funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deliver a 2-year legal reform programme during the UK’s term as Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth, is delighted with the high level of interest it has received and the ambitious outcomes it has achieved Read more
On Commonwealth Day, over 700 young people from schools and youth groups from across the United Kingdom arrived at Westminster Abbey for the Commonwealth Service. Read more
Organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Commonwealth Service is the largest annual inter-faith gathering in the United Kingdom. We are delighted to announce the participants for this year's Commonwealth Service. Find out more. Read more
On International Youth Day 2019, RCS Associate Fellow and Co-Founder of CodeSpace Emma Dicks from South Africa explains how we are all part of the global challenge to re-calibrate the learning divide. Read more
Pravin Nikam, Executive Member of the Commonwealth Youth Gender & Equality Network (CYGEN) reports on his and CYGEN's involvement at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference in Vancouver from 1-6 June 2019 to accelerate progress for women and girls across the globe. Read more