http://dbpedia.org/data/Urdd_Peace_and_Goodwill_Message.atom2025-01-08T22:41:49.162995ZOData Service and Descriptor Documenthttp://dbpedia.org/resource/Urdd_Peace_and_Goodwill_Message2025-01-08T22:41:49.162995Z2016-06-032016-06-02612694501099240834The Urdd Peace and Goodwill Message has been relayed each year without fail since 28 June 1922. It is a message of peace and goodwill from the young people of Wales that is sent to the children and young people of the world on Goodwill Day, which is May 18. The message theme, authorship and broadcast is organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru (lit. "Wales's League of Hope", commonly translated to the Welsh League of Youth) which is a Welsh language youth organisation also established in 1922. The message is written by young people for young people.Urdd Peace and Goodwill Message16845The Urdd Peace and Goodwill Message has been relayed each year without fail since 28 June 1922. It is a message of peace and goodwill from the young people of Wales that is sent to the children and young people of the world on Goodwill Day, which is May 18. The message theme, authorship and broadcast is organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru (lit. "Wales's League of Hope", commonly translated to the Welsh League of Youth) which is a Welsh language youth organisation also established in 1922. The message is developed as a response to current events, and over the years numerous responses have been received from other countries. The process of writing and sending the message on behalf of the young people of Wales to young people around the world aims to inspire humanitarian and international activity. In 1955 Urdd Gobaith Cymru assumed responsibility for ensuring the message is written and distributed every year. In 2019 the message was launched outside of Wales for the first time, taking young people from Wales on a visit to an academy working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in London – the Eastside Young Leaders Academy. In 2020 the message theme was changed from Empowering Girls to Stop the Clock and Start Again "2020 theme change: in order to properly reflect the feelings of the young people of Wales, the Message theme this year has been changed as they try and make sense of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be a letter to the world, and especially to leaders, calling on us not to return to the old destructive ways of living". The message is written by young people for young people.