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The Gandhi Foundation is a United Kingdom-based voluntary organisation which seeks to further the work of Mahatma Gandhi through a variety of educational events and activities.

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Aims and activities

As part of its mission, the Gandhi Foundation focuses on promoting nonviolence as a remedy for war and aggression and egalitarian economics that emphasize self-reliance, cooperation, and trusteeship. The principal activities of the foundation are a quarterly newsletter and three annual events: a Multifaith Service, a Summer School, and an Annual Lecture. The newsletter is entitled "The Gandhi Way". [1]

In 2008 the Gandhi Foundation helped to organise The Festival of Non-violence. As part of the festival the British Library unveiled a new travelling exhibition "The Life of Gandhi", [2] with six 'panels' focusing on the following aspects of Gandhi's life and work: Non-violence and the influence of Jainism, Gandhi's work in South Africa, Gandhi's Philosophy, the Non-Cooperation and Quit India movements, and the independence of India.

Gandhi International Peace Award

Recipients have included:

Annual Lecture

Lecturers, together with the title (or theme) of their lecture, are as follows:

In some years there has not been a lecture. In 1989 and 2010 there were panel discussions instead of a lecture. [39]

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  2. ↑ "The Big Hope Exhibition Programme". Liverpool Hope University. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "William (Bill) Peters, co founder of Jubilee 2000 and joint recipient of the Gandhi Foundation Peace Award in 2000". gandhifoundation.org. The Gandhi Foundation. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Denis Halliday. "2003 Gandhi International Peace Award acceptance speech" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "Obituary: Ellen Moxley: 12 March 1935 – 8 July 2019 | Peace News". peacenews.info. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Annual Report 2011-2012, The Gandhi Foundation, Annual Lecturers 1985-2009, and lecture titles.
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  22. ↑ Elworthy, Scilla (14 November 2001). "2001 Annual Lecture: Scilla Elworthy". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "2002 Annual Lecture: John Hume". The Gandhi Foundation. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  25. ↑ Moxley, Ellen; Steven, Helen (14 November 2004). "2004 Peace Award and Annual Lecture: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  27. ↑ "2007 Annual Lecture: Bhikhu Parekh". The Gandhi Foundation. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  28. ↑ Hayat, Omar; Good, Harold (30 October 2008). "2008 Peace Award & Annual Lecture – Harold Good & Alec Reid". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  29. ↑ Hayat, Omar (28 October 2009). "The Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture and Peace Award 2009 – The Children's Legal Centre". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  32. ↑ "Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture – 2014 The rule of law and nation building". Minority Voice. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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  34. ↑ Hoda, Mark; Kumar, Satish; Rhind, William (6 June 2019). "GF Annual Lecture 2017 – Gandhi for the 21st century". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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  38. ↑ "Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2023". The Gandhi Foundation. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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