Royal Commonwealth Society

2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games Host Recommended as Amdavad, India. The Executive Board of Commonwealth Sport has today confirmed that it will recommend Amdavad, India, as the proposed host city for the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games. Amdavad (also known as Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat), will now be put forward to the full Commonwealth Sport membership, with the final decision taking place at the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow on 26 November 2025. The recommendation represents a landmark moment for the Commonwealth Sport Movement. The 2030 Games will mark the centenary of the inaugural event held in Hamilton, Canada, in 1930. As a result of the impressive and ambitious submission from Nigeria, the Commonwealth Sport Executive Board has also agreed to develop a strategy for supporting and accelerating Nigeria’s hosting ambitions for future Games, including consideration for 2034. Read more here | https://shorturl.at/BgMv5

🎄 Step into the magic of candlelight this Christmas! ✨ Join Royal Commonwealth Society Ambassador Gyles Brandreth on Tuesday, 9 December at St James’s Piccadilly for a spectacular evening featuring Joseph & Clara Calleja, Braimah & Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Spencer Klymyshyn, and Rekesh Chauhan - plus festive readings by Geri Halliwell-Horner and Ayesha Dharker. 🎇 🎟️ Tickets from £50 - book now and celebrate the season in support of the Royal Commonwealth Society! Tickets available at: https://lnkd.in/esxTEjby

Schools, community groups, individuals - you can now be part of the Commonwealth Clean Oceans Campaign! 🌊 Help us stop 1 million pieces of plastic from reaching our waterways before the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ♻️ Head to our Get Involved page for safety tips, resources & our fundraising guide 💙 Planning a cleanup? Let us know so we can promote it. 📣 Don’t forget to report your impact to get it added to the total! 🌍 https://lnkd.in/e3QWiniF #sustainability #sustainability #climateaction #climatechange #climatecrisis #zerowaste #plasticfree #conservation #biodiversity #environmentaljustice #education

🇳🇬 1 October is Nigerian Independence Day! To celebrate, we spotlighted CYGEN member Daniyan Titilayo – a creative tech developer, founder of Enlighten VR, and proud Nigerian. Her company is reimagining education through technology, making sure no country or community is left behind. 🌍🎓 Using VR to transform classrooms, her work has caught the attention of big names like Bill Gates, Antony Blinken, Bosun Tijani, Gafar Lawal and many more. Read the full story on our website. #NigerianIndependenceDay #CYGENSpotlight #EnlightenVR #TechForGood #ProudlyNigerian #InnovationInEducation #WomenInTech Daniyan Titilayo

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dame Jane Goodall. 🌿 The legendary primatologist and anthropologist spoke at the Commonwealth Day Service in 2012, sharing insights on the importance of connections - for science, the environment, and communities. She reflected on Kenya’s connections, including its Commonwealth ties, and how they supported her groundbreaking work. Born in London in 1934, Dame Jane made extraordinary contributions to our understanding of primates, showing that it isn’t only humans who have personality, reason, and emotions such as joy and sorrow. Her legacy will continue to inspire generations.

🌍 Happy International Coastal Clean-Up Day! The Commonwealth Clean Oceans Plastic Campaign has been in South Africa this week, and the brilliant Zoë Prinsloo, Founder & CEO of Save a Fishie, has written to us about their latest efforts. 💙 Read her full report: https://lnkd.in/eDY9XK2k Save a Fishie is hosting another clean-up today: 🗓 Saturday, 20 September 📍 Lagoon Beach, Milnerton, Cape Town 🕘 9am -11am Head to our website to learn more about the campaign and the clean-ups so far. Let’s keep our oceans plastic-free! 🌊♻️

Yesterday, the Royal Commonwealth Society had the honour of attending Malta’s 61st Independence Day reception and concert at St James’s Piccadilly. We were delighted by performances from the exceptionally talented Clara Calleja and the Joy Gospel Singers, culminating in a stunning joint finale. A wonderful celebration of Commonwealth talent and creativity! 🌍🎶🇲🇹

🌟 Meet Our Final Panel Judges! 🌟 Final announcement: the amazing Joanne C. Hillhouse and Portia Surban are Judges for The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025. 🖊️ Joanne C. Hillhouse – a writer from Antigua and Barbuda and an arts and letters laureate of the Anthony N. Sabga Award for Caribbean Excellence. She has published eight books, founded the Wadadli Youth Pen Prize, and writes CREATIVE SPACE, a column on Caribbean arts and culture. She was recently longlisted for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 📚 Portia Subran - a writer and ink artist from Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, whose work draws on her parents’ stories of colonial and post-colonial Trinidad, her own experiences, and years of Ole Talk. She won the 2019 Cecile de Jongh Literary Prize and the 2016 Small Axe Short Story Competition. In 2024, she was the Caribbean regional winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and a 2022 finalist in the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Short Fiction Contest. She will join our esteemed panel in celebrating the voices of young writers across the Commonwealth. 🌍✍️ 🔗 Discover the full Final Panel: https://ow.ly/J6xw50WUpPG

🌟 Meet Our Final Panel Judges! 🌟 Announcing Maria Samuela as a Final Panel Judge for The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2025. 📘 Maria Samuela - a writer of Cook Island descent based in Wellington, New Zealand, writes for both children and adults. She was the 2018 University Bookshop Summer Writer in Residence and her story Bluey was shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her work was also recently longlisted for the 2025 edition of the same prize. She will join our esteemed panel in celebrating the voices of young writers across the Commonwealth. 🌍✍️ 🔗 Discover the full Final Panel: https://ow.ly/J6xw50WUpPG