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

== 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".<ref>{{cite web |publisher= |url=http://www.gandhiway.org |title=The Gandhi Way |access-date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402001728/http://gandhiway.org/ |archive-date=2 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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",<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Liverpool Hope University]] |url=http://www.hope.ac.uk/thebighope/template.php?pagename=artists.html |title=The Big Hope Exhibition Programme |access-date=20 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324092848/http://www.hope.ac.uk/thebighope/template.php?pagename=artists.html |archive-date=24 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 ==
{{redirect-distinguish2|Gandhi International Peace Award|the [[Gandhi Peace Prize]] or the [[Gandhi Peace Award]]}}
Recipients have included:

* 2001: [[Jubilee 2000]] founders [[Martin Dent (academic)|Martin Dent]] and [[William Peters (diplomat)|Bill Peters]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2014/04/08/william-bill-peters-co-founder-of-jubilee-2000-and-joint-recipient-of-the-gandhi-foundation-peace-award-in-2000/| title=William (Bill) Peters, co founder of Jubilee 2000 and joint recipient of the Gandhi Foundation Peace Award in 2000| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=8 April 2014| accessdate=17 July 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422023010/https://gandhifoundation.org/2014/04/08/william-bill-peters-co-founder-of-jubilee-2000-and-joint-recipient-of-the-gandhi-foundation-peace-award-in-2000/| archive-date=22 April 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2003: [[Denis Halliday]], former [[United Nations|UN]] Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq. In his acceptance speech,<ref>{{cite web |author=Denis Halliday |url=http://www.gandhifoundation.org/DenisHalliday-GF.pdf |title=2003 Gandhi International Peace Award acceptance speech |access-date=20 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920190028/http://www.gandhifoundation.org/DenisHalliday-GF.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he described Gandhi as one of his formative influences.
* 2007: [[Media Lens]] founders [[David Edwards (journalist)|David Edwards]] and [[David Cromwell]]. Media Lens is a British media analysis website established in 2001 which criticises what the editors view as bias and omissions in the British media. In his acceptance speech,<ref>{{cite web|author=David Cromwell |url=http://www.gandhifoundation.org/Gandhi_peace_award_speech_Dec_2007.pdf |title=2007 Gandhi International Peace Award acceptance speech}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=John Pilger|author-link=John Pilger|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2007/11/pilger-iraq-western |title=The Cyber Guardians of Honest Journalism |publisher=[[New Statesman]] |date=29 November 2007}}</ref> Cromwell cited Gandhi's maxim that "[[non-violence]] is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind".
* 2009: [[Coram Children's Legal Centre]] (CLC)<ref name="prize 2009">{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2009/10/28/the-gandhi-foundation-peace-award-and-annual-lecture-2009/| title=The Gandhi Foundation Peace Award and Annual Lecture 2009| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=28 October 2009 | accessdate=11 November 2009}}</ref>
* 2010: [[The Parents Circle-Families Forum]] (PC-FF)<ref name="prize 2010">{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2010/04/08/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2010/| title=The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2010| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=8 April 2010| accessdate=15 November 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101234756/http://gandhifoundation.org/2010/04/08/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2010/| archive-date=1 November 2010| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2011: [[Binayak Sen]] and [[Bulu Imam]] for their humanitarian work with India's [[Adivasis]]. The award was presented by Lord [[Bhikhu Parekh]].<ref name="prize 2011">{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2010/04/08/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2010/| title=The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2011| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=30 July 2012| accessdate=17 December 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111132607/http://gandhifoundation.org/2010/04/08/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2010/| archive-date=11 November 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2012: [[Saint John Eye Hospital Group|St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group]], for their humanitarian work.<ref name="prize 2012">{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2012/11/14/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2012/| title=The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2012| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=14 November 2012 | accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Jeremy Corbyn]], for his "consistent efforts over a 30 year Parliamentary career to uphold the Gandhian values of social justice and non‐violence."<ref name="prize 2013">{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2014/01/09/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2013/| title=The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2013| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=9 January 2014 | accessdate=2 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="archived prize 2013">{{cite web| url=https://web.archive.org/web/http://gandhifoundation.org/2014/01/09/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2013/| title=The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2013| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=9 January 2014 | accessdate=23 October 2021}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Godric Bader]] and the [[Scott Bader Commonwealth]], for "the alternative business model created by him and his family."<ref name="prize 2014">{{cite web| url=http://gandhifoundation.org/2014/10/30/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2014/| title=The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2014| work=gandhifoundation.org| publisher=The Gandhi Foundation| date=30 October 2014 | accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>
* 2015: [[Bike for Peace]] founders [[Tore Nærland]] and [[Frank Tomlinson (activist)|Frank Tomlinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeforpeace.no/2015/11/07/gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2015-handed-over-to-bike-for-peace/|title=Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2015 handed over to Bike For Peace|publisher=Bike For Peace|date=7 November 2015|accessdate=17 July 2016}}</ref>
* 2016: [[Peter Tatchell]] for his "consistent dedication over many decades in promoting human and gay rights".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2016/10/24/gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2016/|title=Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2016|date=24 October 2016|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref>
*2017: [[Ramzi Aburedwan]] and his organisation, [[Al Kamandjâti]], which teaches music skills to children in the [[Occupied Palestinian territories]] and south [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web
| title = Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2017
| url = https://gandhifoundation.org/2017/08/24/the-gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2017
| date = 24 August 2017 | access-date = 14 November 2017
}}</ref>
*2018: [[Victoria Tauli-Corpuz]] and Mines and Communities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 October 2019|title=Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2018 – presented in 2019|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2019/10/08/gandhi-foundation-international-peace-award-2018/|url-status=live|access-date=8 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>

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

* 1985: [[Johan Galtung]]. “Gandhi today”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2">Annual Report 2011-2012, The Gandhi Foundation, Annual Lecturers 1985-2009, and lecture titles.</ref>
* 1986: [[Jonathon Porritt]]. “Gandhi and the Green Movement”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1987: [[Martin Ennals]]. “The international concept of human rights”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1988: Paul Blau, [[The Greens – The Green Alternative|Austrian Green Party]]. “The beginning of an epoch: time for the Great Peace Treaty”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1990: [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Ennals]]. “Non-violence in international relations”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1991: [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]]. “Gandhi today”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1992: [[Desmond Tutu]]. “Gandhi in South Africa”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1993: [[14th Dalai Lama|The Dalai Lama]]. “Compassion: the basis of non-violence”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1996: [[Donald Soper]]. “The total repudiation of mass violence as the only way to peace”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1997: [[Madhu Dandavate]]. “Gandhi’s human touch”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1998: [[Mairead Maguire]]. “Building a culture of non-violence”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 1999: [[Bruce Kent]]. “Time to abolish war”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 2000: [[Adam Curle]]. “Mahatma Gandhi: the master of truth”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Curle|first=Adam|date=15 January 2000|title=2000 Peace Award and Annual Lecture|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2000/01/15/2000-peace-award-and-annual-lecture-by-adam-curle/|url-status=live|access-date=8 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2001: [[Scilla Elworthy]]. “Gandhi’s legacy: the vibrancy of non-violent conflict resolution in the 21st century”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elworthy|first=Scilla|date=14 November 2001|title=2001 Annual Lecture: Scilla Elworthy|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2001/11/14/2001-annual-lecture-scilla-elworthy/|url-status=live|access-date=8 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2002: [[John Hume]]. “An eye for an eye”.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 November 2002|title=2002 Annual Lecture: John Hume|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2002/11/14/2002-annual-lecture-john-hume/|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2003: [[Simon Hughes]]. “India and Gandhi: their legacy to London”.<ref name="GFreport2011-2" />
* 2004: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley, founders of The Scottish Centre for Nonviolence.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 April 2016|title=Obituary: Helen Steven, peace activist|work=The Scotsman|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-helen-steven-peace-activist-1478214|access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> “Our world at the crossroads: non-violence or non-existence”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moxley|first=Ellen|last2=Steven|first2=Helen|date=14 November 2004|title=2004 Peace Award and Annual Lecture: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2004/11/14/2004-peace-award-and-annual-lecture-helen-steven-and-ellen-moxley/|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2005: [[Mark Tully]]. “Was the Mahatma too great a soul? Pulling Gandhi off his pedestal”.
* 2006: [[Kamalesh Sharma]]. “Encounters with Gandhi”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rowley|first=John|date=3 November 2006|title=2006 Annual Lecture: Kamalesh Sharma|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2006/11/03/2006-annual-lecture-he-kamalesh-sharma/|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Bhikhu Parekh]]. “Why is Gandhi still relevant?”.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 December 2007|title=2007 Annual Lecture: Bhikhu Parekh|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2007/12/02/2007-annual-lecture-lord-bhikhu-parekh/|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2008: [[Harold Good]]. “The essentials of peaceful conflict resolution”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hayat|first=Omar|last2=Good|first2=Harold|date=30 October 2008|title=2008 Peace Award & Annual Lecture – Harold Good & Alec Reid|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2008/10/30/2008-peace-award-annual-lecture-harold-good-alec-reid/|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2009: [[Aftab Alam (judge)|Aftab Alam]]. “The role of the Indian Supreme Court in upholding secularism in India”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hayat|first=Omar|date=28 October 2009|title=The Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture and Peace Award 2009 – The Children’s Legal Centre|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2009/10/28/the-gandhi-foundation-peace-award-and-annual-lecture-2009/|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2011: [[Anthony Parel]]. "Pax Gandhiana: Is Gandhian non-violence compatible with the coercive state?”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Parel|first=Anthony|date=13 October 2011|title=Pax Gandhiana: Is Gandhian non-violence compatible with the coercive state?|url=https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-articles/pax-gandhiana.php|url-status=live|access-date=6 August 2021|website=Sevagram Ashram}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Vince Cable]]. “What would a Gandhian business model look like? and what steps would a LibDem Government take to get there”.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 November 2013|title=Vince Cable on Gandhi today in business|work=Asian Voice|url=https://wp.issuu.com/abpl/docs/av_2novmeber2013/14|access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Navin Ramgoolam|Navichandra Ramgoolam]]. "The rule of law and nation building''"''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 October 2014|title=Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture – 2014 The rule of law and nation building|work=Minority Voice|url=https://www.minorityvoice.info/2014/10/02/gandhi-foundation-annual-lecture-2014-the-rule-of-law-and-nation-building/|access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
* 2016: [[Rowan Williams]]. “Empathy, ethics and peacemaking: reflections on preserving our humanity”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sill|first=Jane|date=6 June 2019|title=Annual Lecture 2016 – Empathy, ethics and peacemaking|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2019/06/06/annual-lecture-2016-empathy-ethics-and-peacemaking/|url-status=live|access-date=5 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2017: [[Satish Kumar]]. “Gandhi for the 21st century”.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoda|first=Mark|last2=Kumar|first2=Satish|last3=Rhind|first3=William|date=6 June 2019|title=GF Annual Lecture 2017 – Gandhi for the 21st century|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2019/06/06/gf-annual-lecture-2017-gandhi-for-the-21st-century/|url-status=live|access-date=3 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]]. "Atonement in politics. Perspectives from Gandhi".<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 July 2019|title=The Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2019|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/2019/07/07/the-gandhi-foundation-annual-lecture-2019-2/|url-status=live|access-date=5 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>

In some years there has not been a lecture. In 1989 and 2010 there were panel discussions instead of a lecture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Activities|url=https://gandhifoundation.org/activities/|url-status=live|access-date=3 August 2021|website=The Gandhi Foundation}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://gandhifoundation.org/category/2-peace-award/ Gandhi Foundation Peace Award]
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