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.

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:

• 2001: Jubilee 2000 founders Martin Dent and Bill Peters.^[3]
• 2003: Denis Halliday, former UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq. In his acceptance speech,^[4] he described Gandhi as one of his formative influences.

• 2004: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley received the award in 2004 for their non-violent campaigning against weapons of mass destruction.^[5]

• 2007: Media Lens founders 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,^[6][7] Cromwell cited Gandhi's maxim that "non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind".
• 2009: Coram Children's Legal Centre (CLC)^[8]
• 2010: The Parents Circle-Families Forum (PC-FF)^[9]
• 2011: Binayak Sen and Bulu Imam for their humanitarian work with India's Adivasis. The award was presented by Lord Bhikhu Parekh.^[10]
• 2012: St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, for their humanitarian work.^[11]
• 2013: Jeremy Corbyn, for his "consistent efforts over a 30 year Parliamentary career to uphold the Gandhian values of social justice and non‐violence."^[12][13]
• 2014: Godric Bader and the Scott Bader Commonwealth, for "the alternative business model created by him and his family."^[14]
• 2015: Bike for Peace founders Tore Nærland and Frank Tomlinson.^[15]
• 2016: Peter Tatchell for his "consistent dedication over many decades in promoting human and gay rights".^[16]
• 2017: Ramzi Aburedwan and his organisation, Al Kamandjâti, which teaches music skills to children in the Occupied Palestinian territories and south Lebanon.^[17]
• 2018: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Roger Moody of Mines and Communities.^[18]
• 2022: Esther Trienekins of Action Village India.^[19]

Annual Lecture

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

• 1985: Johan Galtung. "Gandhi today".^[20]
• 1986: Jonathon Porritt. "Gandhi and the Green Movement".^[20]
• 1987: Martin Ennals. "The international concept of human rights".^[20]
• 1988: Paul Blau, Austrian Green Party. "The beginning of an epoch: time for the Great Peace Treaty".^[20]
• 1990: David Ennals. "Non-violence in international relations".^[20]
• 1991: Laxmi Mall Singhvi. "Gandhi today".^[20]
• 1992: Desmond Tutu. "Gandhi in South Africa".^[20]
• 1993: The Dalai Lama. "Compassion: the basis of non-violence".^[20]
• 1996: Donald Soper. "The total repudiation of mass violence as the only way to peace".^[20]
• 1997: Madhu Dandavate. "Gandhi's human touch".^[20]
• 1998: Mairead Maguire. "Building a culture of non-violence".^[20]
• 1999: Bruce Kent. "Time to abolish war".^[20]
• 2000: Adam Curle. "Mahatma Gandhi: the master of truth".^[21]
• 2001: Scilla Elworthy. "Gandhi's legacy: the vibrancy of non-violent conflict resolution in the 21st century".^[22]
• 2002: John Hume. "An eye for an eye".^[23]
• 2003: Simon Hughes. "India and Gandhi: their legacy to London".^[20]
• 2004: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley, founders of The Scottish Centre for Nonviolence.^[24] "Our world at the crossroads: non-violence or non-existence".^[25]
• 2005: Mark Tully. "Was the Mahatma too great a soul? Pulling Gandhi off his pedestal".
• 2006: Kamalesh Sharma. "Encounters with Gandhi".^[26]
• 2007: Bhikhu Parekh. "Why is Gandhi still relevant?".^[27]
• 2008: Harold Good. "The essentials of peaceful conflict resolution".^[28]
• 2009: Aftab Alam. "The role of the Indian Supreme Court in upholding secularism in India".^[29]
• 2011: Anthony Parel. "Pax Gandhiana: Is Gandhian non-violence compatible with the coercive state?".^[30]
• 2013: Vince Cable. "What would a Gandhian business model look like? and what steps would a LibDem Government take to get there".^[31]
• 2014: Navichandra Ramgoolam. "The rule of law and nation building".^[32]
• 2016: Rowan Williams. "Empathy, ethics and peacemaking: reflections on preserving our humanity".^[33]
• 2017: Satish Kumar. "Gandhi for the 21st century".^[34]
• 2019: Gopalkrishna Gandhi. "Atonement in politics. Perspectives from Gandhi".^[35]
• 2020: Graeme Nuttall. "EO v3.0 – Employee ownership with added Gandhian purpose". (delivered online)^[36]
• 2022: Alexandre Christoyannopoulos. "Peacefully preventing and stopping war: Some challenges to conventional wisdom".^[37]
• 2023: Paul Bazely. "Becoming Gandhi".^[38]

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