The Award The Ellie Maxwell Award was first given in 2019 to Mxogyny and Colours of Edinburgh as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of Ellie Maxwell founding Firefly International. It is sponsored by her family and friends through Edinburgh University. It aims to encourage and support an Edinburgh-based student or group...
A huge thank you to Rufus for choosing firefly for his birthday fundraiser and for the donation he made to our partner projects in Bosnia, Syria, Turkey and Gaza.
Edinburgh University kindly hosted the award ceremony for our two winners of the inaugural Ellie Maxwell Award, an award given by Ellie’s family to encourage students at Edinburgh developing organisations which promote social change. Sarah Smith welcomed everyone to the University and spoke of the importance of this award in...
Last month an intrepid group of Firefly supporters walked 55 miles of Hadrian’s Wall in three days and raised an incredible £9000 to support our partners Firefly for Syrians and Svitac(Firefly in Bosnia). This enormous donation pays for the summer programmes for hundreds of children and to support our work...
We are delighted to announce that we have TWO winners of the first Ellie Maxwell Award Pauline Libsovar and Maisie Palmer. Pauline represents Colours Edinburgh who have created a platform Scotland’s newcomers seeking refuge to share their stories through immersive art, research, and digital media. Maisie co-founded mxogyny a platform which hopes to connect stories from...
On Midsummers night in Edinburgh Firefly hosted a supper club for 50 people at our local café, Century General Store. Charlie McMicking and Bill Coles cooked up a feast and Maria Chambers and Harry Crawley gave wonderful rousing speeches, about the work that Firefly’s partners do in Bosnia, Syria and...
Thank you very much for your support Anju! Anju Uppal has just returned from Kathmandu, after climbing to the Everest Base Camp at a height of 5346 metres! Her brave and generous endeavour has raised over £700 for Firefly International children.
Our new Just Giving’s campaign for Ramadan is now live! Please, click on this link to support our children: Salaam Giving Thank you very much for all your help!
Over the May Bank Holiday, 8 teams of keen walkers took on a huge challenge – and raised £8000 for Firefly. The first mountain, Ben Nevis, was snowy with very low cloud and proved quite a challenge. The sun came out for Scafell Pike and Snowdon which helped everyone along....
Ethnic and political divisions in Bosnia are far from being resolved. But, with our help, new generations can achieve the unachievable. Thanks to its multi-ethnic youth arts and education projects, our partner Svitac plays a crucial role in promoting community cohesion and defeating conflict narratives in the ethnically diverse city of Brčko...
Many thanks to the Melksham Fairtrade group who raised money for Firefly International at their Christmas Fairtrade event! A special thanks to Judith and Joan for organising this event which helps us provide safe access to education and a brighter future for many children affected by conflict and violence.
Firefly supporter Callum James has come up with a very original fundraising idea – a Book Quiz Competition, which book lovers will surely enjoy! If you wish to participate in the quiz competition and give so that others can learn and thrive, please follow the JustGiving link at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookquiz On...
Our close friend Stephen Butcher is fundraising for Firefly International! Firefly international would like to thank Stephen and Jane for their wonderful party and for giving us the opportunity to share Firefly’s work at their celebration. It was lovely to see so many friends and family. Thank you Stephen and...
Firefly Gala Concert Tuesday, 22nd November, 2016 at 6.30 pm St Paul’s Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9ED We would be delighted if you could join us for this year’s Firefly Gala Concert to be held at St Paul’s, the actors’ church, Covent Garden, on Tuesday 22nd...
On 3rd May 2016 Firefly International held a meeting to raise awareness on the long-lasting plight of Gaza’s children. Chaired by Rosemary Hollis, a renowned scholar specialised in Middle East politics, the event took place in the welcoming and elegant atmosphere of the Bingham Room in Gray’s Inn (London). The...
