It’s less than a month to go before the Firefly International Gala on Tuesday 20th November and our silent auction is now live! We have some fantastic prizes: jewellery from Coco & Kinney, a signed cookbook from the River Café’s Joe Trivelli, a week in a luxury house in Italy, or South France or a cosy...
The education centre in Antakya has seen some exciting progress in the last few months. Thanks to the staff developing strong and effective education programmes, more children have been attending courses and re-engaging with education. The recently introduced online teacher training courses mean that the summer programme reached over 800...
Art4Space UK, Svitac (Firefly) and Firefly International came together in 2013 to create a mosaic logo for the Youth Centre. Thanks to Firefly International, they have been able to come together to create another work of art. The project, initially funded by the Edith M Ellis Trust, was matched in funds...
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.
Thank you very much Anju! Anju is on a 12 day Everest Camp challenge to fundraise for Firefly International’s children! Help Anju raise funds for our children via his Justgiving page
We are saddened to hear that Sally Yates has recently passed away. Sally was one of Firefly’s best friends and supporters, and over the years her generosity has helped make many of our projects possible. She was particularly committed to supporting Svitac’s arts projects in Brčko, Bosnia. She will be...
John Chambers and Louis Hall will take part in the upcoming Rome Marathon on 2nd April 2017 in order to raise funds for Firefly. You can contribute to their run for us via their JustGiving pages: Louis Hall’s JustGiving page John Chambers’ JustGiving page Louis and John, a special thank you from Firefly...
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...
We are happy to announce that our 2015/16 Annual Report has been published and is now available online for viewing and downloading. We are proud of everything we have accomplished and therefore encourage you to check it out.
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...
Firefly Gala St Paul’s Covent Garden The Firefly 2015 Gala fundraising Concert was held at St Paul’s, the Actors Church, on 24th November and featured a cultural fusion of Balkan, Middle Eastern and Western Music to reflect Firefly’s overseas work with young people living in conflict and post-conflict zones. A...
