December 12, 2024

In 2023-4 the focus of much of BEARR’s work has been on Ukraine and Moldova, with the Ukraine Emergency Appeal at the forefront of activities. This effort will continue in 2025, but the main Small Grants Scheme will cover most of the countries with which we work.

We invited potential applicants to send project proposals for two strands:

Strand A: For projects on the theme “Joint projects that support the integration and inclusion of vulnerable people into their local community”. This strand was open to CSOs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Strand A applications should be a joint application from two or more partner organisations.

Strand B (for Ukraine only): For projects to support the welfare of staff and volunteers, and organisational resilience. This strand was open only to organisations in Ukraine which have received earlier support from BEARR, whether through the Small Grants Scheme or the Ukraine Emergency Appeal.

No grants can be made at present to Russian and Belarusian CSOs because of difficulties transferring funds to those countries.

Applications for this 2025 Small Grants Scheme closed at the end of January. We were delighted to receive 109 applications across both strands, with at least one application from each of the 10 countries BEARR currently works with. 94 project proposals were submitted for Strand A and 15 for Strand B.