BEARR News
Book Review: The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World
The Small States Club is partly a memoir and in larger part a manifesto arguing that small, ‘smart’ states have a vital role to play in addressing the complex global challenges of the twenty-first century – or ‘saving the world’, as the title puts it. The author, Dr Armen Sarkissian, draws on an impressive breadth …
Report: Dr Armen Sarkissian talk – March 10, 2025
Report by BEARR Trustee Sam Thorne – March 12, 2025 Talk topic: The Small States Club: How Small Smart Powers Can Save the World Speaker: Dr Armen Sarkissian Followed by a Q&A discussion chaired by Helen Goodman, BEARR Trustee The BEARR Trust was pleased to host a talk this spring by Dr Armen Sarkissian, former …
BEARR Newsletter February 2025
Pottery classes for children in eastern Ukraine organised by BEARR partners February 2025 Dear friends and colleagues, In the first 2025 edition of our newsletter, we are pleased to share some important BEARR updates with you. We introduce our new Chairman and announce a call for applications for the voluntary role of Honorary Treasurer. We provide an update on the …
Project Report: Stronger Together: How Creativity and Mutual Support bring people together
SGS 2024 Grantee: Tvory Dobropillia, with Age of Happiness, Ukraine Project: Enabling displaced women and elderly people to integrate into their new communities. Despite fatigue and anxious challenges, Ukrainians continue to find ways to be together and help one another. From August to December 2024, with the support of the BEARR Trust, three public organisations from …
New Chairman for the BEARR Trust
After completing a second term as Chairman of The BEARR Trust Nicola Ramsden stepped back from the chairmanship at the end of 2024. Under Nicola’s effective and inspiring leadership BEARR has achieved remarkable growth and successfully met the challenges of an exceptionally difficult period. Nicola has been a Trustee since 1997 and was also BEARR’s …
Project Report: Psychological rescue: how taking care of mental health helps people move on
SGS 2024 Strand B Grantee: Association of Mothers and Wives of Defenders of Ukraine Project: To help women overcome stress, prevent emotional burnout, and regain self-confidence. War changes the lives of all of us, but those who have lost loved ones or worry about their relatives on the front line every day are particularly emotionally affected. …
Project Report: The voice of Ukrainians with hearing impairments
SGS 2024 Grantee: Educational Assistance Project: “A world of silence during the war in Ukraine”. About 30,600 people with hearing impairments live in Ukraine, including children, adults and old people, as well as internally displaced persons with hearing impairments. In terms of their integration into society, people with hearing impairments are the most difficult category of …
BEARR is seeking a new Honorary Treasurer
Join The BEARR Trust Board and help vulnerable people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia We are recruiting a new Treasurer If you are interested in supporting community-based organisations working with vulnerable people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, you may be able to help us. This is an exciting time to join BEARR’s diverse …
BEARR Event: Talk and Discussion with Dr Sarkissian, Former President of Armenia
The BEARR Trust organised a talk and discussion with Dr Armen Sarkissian, former president of Armenia (2018-2022), who presented his book The Small States Club: How Small Smart Powers Can Save the World and discussed the current political situation in Armenia. With relations between Armenia and neighbouring Azerbaijan deteriorating, this was an important and timely opportunity to hear …
BEARR Newsletter December 2024
Photo by Ukrainian photographer Rodion Kutsaiev from Melitopol, Zaporizhzhiya oblast (Unsplash) December 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, With the year coming to a close, we’d like to thank you for your continued support and send our heartfelt wishes for happiness, health, and hope in the year to come. In the last edition of 2024, we bring you the latest …
