BEARR News
The BEARR Trust Small Grants Scheme 2025
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. It has been part of BEARR’s long-term mission …
Report: The BEARR Trust Annual Conference – November 29, 2024
Report by BEARR Trustee Sam Thorne – December 9, 2024 Civil Society Innovation in Health and Social Welfare at Times of Crisis in The BEARR Trust Region The 2024 BEARR Trust Annual Conference focused on how civil society organisations have responded in creative ways to multiple crises over the past few years, including the Covid …
Restart Foundation: Creating circles of mental health support in Ukraine
Responding to the traumatic impact of war on the well-being of many Ukrainians, Restart Foundation is a newly-founded, UK-based charity working to improve mental health in Ukraine. With an initial focus on schools and kindergartens, the charity’s goal is to create a positive circle of good mental health among children, teachers, and parents alike. In …
Project Report: Volunteering Academy 2024
SGS 2024 Grantee: Two CSOs in Ukraine Project: Training and Resilience Programme “Volunteering Academy 2024”. The CSOs implemented their training and resilience programme “Volunteering Academy 2024” under Strand B of the BEARR Trust’s Small Grants Scheme. 30 employees and volunteers took 10 in-person classes lasting 6 hours with highly professional teachers and practitioners and received a …
Book Review: Night train to Odesa: Covering the human cost of Russia’s war by Jen Stout
Review by Heather Stacey, STAND International Imagine you’d just landed in a town in Siberia and, as you made your way to the airport building, your phone began to ping with the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is how Jen Stout, a writer and journalist from Shetland, experienced the beginning of the full-scale …
Report: The BEARR Trust Annual Lecture – October 23, 2024
Report by BEARR Trustee Sam Thorne – November 6, 2024 Lecture title: “Ukraine – What Next?” Speaker: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman Followed by a Q&A discussion chaired by Sir Roderic Lyne, BEARR Patron and former British Ambassador to the Russian Federation 2000–2004 The BEARR Trust Autumn Lecture 2024 was delivered by military historian Professor Sir …
BEARR Newsletter October 2024
As part of a BEARR partners’ project aimed at building social entrepreneurship skills, IDPs in Chernivtsi learn to bake October 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, As we approach the colder months, we continue to provide support to our partners around Ukraine and give you the latest update on our emergency Appeal. We are delighted to present the Annual Review of our work …
The BEARR Trust Annual Review 2023
Now available, the 2023 Annual Review presents a shorter, reader-friendly version of our annual accounts capturing the essence of our work over the past year. The review highlights key aspects of our efforts in 2023, including the achievements of our Ukraine Appeal, the summary of our Small Grants Scheme, and the various events and activities that brought …
New Website Assistant at The BEARR Trust
The BEARR Trust is delighted to welcome Oksana Yurchenko as the new part-time Website Assistant responsible for the Russian and Ukrainian sides of the website. Oksana holds a Specialist degree in Translation from Mariupol State University in Ukraine. She worked as a translator and interpreter in diplomatic institutions in Mariupol and Kyiv. Subsequently, she moved …
Book Review: Our Daily War by Andrey Kurkov
Review by Janet Gunn, BEARR Trustee Andrey Kurkov is probably the best-known living Ukrainian writer outside his own country, and especially in the UK. His ‘Death and the Penguin’, set in the aftermath of the break-up of the Soviet Union, was probably the first to catch the attention of British readers. Many followed, most recently …
