BEARR News
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 …
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. We invited potential applicants to send project proposals …
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 Strand B 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 …
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 …
