Author: Janet Gunn
WE ARE RECRUITING A CO-CHAIRMAN AND NEW TRUSTEES
JOIN THE BEARR TRUST BOARD AND HELP VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA The BEARR Trust is recruiting additional trustees, including one who is expected to become co-chairman in June 2024. If you are interested in health and social welfare and have some knowledge of the region where The BEARR Trust works – …
Think tank publishes recommendations on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the post-Soviet space
The Baku-based think tank, the Center for Economic and Social Development, researched aspects such as women’s participation in the labour force, economic empowerment, entrepreneurial activities, distribution in economic fields, and roles in society across 11 post-Soviet countries. The analysis suggested that more economic growth meant more female labour force in the economy. The common challenges …
BEARR Newsletter June 2023
Dear friends and colleagues, The last few weeks have been dominated by the horrendous news of the dam breach in Ukraine and the further devastation that has brought to the long-suffering population. At BEARR we have been trying to react with speed to the urgent requests we are receiving. Details here. The good news for BEARR …
Congratulations to Megan Bick, BEARR Trustee, on her award of an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours
The citation notes that Megan received the award under the Overseas and International Honours List ‘for services to Civil Society Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia’. But she was also singled out in the associated press release for a fuller dedication: ‘Megan Bick is recognised for an outstanding and sustained contribution to marginalised groups …
Trauma And PTSD Psychoeducational Resources in Ukrainian
We share a link to free-to-use translations of material from Psychology Tools “Trauma And PTSD Psychoeducational Resources” in Ukrainian. To access the material on our Resources page, click here.
Ukraine Appeal Update 14 March
The BEARR Trust and our partners in Ukraine and Moldova give our heartfelt thanks for your incredibly generation donations to our appeal. With your support, we have raised over £130,000, including donations received separately from our CAF Donate site. Over half the funds raised have already been sent to local organisations on the ground in Ukraine and Moldova. …
New Information Officer
The BEARR Trust is delighted to welcome Alexia Claydon as the new Information Officer. She started work this week at an extraordinarily busy time when we are handling our appeal for funds to help vulnerable people in Ukraine during the crisis. At the same time we are very sad indeed to say goodbye to Louisa Long, whom we would like to congratulate …
Autumn Lecture 2021: ‘Media and civil society under attack in Russia: what can we do?’ on 22 September (on Zoom)
You are warmly invited to The BEARR Trust’s Autumn Lecture, a discussion on the theme of ‘Media and civil society under attack in Russia: what can we do?’ on Wednesday 22 September at 16:00 UK time. The event will be held on Zoom. Please use this link to register for the event. Our speakers are Maria Logan, …
BEARR Trust webinars, November 2020
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the BEARR Trust could not hold its usual annual conference in London this November. Instead, we held three BEARR webinars exploring the impact of Covid-19 on civil society organisations (CSOs) in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (the EECCA region) from different angles. Civil Society Support for Persons with …
Look out for Luke on his way from Bristol to Beijing raising money for cancer charities
BEARR would like to share this message from an exceptional young man undertaking a very brave venture – to cycle from England to China. Please read his message below. He will be passing through countries on which BEARR focuses and hopes to contact organisations which have received grants from the BEARR Trust. If you’ve run a …
