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 …

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 …

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 …