Category: BEARR News
Winter Appeal: keeping warm spaces open in Ukraine’s frontline communities
You will have seen the horrific news of attacks on Kyiv and other cities and on Ukraine’s energy system. Far less visible are the small, isolated communities near the frontline, where power outage schedules are returning and outside support rarely reaches. For them, another hard winter is on its way. Through our Ukraine Community Resilience Fund, we …
BEARR Newsletter October 2026
Dear friends and colleagues, Winter is approaching, and bombs and drones are raining down on Ukrainian civilians and energy infrastructure at ever greater intensity. Ukrainians and many of the other communities our partners support are in enormous need of our help. In this edition, you’ll find ways to support their work and to hear from …
Project report: Learning to play soccer as a team
SGS 2025 Grantee: Happy Feet, Osh, Kyrgyzstan Project: Including Mugan minority children in street soccer league Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan. We are on our way to the Mugat community’s mahalla. One of our colleagues from Interbilim, who’s been here for a while, is coming with us. We would like to find children who enjoy playing …
Project report: Country Explorers: A Summer to Remember
SGS 2025 Grantee: Care in Action (Turbota v Dii), Lviv, Ukraine, with DTCare UA Project: Connect and Discover This summer, with the support of the BEARR Trust, Turbota v Dii and DTCare UA joined forces to give children affected by the war a summer filled with discovery, creativity, friendship and joy. Across three daytime camps, …
BEARR Newsletter August 2026
Dear friends and colleagues, As summer passes its peak, there’s a lot to share from across the BEARR network this month: Read the full edition of our August newsletter:
The BEARR Trust Annual Conference 2026
Register to attend The BEARR Trust 2026 Annual Conference in person or online on 20 November at Voluntary Action Islington. The BEARR Trustees warmly invite you to attend our Annual Conference on Friday 20 November at Voluntary Action Islington in London or online. This year’s theme will be: “Prevention of violence against women and girls …
Online talk with Oliver Bullough
On 20 October 2026, BEARR welcomed investigative journalist and award-winning author Oliver Bullough to discuss the themes arising from his latest book, ‘Everybody Loves Our Dollars’, and the global systems that allow illicit wealth to sustain corruption, kleptocracy and organised crime. Bullough has spent two decades tracing what happens to stolen money after it leaves its country …
Project report: Breaking the Silence: Women in Abkhazia Find New Paths to Safety and Support
SGS 2025 Grantee: Women Fund for Development, Abkhazia Project: Voices of Strength: supporting women and girls in Abkhazia When 41-year-old Jana attended a community workshop on domestic violence in her village in eastern Abkhazia, she expected to spend a few hours listening to presentations and then return home. Instead, the experience became a turning point …
Project report: A Story of Change: From Isolation to Hope
SGS 2025 Grantee: New Generation, New Future Youth NGO, Lori Region, Armenia Project: Healthy Childhood: to improve the lives of children with special needs and their caretakers in impoverished areas of the rural Lori region. When 5-year-old Levon with autism first came to our centre in Lori, he rarely spoke to anyone outside his family. …
BEARR Newsletter June 2026
June 2026 Dear friends and colleagues, In this edition of our newsletter, we are pleased to announce the projects selected under this year’s Small Grants Scheme. We also share the recording of our recent webinar with Ukrainian partners supported through the Ukraine Community Resilience Fund, along with the latest fund updates. Looking ahead, we hope you can join our online …