Category: BEARR News
The BEARR Trust’s Autumn Lecture 2023: “War in Ukraine and mental health: the long-term consequences”
The BEARR Trust is very grateful to Professor Robert van Voren for giving our autumn lecture online on 13 September 2023. Find a recording of the talk on our YouTube channel here. The theme of his online lecture was: “War in Ukraine and mental health: the long-term consequences” – a topic of crucial importance at this …
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 – …
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 …
Freelance part-time job opportunity for Russian-Ukrainian-English translator and website assistant
The BEARR Trust is looking for a UK-based bilingual Russian/Ukrainian translator with excellent English, to work on a part-time and freelance basis on the tasks described below. The deadline for applications has now passed. Applicants will be contacted soon. The BEARR Trust is a small British charity supporting vulnerable groups in Eastern Europe, the South …
BEARR Newsletter April 2023
Dear friends and colleagues, In this edition of BEARR’s newsletter, we bring you an update on our Emergency Appeal for Ukraine and Moldova, including news of a successful bid to the British Embassy Kyiv’s Small Projects Fund in Ukraine. And in case you missed our 30th Anniversary Lecture last month, you can now find a recording …
BEARR report on visit to Moldova: February – March 2023
Alexia Claydon (BEARR’s Information Officer) and Jane Ebel (Muse CIC and BEARR Trustee) spent a week in Moldova playing djembe, Brazilian drums and shakers with children in 6 Refugee Activity Centres, whilst also taking time to meet with several of The BEARR Trust’s beneficiaries and local partners. Community musicians Peter Vilk and Tony Pesikan [centre] …
Small Grants Scheme 2023: Preliminary Results
In contrast to previous years, for 2023 BEARR did not set a specific theme for its Small Grants Scheme. Instead, in line with our long-term mission to foster cooperation at the grassroots level of civil society, we asked for joint projects between two or more CSOs to support vulnerable people in any area of health and social welfare. …
Change of focus for RememberUs in Ukraine
Since the launch of our Emergency Appeal last year, BEARR has been introduced to a number of voluntary organisations in Ukraine. Some of these organisations have come together over the course of last year: groups of ordinary citizens who rallied together in the face of the full-scale invasion. Others had existed before the war, but …
Report: The BEARR Trust’s 30th Anniversary Lecture
Russia: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma Ross Gill, BEARR TrusteeMarch 2023 The BEARR Trust’s thirtieth anniversary year saw Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the return of war to Europe and a humanitarian crisis. BEARR has once again supported emergency assistance, as we did in the early 1990s – this time through a …
