Category: Newsletter
Supporting Frontline Communities This Winter
Grants under the Community Resilience Fund are mainly focused on mental health and community resilience projects. However BEARR is acutely aware that in some places, especially frontline regions, the physical situation is so dire this winter that organisations there may have more immediate priorities. We consulted one such organisation about the various difficulties they face. …
Project report: Team Unity, bringing communities together
SGS 2025 Grantee: NGO New Generation, Obukhiv, Ukraine Project: ‘Team Unity’: integration of young IDPs The project examined how grants can initiate social change and influence the social environment of a community through the practical experience of Team Unity, implemented with the support of The BEARR Trust. When the NGO New Generation was forced to …
Project report: From probation to integration in Armenia
SGS 2025 Grantee: Centre for legal Initiatives, Armenia Project: Pathways to Reintegration: Empowering through Social Inclusion for a Sustainable Future Project Aims and Approach The project was designed to support individuals on probation in their social integration and active participation in community life. Acknowledging that reintegration is a complex and long-term process influenced by legal …
BEARR Newsletter December 2025
December 2025 Dear friends and colleagues, As we reflect on the year gone by, we warmly thank our donors for their generous support and wish our partners and friends a joyful and healthy New Year, filled with hope, resilience and real achievements. In this December edition, we give an update on next year’s Small Grants …
Georgian civil society organisations in crisis
Armorer Wason, BEARR Adviser ‘I haven’t experienced this kind of repression; I grew up in post-Soviet Georgia. I’m finding it really hard to adjust. Our whole identity is under threat.’ In mid-September I spent time with two civil society organisation (CSO) leaders in Tbilisi. Nino (all names have been changed), the director of a well-respected …
Project report: “Volunteering Academy 2025”
Two grantees in the same city used their 2025 SGS Strand B grant from The BEARR Trust to run a joint “Volunteering Academy 2025” training and resilience-building programme. During the programme 30 staff and volunteers attended 10 in-person, six-hour sessions with experienced trainers. The programme covered topics most in-demand in the current challenging context: 1. …
Project report: A creative club that became a lifeline
Community Resilience Fund Grantee: Institute for Democracy, Moldova Project: To help Ukrainian refugees and Moldovan residents find stability through art A three-month initiative entitled “Creative Club for Adaptation and Community Cohesion”, supported by the The BEARR Trust, has concluded in Moldova. Its mission was simple yet vital: to help people who have lived through war, …
BEARR Newsletter October 2025
Displaced and local children in Zaporizhzhia find joy and connection through community activities supported by BEARR’s partners October 2025 Dear friends and colleagues, In this October edition, we’re delighted to share the latest update on our Ukraine Community Resilience Fund and an invitation to our Annual Conference on 14 November, where we’re pleased to announce this year’s speakers. You’ll …
The BEARR Trust Annual Review 2024
Now available, the 2024 Annual Review presents a shorter, reader-friendly version of our annual accounts capturing the essence of our work over the past year. The review highlights key aspects of our efforts in 2024, including the achievements of our Ukraine Appeal, the summary of our Small Grants Scheme, and the various events and activities that brought …
Project report: Integration of displaced women in Armenia through economic empowerment
SGS 2024 Grantee: Mutabor Platform, Armenia Project: Economic stabilisation and integration of displaced young people and women through arts and crafts Gohar (name changed) lives on the border of Armenia, in the Syunik region. She was first displaced from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) during the 2020 war but later returned, only to be forcibly displaced again during …