Category: Newsletter
BEARR Newsletter April 2026
April 2026 Dear friends and colleagues, As we approach the first anniversary of our Ukraine Community Resilience Fund in May, we are hosting an online event on 14 May to reflect on a year of supporting communities affected by the war. We also bring an update on the Small Grants Scheme and would like to thank all those who submitted proposals. We are …
Project report: Sustaining Health and Empowerment: Women Living with HIV Leading Change in EECA
SGS 2025 Grantee: Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS (EWNA) Project: Improved health outcomes for women living with HIV through community-led education, support and referral aimed at preventing breast and cervical cancer Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), women living with HIV face multiple barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Stigma, discrimination, …
BEARR is seeking a new Honorary Treasurer
Join The BEARR Trust Board and help vulnerable people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia We are recruiting a new Treasurer If you are interested in supporting community-based organisations working with vulnerable people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, you may be able to help us. This is an exciting time to join BEARR’s diverse …
BEARR Newsletter February 2026
February 2026 Dear friends and colleagues, In the first newsletter edition of the year, we are pleased to announce the theme of this year’s Small Grants Scheme and invite organisations from Central Asia and South Caucasus to send their project proposals. We also bring an update on the Community Resilience Fund, highlighting recent grassroots projects. This edition also …
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. …