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📫 The BEARR Trust April Newsletter is out! Thi

📫 The BEARR Trust April Newsletter is out!

This spring edition features:
🔹 Announcement of the new Ukraine Community Resilience Fund
🔹 Invitation to our launch event with Prof. Victoria Donovan
🔹 Highlights from Dr. Armen Sarkissian’s March talk and a review of his latest book

…and much more — find the newsletter via the link in bio 🔗

Stay updated by subscribing to our bi-monthly newsletter — also in the bio 📩

To mark the launch of the Ukraine Community Resili

To mark the launch of the Ukraine Community Resilience Fund, we are hosting a special online event “Life in Spite of Everything: In conversation with Victoria Donovan.”

📅Thursday 8 May 2024, 18:00 BST
🌐Online via Zoom

We’ll be joined by Professor Victoria Donovan, Professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies at the University of St Andrews and author of Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East. Drawing on her work with communities in eastern Ukraine, Professor Donovan will reflect on the power of local resilience in the face of war, displacement and trauma.

The event is free and open to all, but we encourage attendees to consider making a donation to the Ukraine Community Resilience Fund when registering.

🔗Learn more and register here at the link in bio

📣Introducing the Ukraine Community Resilience F

📣Introducing the Ukraine Community Resilience Fund

Since the launch of our Ukraine Emergency Appeal in February 2022, The BEARR Trust has raised over £600,000 to support grassroots organisations in Ukraine and Moldova responding to the devastating impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

As the war enters its fourth year, emergency aid remains crucial — but so does long-term recovery. That’s why we’re evolving our response and launching a new initiative: The Ukraine Community Resilience Fund.

This new fund will support small, local organisations working on the ground to help communities recover with a renewed focus on projects that build long-term resilience. These include mental health services, inclusion for IDPs, trauma recovery, and community cohesion. These are the trusted local actors who remain after major donors leave — and they need our support now more than ever.

🗓️To mark the launch, we’re hosting an online event on 8 May at 18:00 BST, featuring Prof Victoria Donovan, Professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies at the University of St Andrews.

Learn more about how you can be part of Ukraine’s long road to recovery in the link in bio🔗

Our 2024 Small Grants Scheme projects are now comi

Our 2024 Small Grants Scheme projects are now coming to a close, with some still ongoing — and our partners are beginning to share their achievements, insights, and the impact of their work.

One such project comes from Contribution to Women and Children, who supported displaced women and young people from Nagorno-Karabakh by teaching them sewing and beadwork skills. The initiative aimed to ease integration into new communities by offering not only economic empowerment, but also opportunities to connect with local residents and access psychological counselling.

🔗Read more about their work and the difference it’s made in the link in bio

Three years on, the war in Ukraine is still impact

Three years on, the war in Ukraine is still impacting millions.

BEARR Trust remains committed to helping those in need, working with local partners to provide essential aid.

Every contribution makes a difference—donate at the link in bio to support our work🔗

📣The Trustees are delighted to welcome Ross Gil

📣The Trustees are delighted to welcome Ross Gill as the new BEARR Chairman!

Ross, a Trustee since 2015, has served as an energetic and dedicated Treasurer for most of that time and played no small part in BEARR’s achievements.

After completing a second term as Chairman of The BEARR Trust Nicola Ramsden stepped back from the chairmanship at the end of 2024. Under Nicola’s effective and inspiring leadership BEARR has achieved remarkable growth and successfully met the challenges of an exceptionally difficult period.

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