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: Book your place at our autumn online talk with award-winning author Oliver...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOnline talk with Oliver Bullough
Journalist and author Oliver Bullough joins BEARR online on 20 October to discuss illicit wealth, kleptocracy and organised crime. Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 18:00 BST | Online This October, BEARR is...
View ArticleProject report: Breaking the Silence: Women in Abkhazia Find New Paths to...
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...
View ArticleProject 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...
View ArticleBEARR Newsletter June 2026
Our partner in Dnipro provided a warm community space for internally displaced women, children and older people over the winter, with BEARR support June 2026 Dear friends and colleagues, In this...
View Article2026 CSO Survey
The BEARR Trust is inviting civil society organisations across Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia to take part in our 2026 survey. Through this survey, we hope to gain a better...
View ArticleInternational Sakharov Conference in Vilnius
In May BEARR Trustee Janet Gunn took part in a conference in Vilnius on Authoritarianism on the Rise, organised by the Sakharov Centre headed by BEARR patron Robert van Voren. The conference focused...
View ArticleProject report: New hope for those who have lost their breadwinners
SGS 2025 Grantee: Parastor, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Project: Training in entrepreneurship for women and people with disabilities who have been left without a breadwinner For the project ‘Assured Future’,...
View ArticleStepping into a new role of Programme Manager at BEARR
The trustees are delighted to report that in March 2026, Valdonė Šniukaitė took on the role of Programme Manager at BEARR, after more than two years as the Trust’s Information and Administration...
View ArticleHelp bring “The Living Book” to more children across Ukraine
Children in Ukraine are living through one of the most difficult periods imaginable. Millions have experienced displacement, shelling, sudden evacuation, and the loss of their homes and routines. With...
View ArticleBEARR Newsletter April 2026
Art therapy workshop for children and adolescents in southern Ukraine, organised by BEARR partners April 2026 Dear friends and colleagues, As we approach the first anniversary of our Ukraine Community...
View ArticleProject report: Sustaining Health and Empowerment: Women Living with HIV...
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...
View ArticleWebinar — Voices from Ukraine: a year of BEARR’s Community Resilience Fund
One year of the Ukraine Community Resilience Fund. Hear from the partners and communities your support has helped. Join us online on Thursday 14 May at 5pm BST for a webinar marking one year of the...
View ArticleBEARR 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...
View ArticleBEARR Newsletter February 2026
Art therapy activities for the locals in Zaporizhzhia, organised by BEARR partners February 2026 Dear friends and colleagues, In the first newsletter edition of the year, we are pleased to announce...
View ArticleSupporting 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...
View ArticleThe BEARR Trust Small Grants Scheme 2026
The BEARR Trust’s Small Grants Scheme supports small, community-based civil society organisations (CSOs) across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Through the Scheme, BEARR aims to encourage cooperation...
View ArticleProject 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...
View ArticleProject 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...
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