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Young people leaving care in Russia
Charlie Walker, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Southampton and BEARR Trustee Young people leaving care are amongst the most vulnerable members of any society. Compared with the...
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BEARR’s 2021 Small Grants Scheme: Results
This year BEARR’s Small Grants Scheme sought applications from across the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region for projects to “reduce the social isolation of people living with disadvantage”, an...
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Women in a man’s world
Pippa Ebel joined Luke Grenfell-Shaw for the Azerbaijan leg of his tandem ride from Bristol to Beijing, staying in various communities and visiting charities on the way, including 2017 and 2020 BEARR...
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An ordinary story of a simple village woman
Read the inspiring account of a woman who was once a beneficiary of NGO Bonuvoni Pyanj’s support services and now gives talks and provides training to other volunteers at the organisation. Bonuvoni...
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BEARR Newsletter, June 2021
The winning image in the EECA Category of BEARR’s Photography Competition, by Nadezhda Areshina. Altai Republic, Russia. 2020. 23 June 2021 Dear friends and colleagues, In this edition we are...
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Project report: family relationships without violence
Grantee: Bonuvoni PyanjProject: Raising awareness of domestic violence within communities in Pyanj province Implementation of Tajikistan’s State Programme for the Prevention of Domestic Violence for...
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Review: Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, Maclehose Press 2020
(First published in Russian by Folio, Moscow, in 2018). Translated by Boris Dralyuk. This unusual and delightful novel by Kurkov, a Russian-born Ukrainian, follows many others. He is probably best...
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Bristol2Beijing Update
10.08.21 Blink and you may miss some of the activities Luke Grenfell-Shaw, Bristol2Beijing, has managed to fit into his journey through Central Asia so far! Here is an update on the recent events in...
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Project report: supporting victims of domestic violence in Uzbekistan
Grantee: CISC Fergana branchProject: Improving service provision for victims of domestic violence 13.08.21 During 2020-1, with financial support from The BEARR Trust’s Small Grants Scheme, the Centre...
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Project report: the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on domestic violence levels
Grantee: Centre for Women and the Modern World (CWMW), AzerbaijanProject: training for doctors, police, youth activists and NGO leaders to promote awareness of domestic violence and the relevant laws...
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The BEARR Trust 30 years on
25.08.21 BEARR’s Chairman Nicola Ramsden reflects on the Trust’s development over the past 30 years. The BEARR Trust’s 30th anniversary is also that of the Soviet Union’s sudden dissolution in 1991....
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The BEARR Trust: The Beginning
1991 – 2001 From speaking to a handful of the characters who were involved in BEARR’s creation or working in healthcare in the region at the time, the organisation’s infancy seems to have been...
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Autumn Lecture 2021: ‘Media and civil society under attack in Russia: what...
You are warmly invited to The BEARR Trust’s Autumn Lecture, a discussion on the theme of ‘Media and civil society under attack in Russia: what can we do?’ on Wednesday 22 September at 16:00 UK time....
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BEARR Newsletter, August 2021
“Gulsara washes the dishes with her son tied to her back”, by Maksatbek Osmonaliev. Poltavka village, Chui region, Kyrgyzstan. This is one of the photos selected by the judges of BEARR’s photography...
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Bristol 2 Beijing: 5k Your Way
27 September 2021 Luke Grenfell-Shaw of Bristol2Beijing is back in the UK taking a break from his tandem journey after one year on the road and recently having made it across much of Tajikistan. Read...
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Project report: a performing arts camp with a difference
Grantee: Inclusive Studies, Lutsk, Ukraine Project: Inclusive art practices The project “Inclusive Art Practices” took place in Lutsk, Ukraine this summer. It was implemented by the NGO “Inclusive...
View ArticleThe BEARR Trust CSO Survey 2021
Following on from last year’s survey, which received an overwhelming 328 responses and informed many of BEARR’s activities (such as webinars and the Small Grants Scheme 2021), The BEARR trust is...
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‘I am not your cat’: a graphic novel informing young girls in Ukraine about...
Last month, photographer Alexander Parkyn-Smith visited one of BEARR’s former grantees, Tolerspace in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2019 they started their project creating a graphic novel “I am not your cat”,...
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The Middle Years: BEARR takes a hard look in the mirror
2001 – 2011 The adolescent years of BEARR’s life span to date saw much of the international development funding for the former Soviet Union being redirected elsewhere, forcing BEARR to reassess its...
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Report: BEARR Trust Autumn Lecture
Media and civil society under attack in Russia: What can we do? September 2021 Independent political and civic activity has been increasingly repressed in Russia in recent years. While the jailing...
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