Deadline: 1 February 2017
The British Emergency Aid to Russia and the Republics (BEARR) Trust is accepting applications from NGOs and other organizations for its Small Grants Scheme 2017 with an aim to support and encourage NGOs to:
- share experience and learning among NGOs with relevant aims
- disseminate good practice more widely
- facilitate cooperation with and/or coordination among NGOs and other organisations working with relevant groups
- improve awareness of, or engage public institutions in addressing the relevant issues
- propose other, imaginative ways of achieving the Scheme’s aims
Focus Areas
- supporting organisations committed to reform in the health and social sectors
- facilitating networking and exchange of information
- encouraging sharing of experience and learning
- helping organisations working in the region to identify potential partners
- providing seed funding to help organisations to launch or extend partnerships
- lobbying with and on behalf of organisations that share our objective
Grant Fields
The fields to be covered by the Scheme in 2017 are:
- Section A: Projects dealing with mental health issues in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. (This section is linked to the conference on mental health issues BEARR is organising in Tbilisi in May 2017 in partnership with Ilia State University.)
- Section B: Projects dealing with mental health issues in other countries in BEARR’s region: Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Grant Information
The Trust may wish to support a number of initiatives through the scheme, so proposals for grants of up to £3000 are invited.
Eligibility Criteria
The scheme is open to applications from NGOs and other organisations active in the areas covered by the Small Grants Scheme 2017. (Section A: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan; Section B: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan).
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their application via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit BEARR Trust.
