Human Rights and Charity Work in Russia

Human Rights and Charity Work in Russia

1. UK

Charity Aid Foundation – Partnerships in the Non-Profit Sector (PNPS)

In UK
Tel + 44 (0) 207 400 2304
Email: jfeather@charitynet.org
Web: http://www.cafonline.org/PNPS

In Moscow
Grant Making Department
113035 Moscow
Sadovnicheskaya St 57
Office 4
Tel/fax + (095) 792 5929
Email: mchertol@cafrussia.ru

Foreign and Commonwealth Office – Human Rights Project Fund
http://hrpd.fco.gov.uk/guidelines

British Council
Democratic Small Institutions Scheme (DISPS)
www.britishcouncil.org
DISPS aims to support the development of democratic, political and civil society institutions in the Russian Federation through joint activity with UK partners.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy
www.wfd.org

Health and Social Care Partnerships

Health and Life Sciences Partnership

11 Randolf Place

Edinburgh

EH3 7TA

Tel + 44 (0) 131 476 7323

Fax: + 44 (0) 131 476 7321

Email: partnerships@hlsp.org

Website: www.hlsp.org/partnerships

B. UK ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN RUSSIA
1. Human Rights

Responding to Conflict

1046 Bristol Road

Selly Oak

Birmingham

B29 6JL

Tel: + 44 (0) 121 415 5641

Fax: + 44 (0) 121 415 4119

Email: enquiries@respond.org

Website: http://www.respond.org

RTC is an international non-for-profit agency working with local and international NGOs, government and public service institutions on

· conflict resolution training

· direct assistance including mediation

· advice and consultancy on practical issues of conflict-handling and peacebuilding

assistance with conflict analysis and programme evaluation

LINKS - The London Information Network on Conflicts and State-Building

5^th Floor

Buckingham Palace House

Buckingham St

London

WC2N 6BU

Tel + 44 (0) 207 930 2001

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 930 1360

Email: links.london@btinternet.com

LINKS was set up in 1997 as an independent, not-for-profit organisation, Its objectives are

· to promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts between states and within states

· to support the process of state-building in the newly dependent countries and in post conflict societies through engagement with institutions such as parliaments, local authorities and think tanks

· to support and work with civil society especially NGOs and the media

· to promote human rights and the rights of minorities and help develop good intercommunity relations

· to support increased awareness of environmental issues

International Alert

1 Glyn Street

London

SE11 5HT

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 793 8383

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 793 7975

Email: intlalert@gn.apc.org

IA works to establish dialogue between the parties of violent conflict within states and promotes the development of strategies to prevent conflict.

Inter-Rights

Lancaster House

33 Islington High Street

London

N1 9LH

Tel + 44 (0) 207 278 3230

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 278 4334

Email: ir@interights.org

Website: www.interights.org

Interights is an international human rights law centre. It focuses on the protection of human rights through legal remedies. Activities include:

· providing legal assistance in selected cases before tribunals

· filing amicus curiae briefs in cases raising important issues

· advising on legal matters and remedies

· assisting lawyers and human rights organisations in litigation before international, regional and national human rights tribunals

· providing practical assistance to local civil liberties organisations and lawyers

Transparency International

2. Civil Society Support Organisations

INTRAC - International NGO Training and Research Centre

PO Box 563

Oxford

OX2 6RZ

Tel + 44 (0) 1865 201851

Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 201852

Email: intrac@gn.apc.org

Web: www.intrac.org

INTRAC is the Oxford-based International Training and Research Centre. It has been delivering training with the Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Centre in Novosibirsk

BEARR Trust

24 Greville St

London

EC1N 8SS

Tel _ 44 (0) 207 404 7081

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 404 7103

Email: info@bearr.org.uk

Website: www.bearr.org.uk

The BEARR trust was formed in 1991 to

· act as a bridge between the welfare and health sectors in the FSU, particularly in order to provide information and advice

· be a clearing house for information about British activities in the FSU

· bring together British and FSU organisations together for the transfer of information, skills and material aid

· initiate projects that will strengthen the FSU’s voluntary, social welfare and health sectors

Britain Russia Centre

1 Nine Elms Lane

London

SW8 5NQ

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 498 6640

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 498 4660

Email:

Website: www.briteastwest.org.uk

3. Children’s Rights

Christian Children’s Fund

4 Bath Place

Rivington Street

London

EC2A 3DR

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 729 8191

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 729 8339

Website: www.ccfgb.org.uk

CCF is an independent British charity which provides long-term care, development, health and education for children in need, regardless of race, sex or religion, throughout the developing world and Eastern Europe.

European Children’s Trust

64 Queen Street

London

EC4R 1HA

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 248 5419

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 248 5417

Website:

4. Health and Social Care and Development Agencies

Health Prom

Star House

104-108 Grafton Road

London

NW5 4BD

Tel + 44 (0) 207 284 1620

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 284 1881

Email: HealthProm@compuserve.com

The aim of HealthProm is to enhance healthcare in the former Soviet Union through partnership projects and collaboration, postgraduate education and consultancy

Hamlet Trust

London

Bond East European Working Group

Bond’s aim is to enhance the effectiveness of the UK’s contribution to development by promoting and sharing of experience of ideas, both with the British government and its members.

Help Age

5. Humanitarian Aid

Aid to Russia and the Republics ARRC

171 a High Street

Bromley

Kent BR1 1NN

Email: info@arrc.org

Website: www.arrc.org.uk

ARRC is a UK based charity which supports Church and humanitarian initiatives serving the communities of the CIS and Eastern Europe

Merlin

14 David Mews

Porter Street

London

W1M 1HW

Tel + 44 (0) 207 487 2505

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 487 4202

Email: hq@merlin.org.uk

Website: www.merlin.org.uk

Merlin is a humanitarian agency providing medical relief to people suffering as a result of conflict, natural disaster or epidemic disease.

Russian Refugees Aid Society

57 Harvard Road

Chiswick

London

W4 4ED

Tel 0207 8994 2599

6. Media

BBC World Service Trust

Bush House

London

WC2B 4PH

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 557 3770

Fax: + 44 (0) 207 379 1633

Website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust

Formerly the BCC Marshall Plan of the Mind the BBC Trust had a focus on the former Soviet countries and its Moscow operation had become Russia’s first independent educational radio production company Fond Nezavismogo Radio

5. Volunteer Agencies

VSO - Voluntary Service Overseas

317 Putney Bridge Road

London

SW15 2PN

Tel: + 44 (0) 208 780 2266

Fax: + 44 (0) 208 780 1326

Website: www.oneworld.org/vso

VSO is a charity, sending aid to developing countries, not in the form of money, food and clothing or equipment but by sending people in order to share skills, build capabilities and promote international understanding and action.

BESO - British Executive Service Overseas

164 Vauxhall Bridge Road

London

SW1V 2RB

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 630 0644

Concordia

Brighton

International Voluntary Service

Quaker International Social Projects

Friends House

Euston

London

NW1 2BJ

Tel: + 44 (0) 207 387 3601

Organises short projects in environmental protections, renovation, archaeology, work with children, disabled and the community

6. University Faculties with projects in Russia

Kings College - Prison Reform Centre

De Montford University - Centre for Social Action

City College Manchester - Prisoner Social Adaptation Project

Essex University - Pan-European Institute

Research by academic staff affiliated to PEI includes:
· an EU TACIS (Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States) ‘Action for Co-operation in Economics’ grant, in conjunction with the Moscow Institute for Social and Economic Problems of the Population, on ‘Poverty in Russia’.
· a Ford Foundation grant for the project ‘Russian Street Children’
· membership of the International Social Justice Project (sponsored by the Open Society Institute and the US National Council for Soviet and East European Studies).
· a University of Essex Research Promotion Fund grant for a project "The Development of a New Business Legal Environment and Culture in Russia".

Academic staff associated with PEI are already engaged in important external advisory work for national and international projects. This work includes:
· the EU TACIS project ‘Social Consequences of Economic Restructuring at Local Level in Russia’.
· the EU TACIS project "Developing a System of Social Services for Vulnerable Groups in Russia".
· the EU TACIS project ‘Strengthening the State of Law and Legal Education Under New Market Relations’
· the Department for International Development’s Consultancy on Law Reform and Human Rights in Russia, won by the University’s Human Rights Centre in conjunction with PEI
· the EU TACIS project on Human Rights Education in Secondary Schools in Russia and Kazakstan