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INSP
Conference 2010
 INSP is pleased to announce that the 2010
conference will take place in Melbourne,
co-hosted by The Big Issue Australia.
Congratulations to the team for a great proposal and for all their hard work
and fundraising connections made so far. Work has already begun in the INSP
office to raise funds for travel, as we are very aware that more papers than
usual will need support. We will also be in touch with members shortly with
local fundraising ideas, including gathering air miles donations.
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation
 INSP has
been awarded a 3-year grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. This grant
will support two of INSP's African
street paper projects: The Big Issue Zambia and Clin d'Oeil, Burundi. This
substantial support will enable both these organisations to work towards
becoming fully sustainable by the end of the 3-year project period. INSP would
like to thank the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for their support, for which we
are incredibly grateful. To view the announcement of INSP´s award on the
Stavros Niarchos Foundation website, please click here.
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Zambia training
INSP recently facilitated development training for
The Big Issue Zambia, with support from the Scottish Government International Division.
INSP board member Trudy Vlok (The Big Issue South Africa) was in Lusaka for 1 week,
earlier this month. Samba Yonga, Editor of The Big Issue Zambia said of the training: "Getting
together as a team and charting the way forward for the Big Issue Zambia with
Trudy was a brilliant plan. We managed to map out strategic achievable goals
that will see the organisation grow in the next 12 months. Trudy's insight and
experience with the regional economic and social landscape helped interpret and
clearly articulate the specific needs for BIZ and how they can be addressed. These
were some of the best five days we have had since we started. Thank you, INSP".
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Burundi training
INSP consultant
Marie-Eve Tremblay from Montreal, Canada is currently in Bujumbura, Burundi,
to work closely with the board and staff for 2 weeks. She will support the team
to create a stronger management structure, develop their editorial content and
focus on sales, distribution and vendor support.
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Malawi networking
INSP Network
Development Officer Maree Aldam recently attended a special meeting with the Lord
Provost of Glasgow (INSP Patron) for organisations in the city who work in Malawi. Maree
was able to hear about developments in Malawi,
meet with other development organisations and strengthen INSP's connection with
Glasgow.
INSP has also been invited to special meeting with
Malawian Ambassador in London.
Edith Chikago, Director of The Big Issue Malawi, will attend on our behalf.
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INSP
Partnering Scheme
BISS from Munich,
Germany recently donated 1000
euros to fellow street paper Boca de Rua
in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This contribution will make
a big difference to Boca de Rua and their Editor Margareth Rossall expressed
her gratitude for the kind gesture. INSP is pleased to see street papers
working together in this way to develop a stronger street paper movement.
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INSP
Interns
INSP would like to say a big thank you to 2
volunteers / interns who leave us this month. Ellen Page from North
Carolina, USA
has worked in the INSP office for a month, following a month spent with The Big
Issue Zambia.
Ellen is researching street papers as part of her university course and would
like to start a street paper herself in the future. She has been working on
collating INSP membership data. School student Katy McMahon has also
volunteered for INSP throughout July, helping out with the INSP website and
with general office duties.
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SNS
Republications now listed on our website
 All republications of SNS material for 2008 and
2009 are now listed on the INSP website. Street papers who contribute their
content to SNS will now be able to see exactly who has republished their
material over the last 2 years. INSP staff are working on adding all the republications
that we have on our database, dating back to 2005. Click here for the
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NASNA
Conference
 The 2009 NASNA conference 'Navigating the Recession' is currently underway in Denver,
Colorado, hosted by Denver Voice. Congratulations
to the finalists of the NASNA Awards 2009, the winners will be announced during
a ceremony held on July 31st. Click here for the full list of
finalists.
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9th
birthday for Hecho en Buenos Aires
 In June 2000, Hecho en Buenos Aires was launched with the hope of offering social
inclusion and work for the unemployed living on the city's streets. In the nine
years since launching, the magazine has helped with the integration and social
inclusion of more than 2500 people.
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CAIS
prepares for the 2009 Homeless World Cup
 For 3 days in early July, the National Street
Football Championship took place in Seixal, Portugal, with teams from
throughout the country, including Madeira and the Azores. The event,
facilitated by CAIS, gives homeless and other people who have been excluded
from society a chance to have some fun, increase their confidence and
self-esteem, and allow them to break out of the trap of homelessness. Eight of
the players from all teams will be chosen to represent Portugal in the Homeless World Cup in Milan in September.
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German
language literature project
  A group of German language street papers
recently launched a joint project to run a 'literature issue'. The project was
organised by Beatrice Gerst (Trottwar, Germany), Birgit Müller & Gabriele Koch (Hinz&Kunzt, Germany),
Mena Kost (Surprise, Switzerland)
and Anja Keglevic (Apropos, Austria)
and a total of 15 German language street papers are taking part in the project.
Content for this literature project was donated by various high profile
writers. Beatrice Gerst (who is also the co-ordinator of the INSP
German-speaking platform) said "We are delighted that so many great writers came
on board and supported us by donating their work."
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Street
Roots' Executive Director receives honours
Congratulations to Street Roots' Executive
Director Israel Bayer, who was among a group of individuals and organizations
recognized with achievement awards by the Portland Coordinating Committee to
End Homelessness. Bayer was honoured for his "leadership and ingenuity in
challenging the community to act, respond and live to promote justice for all
people and be a voice for marginalized groups."
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Streetvibes
goes bi-weekly
 Streetvibes, Cincinnati, Ohio switched from
publishing monthly to bi-weekly at the beginning of this month. The paper has
seen sales double over the 15 months, and public reaction to the switch has
been good. Streetvibes Editor Greg Flannery, who recently won the 2009
International Street Paper Award for Best Feature, said "We used to print about
6,000 copies a month. Now we're printing 4, 000 every other week. We just put
out our second paper on the biweekly schedule and we've already sold 3500 in just one week".
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