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Homeless World Cup
 This year's Homeless World Cup took place in
Milan from the 6th to the 13th of September. INSP staff Lisa and
Maree spent 4 days at the event, meeting street paper colleagues, offering support to emerging projects and raising awareness of the street paper concept. Read more
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Street
News Service funding
 INSP recently learned that an independent media
funding application made to the EU, in partnership with Inter Press Service
(IPS) has been successful. This is a huge development for INSP and a great outcome for
our existing 2-year collaboration with IPS. The funding will mean very exciting
changes for the Street News Service. Read more
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2010
Conference
 INSP can now confirm that the 2010 conference in
Australia will take place from 18th to the 20th May. Work
has already started in preparation for the 3 day conference in Melbourne - INSP
staff are working closely with a fantastic team at The Big Issue Australia. See below for information about how you can donate air miles.
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Project
work in Africa
INSP's work in Africa has seen
several developments recently:
- A consultancy training visit is being planned for The Big
Issue Malawi.
- Staff are in close contact with an enthusiastic new board
at The Big issue Kenya.
- The Big Issue Zambia is working through a new and improved strategy
following the INSP training this summer.
- Following their consultancy visit last month, Clin d'Oeil, Burundi is now working with INSP on a new editorial
concept which they plan to launch soon.
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INSP's intern programme
 Over the summer, INSP has worked
with 8 interns and volunteers on various projects. This month sees a change as
SNS intern Eoghan Macguire leaves. Eoghan has been working on the SNS project since
February, but left earlier this month to start a masters programme in
journalism at Cardiff University. Replacing Eoghan this month is Franck Martin (pictured)
a freelance journalist and a recent politics graduate of Glasgow University. Read more
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Funding
for street papers in the developing world
INSP has found various potential funding opportunities
for street papers in the developing world with the Australian Government. All
eligible members have been contacted and the relevant information and contact
details passed on. So far, 3 members - La Calle (Colombia), The Jeepney
(Philippines) and Factor S (Uruguay) - are in the process of contacting their
local Australian Embassies to submit an application.
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 Donate air miles
 If
you have air miles to spare, you could allow a street paper colleague
to attend INSP's 2010 conference in Melbourne. Using your air miles to
book a flight would mean that a street paper editor could attend
invaluable training and networking sessions. Please contact us for more information.
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Support us
If you would like to support INSP's projects and ensure our continuing success, please visit our corporate sponsorship page and find out more about our individual projects.
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Donate online
 Make a difference today by donating online to INSP. Your donation will enable us
to provide much needed employment, training and support to people who,
in many cases, have no other means to survive. Your support could help
to feed families in Kenya or provide warm winter clothes to homeless
vendors in St Petersburg.
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Book a hotel
 Book
your hotels through us and help fight poverty. Hotels4Change a
collaboration between INSP and Booking.com, Europe's leading online
hotel provider. On every online hotel reservation that is booked
through Hotels4Change, approximately 5% of the total amount is
transferred to the INSP, at no extra cost to the customer! Book now!
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In kind support
You
can also support INSP or your local street paper in other ways. If you
have time to spare, equipment that you would like to donate or
expertise to share, please contact us.
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