Funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund
 The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) recently awarded INSP $350,000, over 2
years, to develop our African street-paper network. The project will focus on
increasing the flow and quality of news coming from our African street papers,
as well as building the capacity of individual papers. The project will enable
INSP to hire a development professional to work on the ground with
our local papers and The Big Issue Zambia will co-ordinate various
regional activities, including an annual conference. We are very grateful to the UNDEF for their support. Read more.
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Reuters Networking Reception
 On the 30th November, Thomson Reuters hosted an exclusive networking reception for INSP at their headquarters in London's Canary Wharf [pictured]. David Schlesinger, Editor-in-Chief of Reuters News and
INSP Honorary President, reflected upon the past successes of INSP and
looked to the future of the organisation in the company of various high
profile figures from the worlds of business and media. Read more.
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Project work in Africa - Malawi
 This
month, Steven Persson, Chief Executive of The Big Issue Australia, ran
an intensive, week-long development training with staff, board, volunteers and
vendors of The Big Issue Malawi. The
training was supported by the Scottish Government International and The Big
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News from HQ
- 2009 Board Meeting: The
INSP board and staff had a highly productive strategy meeting in Glasgow,
2nd-5th November. You can see pictures and read more about
the detail of the meeting here.
- Latin America: In 2010,
INSP will carry out a needs assessment of member papers in Latin America. This
will be a first step towards working more intensively in the region over coming
years. This piece of work will be carried out by Executive Director, Lisa
Maclean, who will be based in Brazil throughout 2010.
- Staffing: In 2010, due to various funding successes, INSP is delighted to announce that 3
new staff will be hired, doubling INSP's current staff quota. Read more.
- Exclusive Bob Dylan interview: INSP's news agency the Street News Service
recently brought street paper members
an exclusive, and very festive, interview with Bob Dylan, about his latest album 'Christmas In The Heart'. The exclusive interview has so far been republished by 16 INSP street papers around the world and looks set to boost their Christmas sales.
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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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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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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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 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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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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