Public launch of SNS website
 INSP is preparing for the public launch of its new 'Street News Service' (SNS) website at the end of August. The SNS is an
innovative online news agency that brings together the best of
street paper journalism from around the world.The launch event will
take place in Glasgow's Mitchell Library and will be generously supported by
The Herald and Times Group. The
new-look website will be unveiled to key members of UK media, government and
business. At the event INSP
will also announce the newly appointed SNS Patron and SNS Honorary Editor (more
news to follow).
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INSP's Annual Campaign
 INSP is currently working on
developing a network-wide campaign for 2010, to coincide with the International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty and Social Exclusion - 17th October. This year's campaign will aim to raise
awareness of the work of street papers around the world in fighting
homelessness; promote the street paper movement; increase street paper sales;
and improve street papers' profile and visibility locally.
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EU funded SNS project
 INSP
is partnering with Inter Press Service to increase coverage of poverty issues
and distribution of poverty related news articles worldwide. The core of this
partnership is a three year (2010-2012) EU funded project that focuses on
reporting from the world's 'Least Developed Countries'. Part of the project
includes creating a stream of high quality journalistic articles covering the
Millennium Development Goals and their progress and shortfalls in the Least
Developed Countries. A number of INSP street papers in both Africa and Europe will be
reimbursed in exchange for submitting stories to the project. To distribute
this information widely across Europe, the project also involves a translation
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INSP Africa
 The
first-ever 'Annual Regional Meeting of African street papers' took place on
21st and 22nd July in Cape Town, South Africa, with representatives from INSP's
six African street papers in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia.
The meeting was facilitated by The Big Issue South Africa, the INSP's new
Regional Coordinator Samba Yonga and INSP Regional Trainer Sven Mangels
[pictured with the street paper representatives]. It was also attended by
a UNDEF project assessor. The meeting was the first big step to creating a
stronger more active network between the African street papers. This month also saw various journalism trainings for African street papers in
Cape Town, Johannesburg and Bujumbura. These were facilitated by Inter Press
Service, as part of the UNDEF project. |
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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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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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