INSP News - April 2011

April / May 2011

Based in Scotland, INSP is a global engine for local poverty solutions & independent
media, worldwide. It currently supports 112 street paper projects in 40 countries. [More].

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Support from Reuters

INSP's Honorary President David Schlesinger has recently been appointed as Chairman of Thomson Reuters China, after serving as Editor-in-Chief of Reuters News since 2007. He will continue to support INSP and will soon be chairing the judging panel for the 2011 International Street Paper Awards. Reuters have also agreed to be one of the principle sponsors of the 2011 Awards, for which we are extremely grateful. They also continue to support INSP's Street News Service by providing articles and images, as an invaluable editorial resource for street papers.

2011 INSP Conference

INSP's 2011 conference will be held in Glasgow from 20th - 22nd July 2011, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, (one of the principal event sponsors). Thanks to funding from the Open Society Institute, an additional 'Training Day' will take place on the 19th July, for smaller and emerging street papers. The Training Day will be led by members of the INSP Board, as well as staff from The Big Issue in Scotland.

INSP works hard each year to fundraise for the conference to ensure that the maximum number of street paper delegates are able to attend through low delegate fees and travel bursary support. So far this year, INSP has secured enough funding for 20 travel bursaries from a variety of partners including various embassies, government departments and British Council offices. Read more.

Street News Service

INSP staff have recently begun working with an external 'Advisory Committee' to discuss the future strategy of the Street News Service. Feedback from the committee will be discussed with street paper editors and will then be presented at INSP's 2011 Conference for further discussion. We are very grateful for the support of the Advisory Committee. They are:

Tom Thomson (Managing Editor, Herald & Times Group) & SNS Honorary Editor
Angela McCracken (Partner, Levy & McRae media law firm)
Douglas McCabe (Media Analyst, Enders Analysis)
Lesley Clark (Deputy Managing Director, Weber Shandwick PR)
Michael Reilly (Writer/Editor, former Reuters journalist)
Mark Wood (Chief-Executive, Future Publishing)

How you can help

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.

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.

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!

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.