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Brian (left) and Callum (right) of the Slanj Kilts team posing with a table of homeless tartan products

    Brian Halley: Designing the homeless tartan

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    Romy St John giving a speech

      Romy St John: Changing the narrative in literature

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      Judi Alston giving a speech at the 'Changing the narrative on homelessness and poverty' event in Glasgow

        Judi Alston on breaking down barriers with technology

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        Changing the narrative, INSP's event at the Clayton Hotel

          INSP turns 30

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          Changing the narrative on homelessness & poverty - an event in Glasgow on 28 November

            INSP to host 'Changing the narrative on homelessness' event in Glasgow

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            INSP Awards 2024

              INSP Awards 2024: shortlists and winners

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                INSP Awards 2024- Best Cover

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                Picture of Museum of Liverpool, where the Global Street Paper Summit will be held

                  Global Street Paper Summit confirmed for Liverpool in 2024

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                    A good life for all: Accessing welfare with an LGBTQ+ identity

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                    Global Forum for Media Development

                      INSP joins the Global Forum for Media Development

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                      Apropos vendor Edi Binder

                        Edi Binder on growing up in the shadow of war

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                        Exhibition on street papers in Bern, Switzerland

                          How do you create an exhibition about street papers?

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                          New psychologists stand together

                            Entrant psychologists help people experiencing homelessness in Hungary

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                            Two people lie together in sleeping bags in the snow

                              Sexuality and homelessness in Montreal, Canada

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                              Picture of Helen Cruz who has been repeatedly fined for sleeping in Grants Pass

                                Grants Pass v. Johnson homelessness case to go before US Supreme Court

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                                AOTY Portraits – Australian of the Year Awards 2024 – Salty Dingo 2024

                                  Yalmay Yunupinu: “We must have our land, language and culture”

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                                  Stefan Gogov by Anja Mihić

                                    Meet Liceulice vendor Stefan Gogov

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                                    Jarkko “Jake” Jalonen defies the cold weather, checks the pictures on his phone

                                      How Finland succeeded in reducing homelessness

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                                      Arts & Homelessness International logo

                                        Arts & Homelessness International Award winners announced

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                                        Mirjam Leitner surrounded by the Apropos choir. Photo credit: Norbert Kopf

                                          Apropos editor Michaela Gründler: “I take all voices into account”

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                                          Big Issue Taiwan

                                            Meet Kang Chiu-yen, Big Issue Taiwan vendor at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Taipei Bridge Station

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                                            UK Poverty 2024 /Joseph Rowntree Foundation

                                              INSP responds to UK Poverty report

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                                              AI generated picture shows the future of journalism in 2024 with a young man working on a home computer showing human elements.

                                                Journalism in the year 2024

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                                                Picture of Museum of Liverpool, where the Global Street Paper Summit will be held

                                                  Global Street Paper Summit confirmed for Liverpool in 2024

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                                                  Meet Traços vendor Thifany Branco

                                                    Meet Traços vendor Thifany Branco

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                                                    The never-ending story of Faktum vendor Bertil Schöneman

                                                      The never-ending story of Faktum vendor Bertil Schöneman

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                                                      “I’m not a beggar, I’m a trader”

                                                        “I’m not a beggar, I’m a trader”: 30 years of BISS

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                                                        Journalism is not a crime

                                                          'Journalism is not a crime' - reflections on the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Trust conference

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                                                          Arts & Homelessness International Awards

                                                            New Arts and Homelessness International Awards launched

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                                                            Report on Scottish Social Enterprises impact

                                                              New report: 'Scotland – A world leader in international social enterprise'

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                                                              Korean street soccer project participants play football on a 5-a-side pitch

                                                                How street papers and street soccer go together at the 2023 Homeless World Cup in Sacramento

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                                                                Juha Kaakinen wears glasses a white shirt and black jacket. He is photographed walking down a busy street.

                                                                  Finland is saying goodbye to homelessness: An interview with Juha Kaakinen

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                                                                  Lice v Lice vendor Memet Kamber, who passed away due to complications from diabetes, stands smiling holding a copy of the magazine, wearing a grey jacket and a red and grey vest.

                                                                    Lice v Lice vendor Memet Kamber’s death highlights the struggle undocumented citizens in North Macedonia face accessing health care

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                                                                    What is a street paper?

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                                                                    Street papers provide people in poverty with an immediate source of income while driving long-term change through journalism and advocacy.

                                                                    Why street papers?

                                                                    Changing lives

                                                                    The cycle of homelessness is real... walking in that door (of the Big Issue), getting asked your first name and do you want to work? The power in that one sentence did so much for me.

                                                                    Vendor Rachel, Big Issue Australia
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                                                                    Changing perceptions

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                                                                    Street paper journalism is thorough and sharp and grounded in the social change required to end poverty and homelessness in our cities.

                                                                    Sean, street paper reader, Vancouver, Canada.

                                                                    Changing society

                                                                    Street papers shape the cities we love and the values of the world in which we want to live.

                                                                    Nikoleta Kosovac, Liceulice, Serbia
                                                                    Woman wearing a blue vest and handing out Liceulice street paper in Serbia

                                                                    Credit: Liceulice

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