International Network of Street Papers

Our members comprise over 90 street papers, like @BigIssue, in 35 countries, who put £17.9 million in the pockets of vendors and reached 3.2 million readers last year. Learn more and find out how you can support our work to alleviate poverty: insp.ngo

“If you look at the way the media reports on homelessness, it’s always with the same stigmatising images of a guy sitting with a cup begging,” says James Stampfer, a participant in the INSP Journalism Training Academy. Here’s how we can change that: insp.ngo/articles/stree…

Last year, a DC resident was looking for apartments with his newly received housing voucher. His parents brought him when he was 8. After years of homelessness, just a few weeks away from permanent housing, federal troops took over DC. Via @_INSP. streetsheet.org/how-ice-deport…

When @slanjkilts launched the Homeless Tartan in 2019, it began with a simple idea rooted in a growing crisis. Now, their new International Homeless Tartan will support the International Network of Street Papers: insp.ngo/articles/stree…

Finland used to be one of the leading countries in Europe for managing homelessness. But last year, homelessness rose for the second year in a row. Paula Saikkonen of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare tells Iso Numero where solutions might lie: insp.ngo/articles/news-…

🤝 @LItineraire vendor Lynn Champagne and @MegaphoneMag vendor David Deocera met via video call to discuss their backgrounds, sales techniques and shared desire to one day join the workforce: insp.ngo/articles/vendo…

“Safety”, “order”, “cleanliness”. Dortmund’s mayor, Alexander Kalouti, won his election campaign with law-and-order issues and has focused on combating visible poverty in the city centre to raise his profile since the beginning of his term. bodo reports: insp.ngo/articles/news-…

Nikola Repec has been selling @liceulice magazine in the centre of Belgrade for years. At first glance, Nikola’s everyday life seems simple, but behind it is persistence and the desire to make the most of every moment: insp.ngo/articles/vendo…

After years in the homelessness services system, a DC resident was just a few weeks away from having permanent housing through his newly received housing voucher. Then came the federal takeover of DC. @streetsensedc reports: insp.ngo/articles/news-…

Chair of INSP North America, Will Connelly, gives his analysis of the main discussion points of the Knight Media Forum in Miami: insp.ngo/articles/stree…

The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) has launched a new report showing the impact of its journalism training academy, aimed at providing skills training to people directly experiencing homelessness and poverty: insp.ngo/articles/insp-…

Misconceptions aren’t a rare occurrence for those at risk of homelessness. In 2023, YouGov found that 32% of people think that ‘most homeless people have themselves to blame’. Organisations such as @bigissuenorth and INSP are fighting back: insp.ngo/articles/lived…

It will also provide a chance to discuss the wider theme of "Changing the Narrative on Homelessness and Poverty", calling for collective action to shift media and public narrative that accurately reflects the lived realities of people experiencing the issues directly.

You will hear directly from our media trainers in the project – Mike Findlay-Agnew, CEO of INSP and Mairi Damer of Word Up Communications – as well as participants who took part in the training.

Join us from 6pm on Thursday 17 February at The Social Hub, Glasgow for the launch of a new report that celebrates the impact of our Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy: eventbrite.co.uk/e/insp-changin…

Holly Norris, 73, has lived unsheltered for more than a decade. Her story cuts through one of the most common myths about homelessness: that people living on the streets choose to be there. @DenverVOICE reports: insp.ngo/articles/lived…

On 17 February at 6pm at Glasgow's Social Hub, we will be launching a new report on the impact of our Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy, which worked with people with experience of homelessness and poverty. Join us: insp.ngo/articles/news-…

The press has dubbed the residential complex at Groner Landstraße 9, 9a and 9b in Göttingen the “worst apartment building” in Germany. But people still live there, without heating, including vendors of Asphalt magazine: insp.ngo/articles/lived…

This article is a result of INSP’s Changing the Narrative training academy, established in 2025 by INSP to provide people with experience of homelessness and poverty the opportunity to learn about journalism and the media, and to enhance their storytelling and written abilities.

Evan first experienced homelessness at the age of 17, when his family relationships broke down. This was exacerbated by anti-Roma racism. But, seven years on, he is living in supported accommodation and looking positively to the future: insp.ngo/articles/lived…