The world's largest collection of street newspapers - including landmark editions of The Big Issue - has been gifted to Glasgow Caledonian University.

Charity delivers world's largest archive of street newspapers to Glasgow Caledonian

Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce - designed by Studio Texture

INSP partners with Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) to provoke discussion on how people experiencing homelessness and poverty are represented in the media. 


Changing the narrative on homelessness and poverty 

Nearly 20 years ago, Finland opened the door to Housing First – a system in which people experiencing homelessness are provided with housing, then given support to address any issues that they are struggling with. Sweden has now embraced the scheme. But how can Finland build new, inexpensive housing while it seems impossible for its neighbours?

How Finland succeeded in reducing homelessness

"Welcome to my home," a man says. I think that he means that I should feel welcome in Brussels, the capital of the European Union, but it then becomes clear to me that Parliament is actually his residence.

Homeless on the doorstep of EU

The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) celebrated its 30th anniversary in Glasgow this November with a special event and exhibition in the city’s Clayton Hotel.

INSP turns 30

Curator Rebecka Domig from the Kornhausforum in Bern, Switzerland, shares her experience working on a subject that is barely understood in its entirety and yet is not marginalised.


How do you create an exhibition about street papers? 

Although unemployment and precarity are most often discussed in connection with young and educated people, in Serbia, unfavourable conditions in the labour market have in recent decades mostly affected older women. Hundreds of thousands of women who were employed in industries such as textiles in socialist Yugoslavia were left without a job and the right to a pension due to the collapse of the economy and privatisation. Liceulice writes about the invisibility of women over 45 in the labour market, and the “double lives” of older women who opt for uncertain and illegal jobs as caregivers in Germany.


Workplace discrimination leads to exploitation of Serbian women in Germany

St. Benedict encampment doesn’t have a manicured lawn. It is a wild piece of land with sage and tumbleweeds creating a thick layer of brush. Photos by Giles Clasen

The most recent count of people experiencing homelessness in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, recorded the smallest number on record. This is due in part to Alamosa’s St. Benedict Camp.

Alamosa’s sanctioned camp takes care of its people

The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) has been confirmed as a new member of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), the biggest global community of media development and journalism support organisations.

INSP joins the Global Forum for Media Development 

Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Centre for Homelessness Impact

An ongoing study conducted by the Poverty Alliance, Scotland's anti-poverty network, and researchers at the University of Stirling has been collecting the experiences of LGBT+ people who have been accessing welfare services in the UK. This is their story.

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

At the 'Changing the narrative on homelessness and poverty event,' INSP spoke with Brian Halley about his inspiration for the homeless tartan, and why he feels it is important.

Brian Halley: Designing the homeless tartan

The world is in a state of flux. That we cannot deny. Political, economic, social, and technological change seems to be accelerating – or, to put it another way, change in the only constant. 

For those of us in the journalistic world trying to decipher what will happen in the year 2024, fear not. Help is at hand. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its report: “Journalism, Media & Technology Trends and Predictions 2024”. Mike Findlay-Agnew from INSP offers some reflections some as to what this could mean for our street paper movement.


Journalism in the year 2024

INSP has partnered with a number of social enterprises to put on a special evening event on Thursday 28 November on 'Changing the narrative on homeless and poverty' partly in celebration of its 30th anniversary.

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

The war was already over when Apropos vendor in Edi Binder was born in 1947 in Hainfeld in Lower Austria – but its aftermath left deep marks on his life.

Edi Binder on growing up in the shadow of war

The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) has confirmed that the Global Street Paper Summit is coming to the UK in 2024 and will be hosted in Liverpool between Monday 9 and Friday 13 September.

Global Street Paper Summit confirmed for Liverpool in 2024

In Kirchdorf-Süd, a project developer has built micro-apartments for people in need of housing. Why doesn’t this happen more often?


25 square metres of freedom: inside Germany’s micro-apartments

The world’s first Arts & Homelessness International Awards have been announced.

Arts & Homelessness International Award winners announced

People experiencing homelessness in Grants Pass, Oregon, US say that it is impossible to avoid being punished for having nowhere to live. Now, their case is going before the Supreme Court. Local street paper Street Roots reports.

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

A togetherness of many people, ideas and voices – this is how editor-in-chief Michaela Gründler describes the Salzburg street paper Apropos. For 25 years, she has been responsible for shaping and developing the paper from an originally ridiculed medium into a quality multi-award-winning one. In this anniversary interview, she explains why this can only be achieved through togetherness, what equips her for the task and her visions for the future of Apropos.

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

INSP interviewed the CEO of the One to One Development Trust Judi Alston, to discuss how technology and the arts can be used to create real change.

Judi Alston on breaking down barriers with technology

As different as the perspectives on people experiencing homelessness in Dortmund’s city centre are, one thing is clear: there are now more people sleeping rough, and they are worse off—often suffering too much to seek out aid facilities. The city’s network of housing and addiction support has consequently expanded and adapted its outreach services. In addition to advice and care, this also includes medical support from Diakonie, a Protestant church-run charity organisation.


Surgery on the street

Stefan Gogov, 47, started selling Serbian street paper Liceulice four years ago when he returned to his mother’s native country, Serbia, after growing up in France. He enjoys keeping busy and appreciates that his life is no longer monotonous.

Meet Liceulice vendor Stefan Gogov

Follow Chiu-yen’s journey from bundling magazines to selling them.

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

INSP interviews the Glasgow Operations Manager of the Arkbound Foundation Romy St John, on how to share honest stories of homlessness with a wider audience.

Romy St John: Changing the narrative in literature

“Inexistent”, “not recognized”, “associated with risk” – the sexuality of marginalized individuals is often viewed through the lens of STIs and physical safety, explains Philippe-Benoit Côté, a researcher at the Montreal Research Center on Social Inequalities and a sexology professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal. But this does not tell the full story.

Sexuality and homelessness in Montreal, Canada

On 11 September, rounding out the second day of this year’s Summit, delegates gathered in the Museum of Liverpool for the INSP Awards 2024. The shortlists and winners are as follows.

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