INSP Changing the Narrative Report Launch

Join the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) to celebrate the impact of the Changing the Narrative Journalism Academy

A special invite for you

Join Glasgow-based charity and enterprise, the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) for an evening to celebrate the impact of the Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy on Tuesday 17 February from 6pm onwards at The Social Hub.

The event will officially launch a new impact report, showing how INSP’s pilot project in 2025 worked to support people with direct experience of homelessness and poverty gain new knowledge and skills in journalism, media and storytelling.

With thanks to the backing of five funders (Albert Hunt Trust, Endrick Trust, National Lottery Awards For All, People’s Postcode Trust and the Robertson Trust) INSP worked with two groups of people providing them with training workshops and giving them the opportunity to complete written assignments. The results were that all participants published articles to the INSP’s global news service, a newspaper was created (The New Narrative), participants received a Certificate of Atendance & Achievement, and it has led to new educational pathways for some participants.

What to expect

The event will be a relaxed opportunity to meet with INSP, our partners and supporters. 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.

We will also be joined by INSP board members from both Norway and Sweden, who will be able to explain about the wider global street paper movement and efforts to tackle homelessness and poverty.

The event is a chance to discuss the wider theme of ‘Changing the Narrative on Homelessness and Poverty’, calling for collective action from across the homelessness sector to shift media and public narrative that accurately reflects the lived realities of people experiencing the issues directly.

Global Street Paper Summit in Glasgow 2026

INSP is excited to announce that we will host the Global Street Paper Summit at the end of August this year in our hometown of Glasgow. Glasgow Caledonian University will host our flagship event which brings street paper staff and entrepreneurs from across the globe to Scotland’s biggest city. We are currently seeking supporters and partners for this important event, and we will talk to you about opportunities to be involved when we meet on Tuesday 17 February.

What to wear

INSP is keen to make the event as inclusive as possible, so the simple message is: wear what you feel comfortable in!

Please register through this events page. The event will take place in The Snug, on the group floor of the Social Hub at 15 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1TQ.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Location

Social Hub Glasgow, G1 1TQ