The work of the National Independent Visitor Network (NIVN) has been funded over the past two-years by the Tudor Trust and Barnardo’s. As this period
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Independent Visitor Video Clips
Videos created by Independent Visitor services to promote and raise awareness of Independent Visiting for children and young people in care. These videos include voices
Independent Visitors – Our Legal Right Animation
NIVN is proud to share a campaign video, ‘Independent Visitors – Our Legal Right’, as part of our ongoing Right Friend Campaign. This video was

It’s great, he makes me feel comfortable, sometimes we talk about things that worry me, but most of the time we do fun things together and have a good laugh.
- Young person, Male