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
NIVN Training Principles
NIVN works to strengthen the consistency and quality of care-experienced children and young people’s experience of an Independent Visitor; a trusted and stable befriender who
Right Friend Campaign
Championing every care-experienced child’s right to an Independent Visitor Please sign up now to join our campaign: “ Having an Independent Visitor has been the
National Independent Visitor Data Report 2019
In February 2019 the NIVN Development Project put out a second Freedom of Information (FOI) request to 152 local authorities in England. Responses were received