View document here The Department for Education (DfE) has produced a series of factsheets specifically for care leavers to provide further information about the support

I first became involved when I joined PROMISE (now known as Route1) as a mentor and was matched with a 16-year-old boy who was living

A new campaign is raising awareness of the Independent Visitor role for children in care Published by Professional Social Work magazine 18 August 2020.  The

Volunteers’ Week took place online at the beginning of June and marked the online launch of The Right Friend Campaign by the National Independent Visitor Network (NIVN).   IV Coordinators,

 Independent Visitor and social care professionals, volunteers and care-experienced children and young people created their own posters to express why an Independent Visitor is The

Route1 Advocacy & Independent Visitors service in Somerset have collaborated with students at Bridgwater & Taunton College creative arts department,  IVs and care experienced children,