An Independent Visitor, also known as an IV, is a trained volunteer who is matched with a care-experienced child or young person to befriend them
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National Standards for the Provision of Independent Visitor Services
The National Independent Visitor Development Project has been working with IV services all over England and Wales to create the National IV Standards, which are
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
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
Autumn Wildlife Challenge
To celebrate the coming of Autumn and create a resource with low cost, outdoor activity for children, young people and their IVs, NIVN Team produced
Sheffield’s Children and Young People’s Voices Group
Here in Sheffield we wanted to make sure that children and young people were at the centre of our scheme’s development. We wanted to give