My IV helped to give me a different outlook on when I was feeling nervous about my school performance. This year I enjoyed the experience instead of feeling worried about being anxious about it.

- Young person , female

NIVN response to the Independent Care Review

The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England was launched in 2021 and hailed as a once in a generation opportunity “to reshape the

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

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

NIVN Animation Workshop

NIVN ANIMATION PROJECT WITH CARTOONIST AND FILMMAKER– SPACES AVAILABLE! FIRST WORKSHOP 25TH FEB. All participants will receive in the post cartooning art materials! Please share

NIVN External Evaluation Report (2020-2022)

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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