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
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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
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