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- Home The homepage features the most recent news stories
- About ANV All the info on ANV. Who we are, where we are, what we do etc
- About ANV Info about the organization
- ANV People Info about the people who make ANV work
- Publications A National Voice often carries out consultation work. Here are some of our publications
- Get Involved How to contribute to and participate in the work of A National Voice
- Support ANV Please fill out the supporters form and start helping A National Voice Today!
- Our Supporters This page contains a list of our current supporters
- Contact Us The contact addresses and numbers for A National Voice
- News Keeping you updated on our progress. There are also news archives here
- Our Stuff All our own work. Here are the words and pictures of ANV and our members
- Info This part of our site is for factual and statistical info about young people from Care
- Rights The Rights area of our site has various documents relating to the rights of looked after young people
- Starter For Ten Ten things the law says you are entitled to when leaving care
- Access to Records A page about Social Services records and young people's access to them
- The Leaving Care Act Summary of the Children (Leaving Care) Act
- UN Rights of the Child Summary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
A National Voice
is an organisation run by and for care experienced young people. Staff are also care experienced.
Our main aim is to create positive changes to the Care System in England and provide a national platform to hear the voices of approx 60,000 children and young people who are Looked After.
Support ANV
We can only sustain and develop our work with support from individuals, organisations and groups.
With your help ANV can grow into a true network across all 9 English regions; currently we only have paid staff in 2 regions.
Please fill out the Supporters form and start helping A National Voice Today!
Get In Touch
If you are a young person from care A National Voice wants you to get in touch.
If you want to call us on 0161 237 5577 we will phone you back to save on the cost of your call.
You can also text our mobile on 07736 501 230
Know Your Rights? Need Care Info?
Do you know what your rights and entitlements are? This site has a summary of 'The Leaving Care Act' and 'The United Nations Rights of the Child'.
There are over 20 of the most common frequently asked questions as well as the latest government output statistics from DFES.
- Foster Care Campaign
Moving to a new Foster Placement is never easy. We asked our members how they would improve Foster Care and how moving foster placements can be easier.
Read more about our Foster Care Campaign - Advocacy Standards Local Authorities must ensure that all young people from care have access to an Advocate when making a complaint about the services they receive.
An Advocate is an independent adult who will speak up for you.
Find out more (DfES site) - Overnight Stays For a long time A National Voice and others have been campaigning to make staying at a friends house simpler. Now the Minister for Children has clarified this issue.
Read the official DFES Circular to all Directors - Prince's Trust Poll The Prince's Trust commissioned a public opinion poll on attitudes to people from care.
Many still think most people in care live in children's homes. 80% believe that people from care are just as likely to succeed as their peers.
Get the report - Amplify Report
You can now download a free PDF version of the Amplify Report.
The amplify weekend event was the largest ever gathering of young people from Care.
Read more and download your copy.
Childline
If you are a child or young person in need of urgent help you can callChildline
for free on
0800-11-11
anytime