The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID) is a national network of visitor groups to immigration detention. We work with locally owned initiatives to end the human suffering caused by detention. We exist to enable and support the vital role of visitors to people detained whilst providing a platform for collective action amongst UK visitor groups, providing essential practical and emotional support for visitor groups, influencing detention policy and practice and of raising awareness of the human impact of detention.
We have 14 member groups representing over 500 volunteer visitors, who visit inside every detention centre in the UK, as well as in some prisons.
Phone: 0207 281 0533
Email: [email protected]