World Braille Day 2026

By |2025-12-17T11:46:08+00:00December 17th, 2025|Categories: Stories|Tags: |

World Braille Day is in January and we want to celebrate! Every year on the 4th of January we mark Louis Braille's birthday with World Braille Day. Born in 1809, Louis was a French educator who had become blind during a childhood accident. At only 15, Louis  invented the braille coding system [...]

2025 VICTA Parent Network Workshop Round Up

By |2025-12-15T18:03:03+00:00December 15th, 2025|Categories: Stories|

As we enter our fourth year of the VICTA Parent Workshop programme, this is a great time to reflect on all the sessions that we've hosted in 2025! This year we've covered a great variety of topics: Learn how to engage your child with Braille in fun and creative ways [...]

VICTA Changemakers – social media workshop & stories to share!

By |2025-12-15T13:52:26+00:00December 15th, 2025|Categories: Stories|

victastudents.org.uk/changemakers How VICTA Changemakers, a group of young adults with a passion for advocating for blind and vision impaired people, took over Blindness Awareness Month at VICTA! This year we welcome Robin, Lydia, Millie-Jayne, Jerri, Alex, James, Amy, Tilly, Johnathan, Adam, Ravi, Evelyne, Ruqayyah, Ellie and Zehra to [...]

VICTA Young Achievers – blind & partially sighted children celebrate their achievements

By |2026-01-14T10:19:46+00:00December 14th, 2025|Categories: Stories|

Our VICTA Young Achievers have been busy this year! Children who have a vision impairment and their families have been getting involved right across the country and enjoying completing the award at home, ticking off four exciting themes — Science, Nature, Community and Create. Don't miss our next Young [...]

Connecting with Families of Vision Impaired Early Years Children in 2025!

By |2025-12-12T17:04:20+00:00December 12th, 2025|Categories: Stories|

Early years can present significant challenges for parents as they adjust to their child’s vision impairment diagnosis and learn to navigate their new circumstances. That's why it's important for us to offer early years specific days and services that provide much needed support and offer possibilities for the future. VICTA & RSBC [...]

Ryan’s Fantasy Football and Darts Tournaments!

By |2025-12-05T12:28:23+00:00December 5th, 2025|Categories: Fundraising, Stories|Tags: , , |

Hello, I’m Ryan, 29 years old and London will be my first ever Marathon! I’ve already been on quite the journey this year, losing 20kg (4 stone) and completely changing my approach to eating & drinking. I’ve completed the Thorpe Park triathlon, 2x half marathons, Yorkshire 3 peaks and numerous 10k races. I live [...]

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