Image description: Harriet has created a braille image of a wood and used cut-out paper shapes to create eight tall trees standing in a row. She has brailled light brown paper for the tree trunks and two different shades of green for the leaves. Brailled all across the trunks and leaves are different names [...]
It's a wintery wonderland here at VICTA, enjoy festive treats across all of our websites! Start exploring below and have a wonderful Christmas! Christmas decoration gallery Families were invited to send in home-made decorations for our annual Christmas decoration competition. Get ready for a real treat as we [...]
Get ready for a real treat as we reveal the entries and winners of this year's Christmas decoration competition at VICTA! Everyone put so much thought and care into their decorations, from cheeky sprouts to scented wonders, our tree was transformed into a sensory festive wonderland! Thank you so much to everyone who entered [...]
As part of #BlindnessAwarenessMonth, Emmy at 'Emmy's VIP Life' has recorded a series of videos sharing her tips for navigating life with a vision impairment. Explore the videos here! Navigating the kitchen Emmy talks us through the different kitchen gadgets and tools she uses when cooking in the kitchen. [...]
Find the Four! For Blindness Awareness Month and World Sight Day, The Wildlife Trusts and VICTA are setting you a Sensory-Scape Challenge - Find the Four! The challenge is to identify four different things with four different senses. This is a four senses nature scavenger hunt - by completing this challenge you [...]
On #WorldSmileDay, flowers to make you smile Thank you to everyone who planted, watered and cared for their tiny sunflower seeds to grow something magnificent! The sun hasn't always been on our side these past few months, so we're astonished by how many beautiful flowers made it through to touch the sky. As we enjoy [...]
The tactile medal winners To celebrate the 2021 Paralympic Games we challenged you to come up with your own tactile, accessible medal design. It was too close to call, so we have joint winners - Caitlin Passey, age 7 and Benji Bates, age 6. Congratulations, enjoy your sports vouchers! The winners [...]
The sand sculpture gallery Thank you to everyone who grabbed their buckets and spades and entered our sandcastle competition. We loved seeing your entries and hope you had lots of fun building them. A big congratulations to our winner Mera Bedran age 10, and our runner up Chloe Stevenson, age 4, who were drawn at [...]
By Harriet Smith Over the past few months, I have been involved in a Disability and Inclusion Advisory group that has been advising on accessibility at the Milton Keynes International Festival, a 20-day event which is held every two years in July at Campbell Park. The aim of the group is to provide advice about [...]
It's been great to take a moment to appreciate our volunteer team over the past week. Thank you to everyone who took part in this year's Volunteers' Week. Here are a some of the memories you shared: Phoebe standing with a group of volunteers and a guide dog, all wearing [...]
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