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Fundraising in the workplace – how Highfield Group smash their fundraising goals

By |2023-10-12T09:43:25+01:00July 21st, 2022|Categories: Fundraising, Stories|

You may be wondering how to get your office or workplace involved in your fundraising for VICTA. Highfield Group in Doncaster are VICTA's corporate supporters and never fail to surprise us with the brilliant ideas they come up with to get their team involved and raising funds for VICTA. Ellie Cowin from the Highfield [...]

Hosting the perfect fundraising BBQ & more!

By |2022-07-21T12:32:15+01:00July 21st, 2022|Categories: Fundraising, Stories|

Dedicated #TeamVICTA fundraiser Andy Farrer is better known as the Portrush Iron Man, running marathons with a full sized ironing board under his arm! Every year Andy smashes his fundraising target for VICTA and is here to help anyone who isn't sure where to start.   One of Andy's favourite events to host is a [...]

Gallery of photographs produced at the 2021 LIoP Photography Course

By |2022-02-11T15:01:46+00:00February 11th, 2022|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , |

November 2021, we successfully delivered our second photography course for young adults with a vision impairment in London. Six young people headed to the London Institute of Photography for expert guidance from founder and head of the institute, Holger Pooten. After gaining inspiration from a range of photographers and thinking about the project brief of [...]

My inspiration for Braille Art by Harriet Smith

By |2021-12-20T14:37:52+00:00January 4th, 2022|Categories: Stories|

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 [...]

Merry Christmas from VICTA

By |2021-12-13T11:36:50+00:00December 13th, 2021|Categories: Stories|

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 [...]

Tree for Treats – Christmas decoration gallery 2021

By |2021-12-15T14:31:09+00:00December 9th, 2021|Categories: Stories|

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 [...]

Emmy’s videos for Blindness Awareness Month

By |2021-10-26T12:46:24+01:00October 26th, 2021|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , |

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. [...]

Sensory-Scape Challenge with the Wildlife Trusts

By |2021-10-14T11:56:54+01:00October 14th, 2021|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

Sunflower gallery

By |2021-10-01T09:46:19+01:00October 1st, 2021|Categories: Activities, Stories|

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 [...]

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