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 [...]
#PowerOfYouth #iWill Today's Volunteers' Week theme is 'Power of Youth' and our DofE Award participants are the perfect example of youth power! As part of the work towards earning their Award, VICTA DofE participants need to find for themselves opportunities to volunteer and give back to the community. We asked them to share with [...]
Our celebration of our volunteers continues with a look back at a proud and well deserved award-winning moment! In 2019, VICTA volunteer Bob Lowrie was Highly Commended at the Third Sector Awards in the 'Volunteer of the Year' category. We wanted to show Bob our appreciation as he's been donating his time and volunteering [...]
All this week we are celebrating Volunteers' Week! Volunteering really does make a difference to other people's lives but it can also make a big difference to your own life. If you are visually impaired yourself, you may like to volunteer for VICTA and support children younger than yourself. It's a great way to [...]
Linda Griffiths and Paul Smith from the Horticultural Team at the Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) have put together their top tips for budding horticulturists! Ideas to get children involved in gardening Planting sunflowers - the seeds are large so easier for handling. Children could then have [...]
Thanks to Dylan Cheshire, Horticultural Manager at WESC for sharing this helpful guide on laying out your garden! The WESC Foundation is a specialist day and residential centre in Devon offering a unique experience for young people and adults with visual impairment including complex needs. Their Discovery Garden is an onsite outdoor [...]
By Sonal Sumaria As you all may know from reading my previous articles, I love everything to do with plants, especially visiting beautiful gardens across the UK where I can visualise extraordinary landscapes and planting styles. My birthday was a few weeks ago and to celebrate, I experienced a beautiful day out at Hever [...]
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