Welcome to the VICTA tie-dye along! I'm Ruqiaya, one of this year's VICTA Young Ambassadors and an art student. I'm also visually impaired myself and I'll be talking you through, as descriptively as I can, how to tie-dye your VICTA t-shirt at home. I'm really excited to hear how you all get on and [...]
Global Accessibility Awareness Day got us thinking, what are the biggest stumbling blocks when accessing websites and social media with a vision impairment? Harriet and Ruqaiya from the VICTA Young Ambassador Strive team have highlighted the biggest issues they face which everyone can keep in mind when creating content. There are a couple of simple [...]
Once again we have been amazed by the creativity of our entrants who have found ingenious ways to present their names in braille or used braille to create amazing works of art! Browse our online gallery below to enjoy all the entries in our 2021 Braille Art Competition. A huge well done to [...]
By Sonal Sumaria It’s warming up, Spring is here! Spring is here, and it’s definitely my favourite season. It’s when the UK starts to warm up from the chilly winter. It’s when the bulbs come out and the grass becomes lush and green! It’s when birds start chirping again and when nature is reborn! [...]
By George Upfield Hi everyone, my name’s George, I’m 24, and I live in Northamptonshire. I remember this time last year, I’d just started working as an intern in Guide Dogs’ HR department, and thought that Coronavirus would cause a bit of damage then fizzle out... how wrong I was! By early March 2020, not [...]
By Owais Niaz Hello, my name is Owais Niaz, I'm a VICTA Young Ambassador and visually impaired. In the recording below I talk about how COVID-19 has affected me, both the initial challenges and the positives that came out of it for me personally. If you'd like to know more about [...]
By Ibraheem Iqbal A stressful storm Hi, I’m Ibraheem. Currently a first year university student studying Psychology at the University of Liverpool. Well, I should be in my second year, but COVID happened. Let me take you back to the beginning, March 2020. All university students were told that studies would continue at home. To [...]
By Harriet Smith Everyone has had to adapt their life in some way during lockdown and get used to the imposed restrictions and social distancing, but for me as a visually impaired person, it has been incredibly challenging. So many activities that were a normal part of my life stopped happening, or I had to [...]
Are you looking for something delicious to make over Easter with all that chocolate? Over to VICTA Young Ambassador Harriet who has the perfect recipe to share with you! Photo shows Harriet smiling with two bowls of delicious Toblerone Mousse each decorated with a mini egg. Here is a very simple [...]
By Ruqaiya Asim Lockdown has been extremely difficult for a countless number of people. I understand that everyone has been affected in one way or another, I just want you to know that you are not alone! It may seem that way right now especially with social distancing, but I am here to tell you [...]
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