victastudents.org.uk/changemakers The VICTA Changemakers, a group of young adults with a passion for advocating for blind and vision impaired people, are taking 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 [...]
October is an important month for us at VICTA as we welcome Blindness Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness and bring eye conditions and living with a vision impairment to the forefront of people's minds. Have you ever thought about what it would be like day-to-day if you were blind or partially sighted and [...]
Photographic pieces produced by blind & partially sighted students on the VICTA Photography Course. Photograph By Haya Hassan Photo description Looking down into reflections formed on a puddle on a London road. You can see the textures of the road and pavement curb and there is an oily texture to the [...]
I’m Kayleigh I’m 25 and I’m running the London Marathon for VICTA in 2026! I’ve always been into sport even when I wasn’t very good at it and one of the highlights of my school years was sports day. So when it came to thinking of [...]
I’m Kuldip Matharu from Birmingham, UK. I love to train (running and gym) and I also like my beer! Tell us your story! I am a new inductee to the renowned Hall of Fame after finishing all Six Abbott World Marathon Majors – London, Berlin, New York, [...]
Hi! I'm Denise Nolan and I'm a 42 year old mum of three. Running the London Marathon with #TeamVICTA will be my 4th marathon! I live in Massachusetts, just a few minutes from where I grew up. Can you describe your fundraising events? March Madness: Every March [...]
My name is Kate. I live in Cardiff and run a Leadership & Management Development business with my partner. We have two children; my daughter Holly is 25 and my son Josh is 18. In my younger years I was not a fan of exercise and [...]
Hi, my name’s Patrick and no doubt I’ll be one of the oldest of VICTA’S (London Marathon) team members as I turn 70 in August. My running journey began way back in 1979 and I’ve been on the roads and off roads) for the 46 years since discovering one [...]
My name is Charles (Chuck) Tornow, I'm a 43-year-old runner and board-gamer from the greater Detroit area. Can you describe the fundraiser? For my main fundraiser (beyond personal pledges from friends and family) I ran a boardgame tournament (Bloodbowl) and prize raffle. My main [...]
Thank you to everyone who entered this year's Braille Art Competition, celebrating 200 years of Braille! Entries were judged by VICTA's Patron Clarke Reynolds, who joined us in the VICTA office so he could carefully look over, touch/feel and appreciate everyone's hard work. Clarke was so impressed with the standard of entries and the [...]
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