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 [...]
My name is Nora, I’m from the North of Ireland and I chose to run for VICTA as I’m an NHS support worker and I have a lovely client who is vision impaired. I’ve previously run the Dublin marathon and plan to finish [...]
Continuing VICTA's commitment to changing stereotypes and promoting inclusivity in the STEM fields for children and young people with vision impairments, we are delighted to once again be official community partners of British Science Week. British Science Week 2025 is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will take place [...]
Can you introduce yourself? Dr Steve Ward-Smith, I work for a scientific instrument company, looking after large customers and have been working there for 30 years. I've been running for three years now, I had started stationary bike classes during lockdown and running seemed next step, especially as many of my closest [...]
I’m Adele from Shropshire and this will be my first ever Marathon! I’m excited, nervous and happy all at once going into serious training now. We have a 2-year-old yellow Labrador called Harry. He is a gorgeous boy who joins me on shorter runs. I previously worked as a [...]
World Braille Day is on the horizon and we want to celebrate! Every year on the 4th of January we mark Louis Braille's birthday with World Braille Day. Born in 1809, Louis was a French educator who had become blind during a childhood accident. At only 15, Louis invented the braille coding system [...]
Can you introduce yourself? My name's Rob and I'm very excited to be running the London Marathon for the first time. I'm a chef and have cooked for the likes of Pamela Anderson and the New Zealand All-blacks. I've completed many half marathons and managed to get around the Yorkshire Marathon [...]
VICTA is delighted to announce our partnership with the British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF). British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) has been providing specially adapted audio equipment to blind and partially sighted people across the UK since 1929. The charity helps thousands of people with sight loss to [...]
Hi, I’m Lesley and am a retired police officer. I started running when I was 16 years but moved on to other sports and activities when I hit 20 and didn’t return to running until much later in life. I always love to try new things and love the challenge this brings [...]
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