My Name is Kirsty Miller and I’m raising funds for VICTA by running the 2026 London Marathon as part of a team of three - my brother-in-law Mark, my cousin Colin and myself. Can you describe the fundraising initiative? We all passed around some ideas on what would be the best way to [...]
Hi, I am Mags and this is my 1st London Marathon, by the time I do it, I will be 55 years old and probably the only time I will run London but I will continue to run other Marathons. I started running at 51 and have so far done 5 other Marathons. [...]
This February saw brave VICTA young adults take flight at iFly, an indoor skydiving experience in Milton Keynes! They flew alongside brilliant VICTA senior volunteer Danny Heppenstall and two amazing London Marathon runners, Debbie Monnington and Dr Steve Ward-Smith. What a way to beat the February winter blues — everyone [...]
2025 has been an action-packed year for VICTA Sport. Starting with an England Athletics event at Leeds Beckett University in February and finishing with a VICTA Sport Young Achievers Day in Kent, we have been all over the country bringing more opportunities to get involved in sport for blind and partially [...]
Hiya I’m Hannah and I’m from Aberdeenshire. I’ve been running for 3/4 years now and I’m running the 2026 London Marathon for VICTA. I was diagnosed with a visual impairment called Nystagmus at a young age. I have been very fortunate in my experience, which has been very mild, [...]
World Braille Day is in January 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 [...]
As we enter our fourth year of the VICTA Parent Workshop programme, this is a great time to reflect on all the sessions that we've hosted in 2025! This year we've covered a great variety of topics: Learn how to engage your child with Braille in fun and creative ways [...]
victastudents.org.uk/changemakers How VICTA Changemakers, a group of young adults with a passion for advocating for blind and vision impaired people, took 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 to [...]
This past summer VICTA held its annual Summer Camp for vision impaired 14 to 17 year olds at Dearne Valley activity centre near Doncaster. We got up to so much during our stay, we earned qualifications, played VI sports and went sledging! “We are so thrilled at how much [...]
Our VICTA Young Achievers have been busy this year! Children who have a vision impairment and their families have been getting involved right across the country and enjoying completing the award at home, ticking off four exciting themes — Science, Nature, Community and Create. Don't miss our next Young [...]
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