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 [...]
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 [...]
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