The 12 months of VICTA – August

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Our first ever Summer Camp VICTA Summer Camp for 14 to 17s 2022 saw VICTA deliver its first Summer Camp in a safari tented camp at Dearne Valley in Doncaster. It's not only a first for us, but the first of its kind in the UK,  [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – July

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Surf's up for summer action VICTA Surf ‘n’ Turf at Skern Lodge for 18+ Surf's up! VICTA headed to Devon for a weekend of sea, sand and surfing with our 18+ participants. There was even time for an ice cream on the sea front. Participant Ellie [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – June

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Our Family Weekends return!  VICTA Spring Family Weekend VICTA were delighted to host our Spring Family Weekend at Dearne Valley in Doncaster, our first since 2019. It was a huge success with 30 families and 18 volunteers taking part in adventure activities such as climbing, raft [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – May

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Cooking up a jam packed month Joint Family Day in Sussex VICTA joined forces with Blatchington Court Trust, Look Sussex and Sight Support Worthing to provide a day full of adventure and adrenaline!  14 families joined the Family Day which provided many opportunities to network with [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – April

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Family days & pre-teen adventurers Pre-teen Activity Centre Over the course of three action-packed days, VICTA visited Coldwell Activity Centre in Burnley Our group of six 10-13 year olds got involved in climbing, crate stacking and fire lighting. Not even the pouring rain could dampen our [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – March

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Self advocates & code breakers Self-Advocacy Course with UCAN Productions Another first for VICTA. We worked with UCAN Productions who delivered an online Self-Advocacy Course. This was facilitated by Hannah and Jake from UCAN Productions, both with lived experience.  It was so well received; it is [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – February

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Young designers & parent workshops Microsoft Citizen Design VICTA were invited to take part in a Citizen Design project with Microsoft. Participants took part in the testing and designing of an Object Recognizer Application which will eventually be available to the open market! View the full [...]

The 12 months of VICTA – January

By |2022-12-15T10:33:00+00:00December 9th, 2022|Categories: Hide, Stories|

Go dotty for our beautiful braille art VICTA Braille Art Competition To celebrate World Braille Day every year, VICTA runs a Braille Art competition. We had over 40 entries for this year's Braille Art Competition! We received some fantastic designs, which included Braille rainbows, hand painted [...]

Tree for Treats – Christmas decoration gallery 2022

By |2022-12-13T10:30:25+00:00December 6th, 2022|Categories: Stories|

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Time to share the winners and entries from this year's Christmas decoration competition at VICTA. This year, our competition has been themed around 'The Snowman' to tie in with centre:mk's Christmas wonderland where our decorations are on display. If you would like to [...]

Success at VICTA’s first Summer Camp for 14 to 17s

By |2022-10-06T15:14:18+01:00October 6th, 2022|Categories: Activities, Be inspired, Stories|

VICTA’s inaugural Summer Camp 2022 at Kingswood Dearne Valley was a success. Not only did the participants gain independence, develop new skills and challenge themselves daily through site activities such as high-ropes and raft-building, they also gained two recognised National awards – the John Muir Award and the Arts Award. [...]

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