To celebrate Volunteers’ Week 2024 we chatted to some of our incredible volunteers about why they love volunteering for VICTA and supporting children young adults who are blind or partially sighted. Find out what they had to say and join us in sending a big ‘thank you’ to all of our dedicated volunteer team. [...]
The Highfield team in their VICTA t-shirts smiling for a group photo at a fundraising event Highfield, one of the UK’s largest awarding organisations has hit its fundraising target of £100,000 for its chosen charity VICTA a full 3 years ahead of schedule. Skydiving in a VICTA [...]
By Harriet Smith Over the past few months, I have been involved in a Disability and Inclusion Advisory group that has been advising on accessibility at the Milton Keynes International Festival, a 20-day event which is held every two years in July at Campbell Park. The aim of the group is to provide advice about [...]
It's been great to take a moment to appreciate our volunteer team over the past week. Thank you to everyone who took part in this year's Volunteers' Week. Here are a some of the memories you shared: Phoebe standing with a group of volunteers and a guide dog, all wearing [...]
#PowerOfYouth #iWill Today's Volunteers' Week theme is 'Power of Youth' and our DofE Award participants are the perfect example of youth power! As part of the work towards earning their Award, VICTA DofE participants need to find for themselves opportunities to volunteer and give back to the community. We asked them to share with [...]
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 [...]
By Graham Stearn Graham entertaining the kids at a previous Family Weekend This weekend I was a volunteer for VICTA supporting young children who are blind or partially sighted together with family members on activities at one of their great Family Weekends. This took place at Dearne Valley Kingswood near Doncaster. I have now volunteered on [...]
The 24th edition of ICC (International Camp on Communication and Computers) took place in the idyllic Croatian seaside city of Zadar. This was the first ICC to be held at the seaside and all participants, staff and volunteers were very keen to be thoroughly acquainted with the Adriatic Sea with daily temperatures hitting above 30°C. Our [...]
The second Family Weekend of 2018 was held at another new location for VICTA, the grand grounds of Condover Hall in Shrewsbury. After wall-to-wall sunshine all summer, we were expecting more of the same however the heavens had other plans! Despite the wet and the wind, it didn’t dampen any spirits on another fantastic family weekend. [...]
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