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 with Mr. Dot 2025
Children’s Mental Health Week 2025
Early years sleep support and information
Tech Week with TAVIP, SWGfL, TPT and Guide Dogs
The journey to employment
Parent/carer mental health
Towards an independent adulthood with Guide Dogs
Sleep introduction

We have delivered parent specific sessions to over 100 people during 2025. A huge thank you to all the parents – if it wasn’t for you, this programme wouldn’t exist. It has been great to interact with so many of you during the year and I look forward to welcoming you back in 2026. What started off as an idea during the pandemic has continued to flourish. Some of the collaborations this year have been really inspiring, it has been great to work with not only other organisations, but also parents within the VI community.

Charlotte Mellor
VICTA Parent Services

Images of parents at a VICTA conference and parents having fun with their children.

New for 2026 –
The Parent Network Live!

You’ve joined us through your computer screens, now it’s time to come together in June 2026 for our first Parent Live event! We have lots of exciting plans for the day which will centre around parents of a vision impaired child.