Lockdown life

By |2021-03-31T14:39:23+01:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Stories, Strive Ambassadors|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

How lockdown affected me

By |2021-03-31T14:35:25+01:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Stories, Strive Ambassadors|Tags: , |

By Owais Niaz Hello, my name is Owais Niaz, I'm a VICTA Young Ambassador and visually impaired. In the recording below I talk about how COVID-19 has affected me, both the initial challenges and the positives that came out of it for me personally. If you'd like to know more about [...]

My university experience during lockdown

By |2021-06-10T11:03:59+01:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Stories, Strive Ambassadors|Tags: , , , |

By Ibraheem Iqbal A stressful storm Hi, I’m Ibraheem. Currently a first year university student studying Psychology at the University of Liverpool. Well, I should be in my second year, but COVID happened. Let me take you back to the beginning, March 2020. All university students were told that studies would continue at home. To [...]

My experience of lockdown and social distancing

By |2021-03-31T14:40:26+01:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Stories, Strive Ambassadors|Tags: , , , |

By Harriet Smith Everyone has had to adapt their life in some way during lockdown and get used to the imposed restrictions and social distancing, but for me as a visually impaired person, it has been incredibly challenging. So many activities that were a normal part of my life stopped happening, or I had to [...]

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