Weekend driving break in Thetford

By |2019-09-06T12:19:00+01:00May 17th, 2018|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , |

VICTA’s second activity break of 2018 took us away on an energetic weekend to Thetford. More specifically, Thorpe Woodlands Activity Centre, for our second driving break for the 18-29 group. With lots of new faces (including a new VICTA staff member), we all arrived ready to tackle the challenging weekend ahead. Arriving around lunchtime, an afternoon [...]

Thailand Adventure with VICTA

By |2019-09-06T14:16:44+01:00March 6th, 2018|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , , , , , |

I consider myself lucky to be well travelled. But this is only with family. Destinations and attractions have been numerous, but I have always craved something else; to travel with friends, peers, and experience richer, local cultural experiences than traditional family holidays deliver. Though I have many sighted friends through university, beyond hiking across the UK [...]

Team VICTA Fundraising Twitter Chat Roundup

By |2019-09-17T14:46:31+01:00February 12th, 2018|Categories: Fundraising, Stories|Tags: , , |

On Friday 10th February #TeamVICTA hosted a twitter party to discuss all things fundraising! A big thank you to everyone who joined in and shared ideas. If you missed it fear not! You will find a round up of the highlights here… @VICTAChildren How are you all finding fundraising? Is anyone close to hitting their targets? [...]

Blind Skiing with Seable Holidays and VICTA

By |2019-09-10T10:52:31+01:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , |

VICTA recently ran a fantastic ski trip, organised by Seable Holidays, to the Italian Alps. Attendee Eeshma wrote an account of her experience for the Seable website which we have been able to share here: Blind Skiing on the Slopes of Sauze, Italy By Eeshma Qazi How do you feel about skiing? Are you a champion [...]

John joins Team VICTA for a marathon challenge!

By |2019-09-12T10:21:53+01:00January 11th, 2018|Categories: Fundraising, Stories|Tags: , , |

VICTA’s Activities Coordinator, John Smith has decided to step onto the other side of the tracks this year to join our team of runners for the 2018 London Marathon! We are excitedly following his progress and looking forward to supporting John and all of our inspirational #TeamVICTA runners on the big day. John has taken some [...]

Yuletide fun with Bucksvision and Sight Concern Bedfordshire

By |2019-09-10T14:40:44+01:00December 14th, 2017|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , , , |

VICTA once again teamed up with local charities BucksVision and Sight Concern Bedfordshire to host a Christmas party for families in the local area. We had an unprecedented number of applications, and those families who were lucky enough to receive places arrived full of Christmas spirit! The day kicked off with a delicious buffet lunch in [...]

November Youth Break 2017

By |2019-09-10T14:10:05+01:00December 14th, 2017|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , , , , |

Following our amazing 30th birthday celebrations, VICTA held an activity break for 18-29 years at the Caldecotte Xperience in Milton Keynes. As always, this trip had bundles of laughs and plenty of activities. We were pleased to welcome some new faces to this activity as well as may familiar VICTA participants, all getting to know each [...]

VICTA celebrates turning 30!

By |2019-09-04T13:38:24+01:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: Stories|Tags: , |

2017 is a big year for VICTA as we turn the big 3-0. We thought there was no better way to celebrate than to throw a huge party for our families, young people, volunteers and professionals who have helped VICTA become the wonderful organisation it is today. And what better date to choose than 5th November? [...]

Barcelona Cultural Trip for 14-17 year olds

By |2019-09-04T13:32:18+01:00November 18th, 2017|Categories: Activities, Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

October 2017 saw us travelling to the beautiful city of Barcelona with a group of 14 to 17 year olds. It has been a busy year for this age group, with activity breaks and a sports camp. This was our second 14 to 17 international and it did not disappoint! Flying from Gatwick, we met the [...]

Looking back over 30 years of VICTA

By |2019-09-10T13:20:02+01:00September 20th, 2017|Categories: Stories|Tags: , , , , |

This year VICTA celebrated 30 years of our charity. It has been the perfect time to reflect on everything that has been achieved and to look ahead to a positive future for the charity and those we support. Join us in a look back over our growth, there is an abundance of wonderful memories and milestones [...]

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