May 2021
Welcome to the VICTA Tie-Dye-Along
Welcome to the VICTA tie-dye along! I'm Ruqiaya, one of this year's VICTA Young Ambassadors and an art student. I'm also visually impaired myself and I'll be talking you through, as descriptively as [...]
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Day got us thinking, what are the biggest stumbling blocks when accessing websites and social media with a vision impairment? Harriet and Ruqaiya from the VICTA Young Ambassador Strive team have [...]
April 2021
VICTA Braille Art Competition Winners 2021!
Once again we have been amazed by the creativity of our entrants who have found ingenious ways to present their names in braille or used braille to create amazing works of art! [...]
March 2021
Spring is here!
By Sonal Sumaria It’s warming up, Spring is here! Spring is here, and it’s definitely my favourite season. It’s when the UK starts to warm up from the chilly winter. It’s when the bulbs [...]
Lockdown life
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 [...]
How lockdown affected me
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 [...]
