Goalball Academy Aspire Days Travel Offer

VICTA is offering up to £50 travel expense cover to enable you to take part in a Goalball Academy Aspire Day.

Goalball UK’s Aspire Days are for you if you want to:

• Learn how to play goalball or improve as a player
• Have fun and meet new people
• Discover goalball clubs near you

All Aspire Days are open to any blind or partially sighted person aged 11 to 18.

Dates and Locations

Newcastle Goalball Academy Aspire Day – Sat 21 June 10am to 1pm
Sport Central, Northumbria University, Northumberland Road, Newcastle NE1 8ST

Winchester Goalball Academy Aspire Day – Sat 19 July 11am to 4.30pm
Peter Symonds College, Owens Road, Winchester, SO22 6RX

Croysutt Warriors Aspire Day – Sat 16 August 11am to 4pm
Royal Russel School, Coombe Lane, Croydon, CR9 5BX

South Wales Goalball Club Aspire Day – Sat 27 September 12 noon to 5pm
Llanrumney Avenue, Llanrumney, Cardiff, CF3 4DN

To sign up, follow the link here.

N.B You must register with this link to confirm attendance at the event. The VICTA travel offer is a separate application form and is not to be used as the event registration form.

The VICTA offer

• VICTA will cover travel expenses up to £50 for those taking part in a Goalball Academy Aspire Day
• This offer only applies to the cost of the travel for a young person with a vision impairment
• Please also note that this is a limited offer and VICTA reserve the right to close it once we reach capacity

To benefit from this offer, you must:

• Be eligible for the age category identified for the Goalball Academy Aspire Days
• Be registered or registerable blind or partially sighted (VICTA may ask for a copy of your/your child’s registration documents or a letter from an ophthalmologist as confirmation)

Payment of travel expenses is subject to proof of attendance at the relevant event (a simple photo of you enjoying the event) and travel receipts/mileage claim. Funds are limited so please get your applications in early. Reimbursement will be processed after the event.

Contact sports@victa.org.uk for more information.

If you are interested, please complete the following application form:

Apply for the travel offer

Note for applicants completing this form After completion, if you have successfully submitted the form, you should receive a successful submission message. If you do not it may be because you have not completed a required field. After your form has successfully gone through you will also receive notification via email. If you do not receive an email please contact the office on 01908 240 831 as there may have been a problem with your application.

Applicant details

First name *

Last name *

Gender *

• Male
• Female
• Other

If you have selected other, how do you currently describe yourself?

Date of birth *

Which Aspire Day are you planning to attend? *

• Newcastle, 21st June
• Winchester, 19th July
• Croysutt Warriors, 16th August
• South Wales, 27th September

Would you describe yourself as blind/partially sighted? *

• Blind
• Partially Sighted

Do you use a long cane?

• Yes
• No

Do you have a guide dog? *

• Yes
• No

Contact details

Email *

Phone (please provide us with the most convenient number to contact the activity applicant on) *

Address 1 *

Address 2

City *

Post code *

Emergency contact (EC)

EC full name *

Relationship to participant *

EC address *

EC primary number *

EC secondary number

EC email *

Eye condition

Name of eye condition? *

If this is the first VICTA activity that you are applying for, please note that applicants must be registered sight impaired or severely sight impaired, or be able to provide proof that they are registerable. Any information or documents supplied must include the applicant’s name, date of birth and visual acuity.

Confirmation of vision impairment *

• I confirm I am/the applicant is registered or registerable Sight Impaired or Severely Sight Impaired

Supporting documentation
If the applicant is registered, please include a copy of one of the following registration documents: - Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) - Blind Registration Card issued by local authority If the applicant is not registered, please provide: - a letter from an ophthalmologist confirming visual acuity. Please note, applications cannot be processed without these documents.

Uploading documents

If you would like to upload any supporting documents such as a copy of your registration document, you can do so here (please supply a jpg or pdf). If supplying a CVI, please include Parts 1 & 2. If you are including a copy of a Blind Registration Card, please remember to include both sides. Only files saved as a jpeg or pdf formats will be accepted by the upload. Alternatively, you can email them to activities@victa.org.uk

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 5 files.

Declaration, privacy and consent

Applicants must be aged 10 to 29 years *

• I confirm that my child will be 10 to 29 years old at the time of this activity

Signed (insert name) *

Date *

My relationship to the applicant (if applicable)

• Parent
• Legal guardian
• Other

If 'other' please state

Would you like to be added to our email database to receive occasional email updates about other VICTA activities? *

• Yes please
• No thank you
• I'm already signed up

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