Adults and children having fun exploring woodland and grassland areas at the Grow Wilder site.
  • When: Wednesday 5 August 2026

  • Who: Families

  • Location: 181 Frenchay Park Road, Bristol, BS16 1EL

  • Cost: £5 per person attending (under 5s free)

  • Closing date: Wednesday 1 July 2026

Join VICTA at Grow Wilder in Bristol this August!

We’re off to Avon Wildlife Trust’s Grow Wilder site, an urban growing hub, learning centre and wildflower nursery. Based in their Pod outbuilding, a polytunnel event space surrounded by woodland and grassland, we’ll enjoy a day out in nature.

The day will include exploring the Grow Wilder grounds with a member of Team Wilder to learn how they support the local community to take action for nature in the Bristol area. We’ll also be decorating wooden plant pots with tactile and sensory materials to take home!

Families will leave this day with their very own pack of wildflower seeds from Grow Wilder’s living seedbank to create a vibrant and attractive space for the birds and bees in your garden or on your windowsill.

For further information on Avon Wildlife Trust and their Grow Wilder site, visit: Grow Wilder urban nature hub and wildflower nursery | Avon Wildlife Trust

Are you a VICTA Young Achiever? This day can count as an activity towards your Community badge! For further information on VICTA’s Young Achievers Award, visit: Young Achievers Award – victastudents.org.uk

Why apply?

  • A great opportunity to meet other young people and families with a vision impairment
  • Grow in confidence
  • Learn about how you can support Grow Wilder’s work at home
  • Be inspired and try something new

Who can apply?

Applicants must be:

  • Registered or registrable as blind or partially sighted
  • Aged at least 5 on 5 August 2026
  • Aged 17 or under on 5 August 2026

Apply below

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 (VI child/young person)

Confirmation of vision impairment

To qualify for this activity the lead applicant must be either registered or registerable as blind or partially sighted (sight impaired/severely sight impaired). VICTA will ask for supporting evidence post application if we have not previously received it.

Contact details

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Declaration, privacy and consent

To be signed by the applicant or a responsible person.
a. I agree to take part in VICTA's activity and have read all the information sent to me.
b. I acknowledge the need to behave responsibly at all times during the activity.
c. I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA's organisers should any information contained on the form or personal circumstances change.
d. In the event of an emergency/accident, I consent to emergency medical treatment, which may include the use of anaesthetics.
e. We are aware that some children use Whatsapp to communicate with their family and friends and each family unit will have their own rules when it comes to technology at home. It is likely that your child will meet other children on a VICTA activity that they’d like to stay in touch with. While we do not encourage the use of Whatsapp before the age of 16, we do encourage connections and friendships between children. We recommend that if your child has met someone that they would like to get in touch with after the activity has taken place, please email [email protected] and we can faciliate the exchanging of personal details / telephone numbers.
f. By signing this form I consent to VICTA using the information supplied for the purpose of administering the named event. All the information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and made available only to those staff working with the participant. We may need to share your details with third-party suppliers in relation to this activity. Contact information will be retained and used for marketing of other relevant services.
g. I give consent for VICTA to carry out the following in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulations as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018 and related laws and to store my personal information on VICTA's database and/or any other suitable system.

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