Celebrate the wonder of Braille through creativity with the VICTA Braille Art Competition
Do you have an interest in tactile art? Do you think you can impress the VICTA team with your creative flair? Then what are you waiting for?
To mark Louis Braille’s birthday on 4 January, we celebrate #WorldBrailleDay to honour the Braille code which has made written literacy accessible for individuals with a vision impairment for 200 years. The Braille Art Competition is the perfect way to shine a light on Braille and its importance to the vision impaired community. You can be part of that celebration!
The VICTA Braille Art Competition has two categories to chose from for 2026:
Category 1 – Braille your name!
Vision impaired children, aged 0 to 9 years, are invited to display their name in Braille in the most creative way possible. You can be as creative as you like by using plush toys, mugs, candles or even people, the possibilities are endless.
Once you have completed your creation, parents/carers will need to take a photograph and email your entry to activities@victa.org.uk. Please send your photo as high resolution as possible and as a jpeg format. You can also post the finished artwork (if you can!) to:
VICTA, Braille Art Competition, Challenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DP.
The prize:
- 1st place will receive a £40 Hobbycraft voucher
- 2nd place will receive a £20 Hobbycraft voucher
- Chosen finalists will be displayed in our online gallery
Terms and conditions:
- This category is open to children who are registered or are registrable blind or partially sighted aged between 0 and 9 years on 31 January 2026
- Entrants must be residents of the United Kingdom
- The entries will be judged by VICTA staff & VICTA Patron, Clarke Reynolds. The judge’s decision will be final
- By entering the competition, you agree to you/your child’s name and competition entry being used on the VICTA website and social media. Please note, if you do not want your child’s photo to feature on the website/social media, please do not include them in your photograph of your artwork.
- The competition closes at 5pm on 31 January 2026
Category 2 – Clarke’s Challenge
There are two age categories for this challenge – 0 to 13 years and 14 to 29 years, with prizes for each age group!
For the second year running, we are delighted to announce that VICTA Patron, Clarke Reynolds, now Mr. Dot, is challenging you to create a piece of Braille Art inspired by his newly released children’s book, Mr Dot and His Magical White Cane Adventures.
To find out more about Clarke’s challenge, please click on the video below:
Clarke would like you to transport yourself to somewhere different – take yourself on a magical adventure, just like Mr Dot – Have you travelled to the prehistoric era? Are you on a mystery bus tour? Are you on a super space adventure?!
Once you have completed your creation, either email the instructions to activities@victa.org.uk or post the finished artwork to:
VICTA, Braille Art Competition, Challenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DP
The prize – (for each of the separate age categories 0-13s and 14-29s)
- 1st place will receive a £40 Hobbycraft voucher
- 2nd place will receive a £20 Hobbycraft voucher
- Chosen finalists will be displayed in our online gallery
Terms and conditions:
- This category is open to children and young adults who are registered or are registrable blind or partially sighted aged between 0 and 29 years on 31 January 2026
- Entrants must be residents of the United Kingdom
- The entries will be judged by VICTA staff & VICTA Patron, Clarke Reynolds. The judge’s decision will be final
- By entering the competition, you agree to your/your child’s name and competition entry being used on the VICTA website and social media channels. Please note, if you do not want your child’s photo to feature on the website/social media, please do not include them in your photograph of your artwork.
Group / School Entries
We are welcoming group entries from VI organisations or primary and secondary schools or colleges that wish to get involved with our competition. Groups and schools can enter both categories.
If you wish to submit multiple entries as a group, please ensure that you send the creations altogether to: VICTA Braille Art Competition, Challenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DP with the name of your group or school, the category you are entering to along with a named person to contact should you be successful. If you wish to enter by email instead, please send these to activities@victa.org.uk
The prize:
- The winning primary school will receive a £50 Baker Ross voucher
- The winning secondary school / college will receive a £50 Dominoes voucher
- The winning VI organisation will receive a £50 Amazon voucher
Terms and conditions:
- This category is open to children and young adults who are part of a VI organisation, VI school or mainstream school with a VI resource base and are aged between 0 and 29 years on 31 January 2026
- The VI organisation, school/college or resource base are able to confirm that those entering are registered or registerable as blind or partially sighted.
- Entrants must be residents of the United Kingdom
- The entries will be judged by VICTA staff & VICTA Patron, Clarke Reynolds. The judge’s decision will be final
- By entering the competition, you agree to you/your child’s name and competition entry being used on the VICTA website and social media channels. Please note, if you do not want your child’s photo to feature on the website/social media, please do not include them in your photograph of your artwork.
- Entrants can only enter once – either as part of a group entry or as an individual.
- The competition closes at 5pm on 31 January 2026
International Entries – CNIB
VICTA are delighted to invite participants from the CNIB to enter our Braille Art Competition. International entrants can enter category 1, 2 or 3. If you are in Canada and would like to enter, please contact Karen at the CNIB on Karen.Brophey@cnib.ca
