VICTA UK

13/10/2026

DEADLINE TOMORROW!

Blind Baseball Taster Day
with Herts Baseball Club
and GB Blind Baseball's Head Coach
Saturday 17 October
2-3:30pm
Astley Cooper School, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7HL

Young people ages 6-16

RSVP: [email protected] by 14 October

11/10/2026

Join Changemaker Nazan in a 2.22 minute meditation for tapping into ‘sight beyond sight.’ A reminder of the gift and power of your inner vision ✨

"Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly."
- Joseph Murphy

09/10/2026

VICTA is delighted to announce that six-time Paralympic medallist and Britain’s most decorated Winter Paralympian, Menna Fitzpatrick, is joining VICTA as a Patron. Menna is incredibly excited to become a Patron of VICTA, she hopes to use her experience to inspire the next generation to believe in themselves, embrace opportunities and, most importantly, know that there really are no limits to what they can achieve.

We are incredibly proud that Menna will continue her relationship with VICTA as one of our Patrons. We look forward to working together to continue to inspire and create opportunities through inclusive sport.

https://www.victa.org.uk/menna-fitzpatrick-victa-patron/

09/10/2026

If you haven’t had a chance to tune into the latest episode of VICTA Parent Voice, then this is your reminder!

In this episode, we're joined by the wonderful Elly Chapple, who talks candidly about what it really means to be aware.

Because awareness isn’t about feeling sympathy for someone. It’s about taking the time to understand another person’s experience, challenge our own assumptions and truly see the world from a different perspective.

Elly shares her journey alongside her daughter, Ella, a deafblind young woman who has taught her some of life’s most important lessons. As a parent, Elly has taken those lessons and transformed them into something much bigger, sharing her experiences on the TEDx stage and through her book, Diagnosis: Human, helping bring these conversations into the mainstream.

This is a conversation about parenting, disability, difference, empathy and, ultimately, what it means to be human. ❤️

A huge thank you to Elly for sharing so openly.

🎧 Tune in to the latest episode of VICTA Parent Voice, link in bio!

08/10/2026

The latest episode of the VICTA Parent Voice podcast is out now!

We’re joined by author, speaker and advocate Elly Chapple for a powerful conversation about disability, parenting, and the stories we tell about difference.

Drawing on her experience raising her daughter Ella, who is Deafblind, Elly explores what happens when we look beyond diagnoses and labels and choose to see the human first.

How to listen!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3R9pOY6DWJamibB7WgCLjR?si=odwly_a3QTqx9WleT04KZg

YouTube: https://youtu.be/60qfvvpDQ44?si=omBFRkURobRVYuOP

07/10/2026

This Blindness Awareness Month, we’re delighted to welcome author, advocate and TEDx speaker Elly Chapple to the latest episode of VICTA Parent Voice.

In this powerful clip, Elly shares how meeting Daniel Kish, renowned for his use of echolocation to navigate the world, completely changed the way she viewed her daughter Ella’s sight condition.

At the time, Elly was focused on finding a way to “cure” Ella’s sight loss. But that encounter sparked a profound shift in perspective: from trying to fix her daughter’s difference, to understanding how she could better support, celebrate and empower her.

“That meeting instantly changed how I thought about sight loss.”

Listen to the latest episode of VICTA Parent Voice tomorrow to hear Elly’s story and explore what it really means to support a child with sight loss.

06/10/2026

Youth Blind Baseball Taster Session!

Join Herts Blind Baseball Club and GB Blind Baseball's Head Coach for a fun and friendly blind baseball taster session especially for vision impaired young people. Learn the basics in fielding, hitting, and running the bases!

Saturday 17 October, 2-3:30pm
6 to 16 years
Astley Cooper School, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7HL

No equipment required, just come ready to have fun!

Email [email protected] by 14 October to secure your place.

05/10/2026

Meet the VICTA Changemakers 2026-27!

To mark the start of , we are delighted to introduce you to: Alyssia, Berivan, Dylan, Emmy, Erin, Jack, Lizzy, Maddie, Meghan, Mo, Nazan, Rebecca, Robert and Steele.

Our Changemakers are pasionate about sharing their views on the topics that matter to young vision impaired people. They'll be bringing you stories, podcast epsiodes, videos and more throughout the next year.

You can read more about them on our Student Portal, and look out for lots of content from them this October. We can't wait!

05/10/2026

EHCPs: Navigating the Transition to Post-16 Education and Beyond

Parents of a vision impaired young person are invited to join VICTA and Thomas Pocklington Trust online for a practical session on post-16 education and the part EHCPs have to play.

Wednesday 14 October 2026, 7:30pm to 9pm
Find out more and apply before the closing date on 7 November:
https://www.victa.org.uk/victa-calendar/navigating-the-transition-to-post-16-education-and-beyond/

02/10/2026

We've been sent this event by a VICTA young adult Phoebe who is involved in the project. If you are local to Manchester and aged 16+ years you can check out this free event Saturday to Tuesday! Phoebe is running a creative workshop and has provided audio descriptions.

Common Frequency: Explore a free exhibition on the transformative power of music – curated by the adidas Originals Creator Network North cohort

Find out more here:

Explore a free exhibition on the transformative power of music – curated by the adidas Originals Creator Network North cohort