Practical Sensory at Priestley Smith

23/04/2024

Try climbing with 4x Paraclimbing World Champion and VICTA Patron Abbie Robinson! If your child is aged 10 to 17 years and has a vision impairment you can apply to join us for this free taster session on Saturday 4 May 2024, 2 to 4pm in Coventry. The session will take place at the fantastic Climbing Wall facility, part of the Warwick University campus.

Applications for this free session close this Friday so make sure you get your applications in this week!

Find out more and apply here: https://www.victa.org.uk/victa-calendar/warwick-climbing-day/

06/04/2024

Please share! The places for the weekends are now going fast please spread the word as we would like to reach as many children as possible to benefit from our activity weekends.

06/04/2024

Are you working with babies or toddlers? Have you seen the resources on Little Amber from Amber Trust ? These are specifically designed to help parents to support their child.

Little Amber was setup to give practical help to parents of blind babies.We have specially designed 48 fun and colourful activity cards to help you engage with your child.

03/04/2024

Changes to how Disabled Students’ Allowance works are intended to make the system work better for disabled students. Lucy Merritt analyses what’s changing and where the sticking points could be

03/04/2024

02/04/2024

More have a go days from BBS

Male participant enjoying one of British Blind Sport's Have a Go Days.

02/04/2024

TPT has some great advice on applying for DSA for students heading off to university

Applications for student finance loans are now open, which means you can also apply for the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) if you are a full time undergraduate student.

To find out more about the DSA and the new streamlined process, visit Thomas Pocklington Trust’s Student Support DSA webpages which go into detail about the DSA application process and how it can support you during your studies.

https://www.pocklington.org.uk/education/university/dsa/

[Image description: A young female student with a pile of books in front of her, holding a book, smiling and looking up]

02/04/2024

This is a really useful video on changing Cane tips, that is worth sharing with students and families

14/04/2023

Just over a week to go until the London marathon where my youngest, Stephen Broadze, will be running on behalf of Guide Dogs for the Blind. If you’ve already donated- thank you so much- we really appreciate it. If you haven’t donated, but would like to, the link is below. No gift is too small, every Penny is appreciated. Think of me next Sunday, hurtling from checkpoint to checkpoint, trying to stay ahead to cheer him on!! 🤣

Help Stephen Broadley raise money to support Guide Dogs

26/01/2023

It's UCAS deadline day! Are you applying to a new course? You'll find lots of uni-related resources on the Student Portal. Plus, VICTA Young Ambassador, Natalia Foster, shares her top 5 tips for navigating UCAS and starting university as a student with a vision impairment: https://victastudents.org.uk/ucas-starting-university/



UCAS University of Birmingham

19/11/2022

Some of these are great

Great ideas from !

More on proprioception: https://www.theottoolbox.com/proprioception-sensory-activities/

18/11/2022

Have you starting thinking about Christmas presents for a child with vision impairment?
Have you seen 3doodlers?
Great for 3D construction.

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/arts-crafts-and-music/arts/3d-art/3doodler-start%2b-essentials-pen-set/p/