Create

Capture the world through your eyes – write, blog, perform, sculpt, dance, paint, film. Don’t let your vision impairment hold back your creativity.

Create

Capture the world through your eyes – write, blog, perform, sculpt, dance, paint, film. Don’t let your vision impairment hold back your creativity.

Create

Capture the world through your eyes – write, blog, perform, sculpt, dance, paint, film. Don’t let your vision impairment hold back your creativity.

Expressing my own creative vision in…

art & design

“Ever since I was little, I’ve had a passion to be creative. Being a young person going through sight loss and trying to tackle the visual industry isn’t an easy task, but one I strive to triumph.”

blogging

“I established ‘My Blurred World’, to share my experience of living with a degenerative eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa and raise awareness of disability and help others in a similar situation.”

vlogging

“Hi, I’m Emmy. I’m 18 years old and have a rare genetic condition called Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. I created my channel ‘Emmy’s VIP Life’ to discuss growing up with a disability, specifically visual impairment.”

Expressing my own creative vision in…

art & design

“Ever since I was little, I’ve had a passion to be creative. Being a young person going through sight loss and trying to tackle the visual industry isn’t an easy task, but one I strive to triumph.”

blogging

“I established ‘My Blurred World’, to share my experience of living with a degenerative eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa and raise awareness of disability and help others in a similar situation.”

vlogging

“Hi, I’m Emmy. I’m 18 years old and have a rare genetic condition called Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. I created my channel ‘Emmy’s VIP Life’ to discuss growing up with a disability, specifically visual impairment.”

What else is out there

Extant

Extant is a professional performing arts company of visually impaired artists and theatre practitioners, producing touring productions and delivering training.

Step Change Dance Studios

Step Change Studios is an award-winning, pioneering dance company committed to making dance accessible for everyone.

UCAN

UCAN Productions is a performance and creative arts cooperative run by and for blind and partially sighted young people between the age of 7 and 25.

Young Voices

The largest children’s choir concerts in the world!

The National Children’s Choir

The choir meets twice a year for residential courses, which give the singers the opportunity to work and live with their peers and form enduring friendships.

Rock Choir

If you love to sing, you’ll love Rock Choir! No auditions and no musical knowledge needed. It’s all about singing, fun, community, friendship and life-changing experiences.

National Youth Choirs Great Britain

National Youth Choirs run five auditioned choirs for more than 700 talented members from around the UK aged 9-25.

Razzamataz

Razzamataz Theatre Schools was established in 2000 and offers exceptional training in dance, drama and singing together with exciting opportunities to perform

National Children’s Orchestras

NCO is the only orchestral learning programme for younger children across the UK. They can give you your first experience of orchestral playing and help your realise your full creative potential.

National Youth Orchestra

The world’s greatest orchestra of teenagers.

Earn your Arts Award with VICTA

Arts Award

Explore your artistic and leadership talents and learn from the very best artists in their field, to create a show stopping piece which you can treasure forever. Not only that, you will get to meet other likeminded young people to achieve the Arts Award qualification together. Follow the link below to see what opportunities are currently available with VICTA.

Get creative with VICTA

VICTA Activities for 10-13s

Expeditions, international adventures, sports, art, wildlife… whether learning a new skill, taking up a new activity or going on an adventure, the list goes on…

VICTA Activities for 10-13s

Expeditions, international adventures, sports, art, wildlife… whether learning a new skill, taking up a new activity or going on an adventure, the list goes on…

Crafts to try at home!

Tie dye with Ruqaiya

“Hi, I’m Ruqiaya, one of this year’s VICTA Young Ambassadors and an art student. I’m also visually impaired myself and I’ll be talking you through, as descriptively as I can, how to tie-dye a t-shirt at home. If you give it a go, share your designs @VICTAUK or email students@victa.org.uk.”

Tactile Rocks!

Join the rock painting movement and spread the message of kindness to all by decorating and hiding tactile rocks! Once you’ve hidden your rocks, please share a photo with us @VICTAUK using #TactileRocks so that we can share your designs and help spread the tactile rock revolution!

VICTA talent!

Enjoy some of the performances from our virtual festival!

Fields of Gold, Summer Pearson

Eddy plays a set

Seven Seas by The Thunderbolts

Dance Monkey by Aya Alozoum

Like what you hear? Head to the VICTA Summer Festival site to listen to more performances and visit the art galleries.

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