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Do you have an interest in tactile art? Can you impress the VICTA team with your creative flair? Then what are you waiting for?
Louis Braille was a 19th-century French educator, and very importantly, the inventor of braille. To mark his birthday on 4 January, we celebrate #WorldBrailleDay to honour the braille code which has made written literacy accessible for individuals with a vision impairment. In celebration, VICTA launches its annual Braille Art Competition on this date every year. 2025 marks 200 years of Braille making this year’s competition even more special!
Entering the competition
The VICTA Braille Art Competition has 3 categories….
Category 1 – Braille Your Name (0 to 10 years)
The challenge for Category 1 is to make your name out of braille in the most creative way possible. You can be as creative as you like and use items found at home, it could be your favourite toys, mugs or oranges, the possibilities are endless!
Once you have completed your creation, ask an adult to photograph it and email your entry to activities@victa.org.uk. Please email your photo high resolution as a jpeg format. If it’s possible to post your art that’s even better as our judges will be able to feel your art! If you do send it in the post we advise you also email a photo to us before you post it. You can post your art to: VICTA, Braille Art Competition, Challenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DP.
The prize:
- 1st place will receive a £40 Hobbycraft e-voucher
- 2nd place will receive a £20 Hobbycraft e-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 2025
- 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 2025
Category 2 – Change and Adapt (10 to 29 years)
The challenge for Category 2 is to create a piece of braille art with the theme of ‘change and adapt’. Change and Adapt is the 2025 theme for British Science Week and we would like you to be as imaginative as possible. For inspiration: perhaps show us items that can be changed and adapted into something else, the changing seasons, or how recycled materials can be reclaimed for artwork. We can’t wait to receive your creations. There are some prizes up for grabs too!
Once you have completed your creation, either email us at activities@victa.org.uk or post the finished artwork to: VICTA, Braille Art Competition, Challenge House, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DP.
The prize:
- 1st place will receive a £40 Hobbycraft e-voucher
- 2nd place will receive a £20 Hobbycraft e-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 10 and 29 years on 31 January 2025
- 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.
- The competition closes at 5pm on 31 January 2025
Category 3 – Clarke’s Challenge
A brand new category for 2025, VICTA Patron Clarke Reynolds would like you to create a piece of braille art themed around the word Love. Watch the video below to find out more:
Once you have completed your creation, either email the results to activities@victa.org.uk or post the finished artwork 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 and young adults who are registered or are registrable blind or partially sighted aged between 10 and 29 years on 31 January 2025
- 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.
Group / School Entries
We are welcoming group entries from VI organisations or schools and colleges. Groups and schools can enter all three categories.
If you wish to submit multiple entries as a group, please email your creations to activities@victa.org.uk, or send your 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, and a named person to contact should you be successful.
The prizes
- The winning secondary school / college will receive a £50 Just Eat e-voucher so you can host a celebration
- 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 2025
- The VI organisation, school/college or resource base are able to confirm the participants entering as part of their group 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 2025
International Entries – CNIB
VICTA are delighted to invite participants from the CNIB to enter our Braille Art Competition. International entrants can enter all three categories. If you are in Canada and would like to enter, please contact Karen at the CNIB on Karen.Brophey@cnib.ca
