Archive Monthly Archives: December 2015
“Myro and the Secret Agent”
Children’s Author Nick Rose who has written a series of books based on the adventures of Myro “The smallest plane in the world” has released a new book as a free download and is backing Victoria. Nick met Victoria student and Myro fan James Hillier recently and decided to release his favourite unpublished story and […]
Read moreShiva Project
For those that may have missed the recent Radio Solent feature on the incredible work that the SHIVA Project has encompassed, you can now listen to it in full on YouTube. The three minute segment features Mark Mosely, our environmental control specialist along with other key personnel who have worked very hard to deliver this […]
Read moreCo-op supports VEC
The Co-Op store in Southbourne has been collecting over the past year on our behalf as their chosen charity. Today Alec and Holly from our Horizons unit popped in for a presentation of the funds by Jo from the shop. A fantastic £650 has been collected and we would like to thank the staff and […]
Read moreRiding Therapy
Many of our students benefit from weekly visits to the Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy in Bransgore. The Centre’s mission is to enable horse-motivated students with special needs to relate more successfully to others and to have greater and more appropriate control over their own lives. Well, we’ve heard that one of their special horses […]
Read moreAll Saint's Harvest Supper
A cheque for a brilliant £700 has been presented to Head Teacher Simon Brown and Sue Stratis by The Rev Charlie Boyle. The money was raised at this year’s Harvest Supper held by All Saint’s Church, Branksome. Tobi’s Mum and Dad, Alice and Femi, were also at school having kindly laid on a lunch for […]
Read moreBuckholme Towers
We would like to thank Charlie Wagstaff and the staff and friends of Buckholme Towers School in Parkstone who very generously chose Victoria to benefit from their Charity School Ball this year. The ball was held at the Haven Hotel in Sandbanks on the 27th November. Charlie reports that the evening was a fabulous success […]
Read moreMoney raised for Livability and Victoria.
Nigel Adams (husband of nurse Hollie) has raised £750 for Livability and Victoria. Nigel fulfilled his lifelong dream of taking part in a skydive, also managing to lose three and a half stone to reach jumping weight. The jump took place at Salisbury airfield. The Funds are going towards purchasing a table football game and […]
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