REDDITCH runner Bryan Mori will take on next year’s London Marathon to support a cause close to his heart, writes Isabel Matthews.
The small but national charity VICTA helps children and young adults with sight loss by giving them an opportunity to engage in sport on their terms, whether for fun, social connection or competition. The charity strives to show how sport can be inclusive and wants to ensure every child has the chance to participate and thrive.
Bryan said: “I am quite an active person – as well as the running, I play football and believe everyone should be able to have the opportunities to take part in sport.
“This is why I think VICTA and the work it does is so important.
“I want to raise as much money and awareness as I can for this charity as no child should have to go through this and helping by giving them new opportunities with the money that gets donated.
“Any donation, big or small can go a long way.”
Each day, four more children will be diagnosed with sight loss and one in three will suffer from dominant feelings such as depression and other mental health issues.
VICTA wants to give them opportunities everyone else has when it comes to sports and life skills.
For blind and partially sighted young people, involvement in team-based activities can be positively associated with social acceptance and a sense of belonging.
VICTA provides family activities which support and empower families with a vision impaired child through shared experiences and young achievers’ activities for families with children aged up to 10 who have just received a vision impairment diagnosis.
The charity also helps fund pre-teen and youth activities for 10 to 17-year-olds, which offer hands-on learning and support personal growth in fun, safe and supportive environments and young adult activities which support the development of life skills and the transition into adulthood and the workplace
Visit: 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/bryan-mori for more and to donate to Bryan’s page.
