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  • Date: Wednesday 18 June 2025
  • Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm
  • Location: Zoom
  • Cost: £5

VICTA is pleased to deliver this workshop in partnership with The Project Box. The session explores different routes into employment, beginning at school and work experience placements, through to early adult life. Its designed for parents who are starting to think about how best to support their visually impaired child with their routes into employment.  Teenagers aged 14+ are also welcome to join the session with their parents, to gather employment tips for themselves.

About The Project Box

At The Project Box, we’re passionate about empowering the next generation of talent. We’re a dynamic early careers recruitment outsourcing consultancy, partnering with top employers to design and deliver cutting-edge assessment and selection processes for apprentices, interns, and graduates. Our clients span a diverse range of industries – including accountancy, law, real estate, and FMCG- where we help shape the future of work.

Our talented team brings together the expertise of occupational psychologists, experienced recruiters, and professional coaches- all with deep roots in in-house recruitment. We’re also proud champions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Over the years, we’ve worked with inspiring organisations like VICTA and others that support young people in reaching their full potential.

Meet our presenters

Natasha Collett launched her career in 2000 as an HR graduate at Arthur Andersen, a Big Five accountancy firm. She quickly carved out a niche in graduate recruitment at Mercer and later led European graduate hiring for Barclays Capital (now Barclays Investment Bank). Eager to broaden her horizons, Natasha built and led the Graduate and Diversity Solutions teams at Stafford Long & Partners, where she delivered award-winning campaigns for clients like IBM, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, AstraZeneca, and the Bank of England. In 2011, she founded The Project Box (UK) Ltd to bring her expertise directly to clients with a fresh, independent approach.

Annabel Newell is a powerhouse career coach with over 30 years of experience, specialising in the Early Talent space. From leading early careers recruitment at Tesco, Norton Rose Fulbright, and Forvis Mazars, to guiding young people through pivotal career decisions, Annabel’s mission has always been to help individuals unlock their potential. Her personalised coaching style and deep market insight have helped countless future professionals craft their path, boost their confidence, and land meaningful roles. Her finger is always on the pulse of the latest recruitment trends—bringing real-time insights and practical advice to every session.

About the Session

This informative session is designed to help young people and their parents or carers understand what “employability skills” really mean and how they can be developed through work experience, extracurriculars, and volunteering. We’ll also break down the typical early careers recruitment journey, highlighting key stages and timelines so attendees know exactly what to expect. Whether you’re just starting to think about future careers or gearing up to apply, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to take those exciting first steps.

Please apply here!

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Details of your VI child

Please fill out the details for your child who has a visual impairment, although children are not attending this is required for our information and planning.

Supporting documentation

If your child is registered for their visual impairment, please include a copy of one of the following registration documents: - Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI) - Blind Registration Card issued by local authority - Letter from the local council confirming the person to be registered If the applicant is not registered, please provide: - a letter from an ophthalmologist confirming visual acuity. Please note, applications cannot be processed without these documents.

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Declaration, privacy and consent

To be signed by the applicant. This form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA should any of the information in this form change. a. I agree to to take part in VICTA's activity and have read all the information sent to me. b. I acknowledge the need to behave responsibly at all times during the activity. c. I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA's organisers should any information contained on the form or personal circumstances change. By signing this form you consent to VICTA using the information supplied for the purpose of administering the named event. All the information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and made available only to those staff working with the participant. We may need to share your details with third party suppliers in relation to this activity. Contact information will be retained and used for marketing of other relevant services. I give consent for VICTA to carry out the following in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998) and to store my personal information on VICTA's database and/or any other suitable system.