Sensory Discovery Pack for parents attending the complex needs play workshop

Early Years Sensory Discovery Pack

Apply for your pack ahead of our Parent Workshop – Sensory Play Discovery for Children with Complex Needs

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VICTA’s Early Years Sensory Discovery Packs are available for vision impaired children aged 0 to 4 years. To support those attending our workshop for parents of children who have complex needs, we have created a special pack available for application for children of any age. This pack is available to parents/carers attending the workshop only and applications for the pack will close on Tuesday 9 November, or while stocks last.
Please click here to apply for the workshop > 

The complex needs packs contain (subject to change):

  • Light-up spiky ball
  • Fibre optic lamp
  • Space blanket
  • Chiffon scarf
  • Egg shaker
  • Sensory chew
  • Exercise ball
  • Warmies lavender scented owl heat pack

To apply for a Sensory Discovery Complex Needs Pack you will need to meet the following criteria:

  • Be the parent/carer of a child who is registered or registerable as sight impaired/severely sight impaired and has additional complex needs.
  • Be a permanent resident of the United Kingdom.
  • Be attending the workshop on Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Please read our Terms and Conditions before you apply

  • Cost to parents: £10 per pack. This contribution is non-refundable.
  • Items included in the pack are to be used under adult supervision only – many of them are not toys but sensory items intended for adult led sensory play. Safety while playing and following age specific guidelines and relaying information to others using the pack is the applicant’s responsibility
  • Items may differ slightly to those advertised on this page and in the featured photography/videos. This is dependent on stock
  • Unfortunately we cannot take requests for specific styles/colours of the items included
  • The items are a perfect starting point to play. VICTA will not replace broken or damaged items that occur over the course of time. If you do encounter any immediate problems, please email parents@victa.org.uk for further information
  • Packs are currently limited, your application will be dependent on eligibility (at the discretion of VICTA) and stock levels. We will do our best to respond quickly to let you know if your application has been successful.

Apply for your Sensory Discovery Pack for Complex Needs

Please note, as we approach the end of our current stock levels, your application may be added to a waiting list. If we aren’t able to fulfil your order currently, we will let you know before payment is taken.

Note for applicants completing this form

After completion, if you have successfully submitted the form, you should receive a successful submission message. If you do not it may be because you have not completed a required field.

If you are having difficulty with the form, please contact the office on 01908 240 831.

Parent/carer details

Primary contact - parent/carer/guardian of the VI child.

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


We know, that with very young children, you may not have reached registration stage yet, however we will still ask for some form of documentation which helps us understand your child's eye condition. If your child is registered, or you have a letter from an ophthalmologist or your local authority outlining your child's eye condition/visual acuity, please upload a copy here. If you don't have any of these formal documents yet due to your child's age, we will consider a professional letter which refers to your child's eye condition such as a referral or appointment letter. We may contact you following your application to request this documentation. If you are unsure, please complete the form without it and then contact us at parents@victa.org.uk.

Terms and conditions

1) Applicants will need to meet the following criteria:
a: Your child is blind or partially sighted
b: Your child has additional complex needs
c: You are permanent residents of the United Kingdom
d: You are attending the Parent Workshop on Tuesday 26 November
2) Only one pack per VI child
3) Cost: £10 per pack (these packs are subsidised by VICTA, by adding a small contribution, more families can benefit from the service). This contribution is non-refundable
4) Items included in the pack are to be used under adult supervision only – many of them are not toys but sensory items intended for adult led sensory play
5) Safety while playing and following age specific guidelines is the parent/carers responsibility
6) Items may differ slightly to those advertised on this page and in the featured photography/videos. This is dependent on stock
7) VICTA cannot take requests for specific styles/colours of the items included
8) The items are a perfect starting point to play. VICTA will not replace broken or damaged items that occur over the course of time. If you do encounter any immediate problems, please email parents@victa.org.uk for further information
9) These packs are currently limited, your application will be dependent on eligibility (at the discretion of VICTA) and stock levels. We will do our best to respond quickly to let you know if your application has been successful

Declaration, privacy and consent

To be signed by the applicant.

I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA 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 offer.

All the information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and made available only to those staff working on the offer.

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 UK General Data Protection Regulations as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018 and related laws and to store my personal information on VICTA's database and/or any other suitable system.

Agreement to payment