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Zainab the mermaid

I want to share with you all about Zainab’s birthday party at VR Therapies. Many people have shown great interest in how the community came together for Zainab and how she is doing, as well as what our centre is all about. The media didn’t quite capture the full magic and it is essential to […]

Please sign & support Northamptonshire charities

These groups provide services to our most vulnerable. This is about our community, our families – and as 80% of disabilities develop later in life – this could very well be about you.

VR therapies on the BBC

This surreal experience deserves a blog post of its own. In the most surreal exchange so far, I answered the phone to the BBC. At first I thought it was the local radio station, BBC Northants and I was happy to be invited to talk…. but then they began to ask if I was in […]

Underwater VR in a hot tub??

LAST WEEK WAS SO EXCITING The underwater VR headsets finally arrived! So far I’ve tested them in a hot tub and in flotation pools, with a range of underwater scenes which I’ll show you in the second video. Here’s an un-boxing video cause apparently that’s just the done thing now. The next step was obviously […]

VR therapies & dementia

New blog post about how we use VR therapy to help people with dementia.

Career VR workshop with WorkTree

Today VR therapies attended its first event in collaboration with WorkTree. This amazing charity, which combines over 1,500 volunteers, helps young people work out their futures by simply answering their questions about our jobs. It is inspiring to both us and them. I’m the one right next to the sign with a very pretty necklace if […]

Easy Read VR article

This great article was suggested to me by Lewis, who works with children with special needs in Northampton. It’s made by BBC newsround so it is targeted towards kids and young people – but the simplicity of this article is great for newbies too. It talks about the different uses of VR and how it […]

Great British Entrepreneur Awards Nomination

Good afternoon Rebecca Gill, I’m contacting you from the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Congratulations, you have been nominated to enter the Awards by Sharon Rai. Each year during the application process, we reach out to our community and ask for them to nominate inspiring entrepreneurs in their network. Your nomination is a real testament […]

UNEXPECTED INSPIRATION

I love charity shops and carboot sales, especially in little villages… I love all the old volunteers in the shops and the bad jokes from traders. I could get all poetic about the treasures you find and memories touched but I’m not a poet so I wont. Instead I am going to share some unexpected […]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

At VR therapies, accessibility is obviously one of our passions and always has been. We’re determined to increase accessibility for people with disabilities, not only within VR but all areas of technology and healthcare. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people […]