FC Barcelona celebrates the International Week of Deaf People and International Sign Language Day

Subsequent Wednesday 25 September, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is the venue for the 9pm CEST begin towards Getafe in La Liga, which can characteristic a really particular occasion as a part of FC Barcelona’s one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary. The membership is celebrating Worldwide Week of the Deaf, an annual occasion within the final week of September, and Worldwide Signal Language Day, which is on September 23.

There will probably be two key moments earlier than kick-off. First, deaf youngsters who’re members of the membership, in addition to youngsters from the Catalan Affiliation of Households and Folks with Deafness (ACAPPS), will accompany the gamers onto the sphere.

And a choir of signers made up of members of the Barcelona Deaf Cultural and Leisure Centre (CERECUSOR) and the Barça Deaf Supporters’ Membership, that are a part of the Federation of Deaf Folks of Catalonia (FESOCA), will exhibit to the gang and watching world how one can signal the Barça Anthem in signal language.

Social consciousness and innovation at FC Barcelona, united in working for variety, fairness, and inclusion

To have a good time 50 years of the Barça Anthem, this yr in signal language, the FC Barcelona Range, Fairness, and Inclusion Division, along with the Barça Innovation Hub, has launched a teaser marketing campaign and is looking on followers to take part.

Gamers from each the boys’s and ladies’s soccer groups, together with Jules Koundé, Marc Casadó, Sergi Domínguez, Jana Fernández, Marta Torrejón, and Ona Batlle, characteristic in a collection of movies which were shared this week on the membership’s totally different channels. They’re encouraging followers to comply with the subtitles on the stadium’s display screen and sing “Barça, Barça, Barça!” loudly, whereas concurrently elevating their fingers to make the sign that “everybody is aware of our signal.

Created by the Penya Barça del Centre Recreatiu i Cultural de Sords de Barcelona

The Barça Deaf Supporters’ Membership of the Barcelona Deaf Cultural and Leisure Middle created the phrase for “BARÇA” in signal language to establish and promote the crew identify to all signal language customers. They’ve gifted it to FC Barcelona for its use and promotion.

This collaboration was made potential by the assist of start-up Visualfy.

A membership dedicated to variety, fairness, and inclusion

That is the most recent of many actions by the DEI division arising from an settlement with ACAPPS, a non-governmental organisation that goals to signify and defend the rights of deaf individuals who talk orally, making certain their full participation and accessibility in all areas of life.

Different initiatives have included signing an settlement with the ONCE Social Group to advertise accessibility on the future Spotify Camp Nou, introducing a brand new ticket buying service for wheelchair customers, new tailored seats on the Palau Blaugrana, digital accessibility coaching for membership employees, the Quiet Hours undertaking on the Barça Immersive Tour and Barça Retailer at Spotify Camp Nou, in addition to the introduction of inclusive mannequins tp Barça Shops.

Barça Innovation Hub and funding in start-ups like Visualfy that foster accessibility

This marketing campaign has been supported by Visualfy, a start-up wherein Barça Innovation Hub has invested as a part of its new strategic route. Due to this collaboration, the platform is now a shareholder in numerous rising corporations, selling entrepreneurial expertise and capturing the worth of their development.

Visualfy was based in 2017 that gives options for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals in environments, together with houses, by Visualfy Dwelling, or public areas just like the Barcelona Supporter Companies Workplace, by Visualfy Locations. Recognised as successful story by the United Nations and the recipient of awards from the World Tourism Group, Visualfy holds patents for its providers in over 40 international locations worldwide

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