DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING FANS FOLLOW MODIFIED STADIUM TOUR

On Friday, Sept. 23, the deaf community celebrates "International Day of Sign Language. September 24 in turn has been 'World Deaf Day' for years. To celebrate this holiday, Club Brugge Foundation together with 'Deaf Club Brugge Fans', the fan club for deaf and hard of hearing Club fans, organized an adapted Stadium Tour for deaf and hard of hearing fans at the Jan Breydel Stadium.

The fan club 'Deaf Club Brugge Fans' aims to make the soccer experience at Club Brugge accessible to deaf and hard of hearing Club fans. Since its founding in March 2022, this fan club already has more than 80 members.

No fewer than 50 deaf and hard-of-hearing fans and their families registered for the fan club's first official activity. Together they experienced an adapted Stadium Tour, accompanied by a Club Brugge guide supported by a Flemish Sign Language interpreter. So they too could soak up Club Brugge's rich history in a 90-minute tour full of interesting facts and anecdotes.

All the important places were visited: the Club Museum, the dressing room, players' home, tunnel, of the main field, security tower, the lodge building and much more.

"Club Brugge works tremendously on the theme of inclusion and often plays a pioneering role in this thanks to their many projects and events. This adapted stadium tour for people who are deaf or hard of hearing is another great example of this. The fans and their families could thus enjoy a super interesting stadium tour together, but it is also an opportunity to get together with their community and further fraternize over a drink offered by Club Brugge Foundation in the bar of the stadium." - Tim Van Landuyt, Deaf Club Brugge Fans.