Colour Blind Awareness Day 2021 – TACBIS on social media

September 7, 2021

On Colour Blind Awareness Day (6th September 2021), TACBIS project partners European Football for Development Network, Colour Blind Awareness, the National Football Associations of Portugal, Iceland and Romania, as well as Oxford Brookes University and Danish football club Randers FC raised awareness for Colour Blindness and the implications it has on the beautiful game. Many EFDN members and other football and sport organisations joined the awareness-raising campaign.

TACBIS project

The TACBIS project consortium has organised a unique drawing competition for children across Europe for today’s Colour Blind Awareness Day 2021. The aim of this campaign is to highlight the issue of colour blindness from the viewpoint of a child, for whom drawing can be a challenge if the pencils/pens/markers do not have the colours written on them and to bring colour blindness to the attention of the participants, their parents, as well as club and foundation staff members.

Drawings of the professional footballers Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) and Billy Sharp (Sheffield United FC) will be turned into Christmas lights soon.

Visit our project website for more information, tips and resources: https://www.tacbis.eu

Winners 🏆

We have organised a drawing competition for children called ‘#ShiningALight on Colour Blindness’. Two drawings of players will be turned into christmas lights.

1⃣ @OfficialTM_3 – @AVFCOfficial 🏆#TACBIS #ColourBlindAwarenessDay pic.twitter.com/SFxzF3oW9f
— TACBIS (@TACBISproject) September 6, 2021

ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION

Well done to the winner of the Shine a Light on Colourblindness competition, Leo! 🙌💜

Your drawing of @OfficialTM_3 will now be turned into a light display to be displayed at a community location of your choice. pic.twitter.com/3kvwXZw48R
— Aston Villa Foundation (@AVFCFoundation) September 6, 2021

TYRONE MINGS (ASTON VILLA FC)

Love this. Well done, Leo! https://t.co/iv8GsCo7Y7
— Tyrone Mings (@TyroneMings) September 6, 2021

SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Colour Blind Awareness Day: An Important Platform For Promoting Colour Blind Awareness In Sport 👇 https://t.co/uymIBAgkAs
— Sheffield United Community Foundation (@CommunitySUFC) September 6, 2021

UEFA

🗓️Today is Colour Blind Awareness day! @colourblindorg

Did you know❓
UEFA made some changes so more people could enjoy EURO 2020?

📚 Find out about the changes we made to help tackle a condition which affects 300m people around the world! ⬇️ #ColourBlindAwarenessDay
— UEFA (@UEFA) September 6, 2021

DR. ADAM BIBBEY (OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY)

Further research findings (@hls_research @BrookesResearch) from our @TACBISproject investigating colourblindness in sport. Impact in sport, life and work + lack of provision. View here: https://t.co/MjwkV3nuLT #ColourBlindAwarenessDay @EuSport @EFDN_tweets #inclusion #TACBIS
— Dr Adam Bibbey (@DrAdamBibbey) September 6, 2021

RANDERS FC

I dag er det World #ColourBlindAwarenessDay 👁️🌍

Sammen med @TACBISproject, @EFDN_tweets, @EUErasmusPlus og @UniofOxford er vi med i et projekt for at undersøge, hvor udbredt farveblindhed er inden for fodboldens verden.#TACBIS #1in12 #inclusion https://t.co/1gbDhh1geQ
— Randers FC (@Randers_FC) September 6, 2021