In Leeds We Trust: It was an honour to show Gary Speed's parents how much of an impact he continues to have

The ongoing social media blackout was something of a comfort, making it slightly easier to just forget that game ever happened.

We at the Trust, along with many organisations in English football, completed our social media blackout to raise awareness for online discriminatory abuse on Tuesday. We hope that the unified campaign will act as a powerful symbol that racism and discrimination of any kind in football will not be allowed to persist as it has for so long.

While we will continue to press the issue at every opportunity, the ball is now very much in the court of social media companies to find the solutions for the misuse of their platforms.

During the blackout, we had the pleasure of welcoming Roger and Carol Speed to Leeds and showing them the newly commissioned mural of their son. During their tour of the Showoff Design offices on which the mural was painted, Mr and Mrs Speed were presented with a framed picture of the mural to take home.

Gary Speed is of course such an important figure in Leeds to this day, and it was an honour to show his parents just how much of an impact he continues to have.

Creating these murals and recognising the past and present heroes of our club is some of the most rewarding work we do at the Trust, and we are delighted to be working on the planning of two more in the near future. The explosion of Leeds United related artwork we have seen so far around the city is a joy, and we will continue to work on projects to expand that.