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Jill Daley

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Jill Daley
Born1976/77
OccupationRadio presenter

Jill Daley (born 1976/77) is a Scottish broadcaster, model and journalist who lost her sight at the age of 19 to a condition called diabetic retinopathy.[1][2] She presents The Daily Lunch, a weekday lunchtime show on Glasgow's Insight Radio, a radio station for visually impaired listeners.[3] Daley worked as a blind adviser for director Eleanor Yule and producer Oscar van Heek for the film Blinded. Yule and van Heek intend to make a film about Daley's life.[4] In November 2014, she appeared in an episode of BBC Radio Scotland's Skin Deep discussing beauty and body image issues for people with sight loss.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jill Daley". RNIB's Insight Radio.
  2. ^ "Blind Injustice". The Scotsman.
  3. ^ "13 Questions: Jill Daley". Ouch!. BBC. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Blind Injustice". The Scotsman.
  5. ^ "Skin Deep, Jill Daley". BBC Radio Scotland. BBC. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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