Lucy and Gustav sit on stage with a large neon art piece and ornate decorative frame behind them. Lucy on the left has long red hair and is wearing a blue blazer, while Gustav on the right is wearing a grey T-shirt, black pants, and sneakers.

Lucy Edwards speaks in the rooms where culture changes.

Lucy Edwards is the speaker global brands, cultural institutions and decision-makers call when they need the room to feel something real — and leave with something useful.

She is an award-winning blind broadcaster, founder, author and BBC-trained journalist whose work sits at the intersection of disability, grief, technology, beauty and cultural change. On stage, she brings emotional honesty, intellectual authority and broadcast-grade confidence — the combination that has taken her from Apple to Downing Street, from Cannes Lions to Brilliant Minds in Stockholm.

Audiences don't just feel moved. They leave with a changed standard.

Lucy’s keynote was more than just a speech - it was an immersive, experiential journey that challenged and inspired us. Lucy brought to life the real commercial value of diversity and inclusion, while reminding us that this work is about much more than business - it's about reshaping the future of our industry for everyone.

Thank you, Lucy, for your honesty, your power, and your vision.

D&I in Grocery

Invited to rooms that matter

Lucy shakes hands and engages in conversation with Oprah who wears an orange blazer.
Lucy and UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer are standing and talking in a formal room with elegant decor. Kier is wearing a white shirt and the Lucy is wearing a black dress from Sandro
Lucy and her husband Ollie chat with King Charles

Lucy has shared stages and rooms with world leaders, global CEOs and cultural icons — interviewing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street for International Women's Day, being presented to The King during his visit to Apple's UK headquarters at Battersea Power Station, and being introduced to Oprah by YouTube as one of the UK's most prestigious creators. She has spoken at Cannes Lions alongside Forbes' Accessibility 100, and at Brilliant Minds alongside Malala Yousafzai, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell.

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Lucy wears a pink co-ord and sits on a wicker chair next to golden retriever Molly on the stage at Cannes Lions

Keynote Topics

Available as keynotes, fireside chats, away-days, and panels.

In-person, virtual, or hybrid.

  • Losing your sight isn't the end of the story — it's where the real one begins. Lucy shares the raw, unfiltered reality of navigating a world that wasn't built for her, and how she turned every obstacle into fuel. This talk will leave you rethinking what resilience actually looks like.

  • Diversity tick-boxes aren't inclusion. Lucy cuts through the corporate noise to deliver honest, actionable insight on what genuinely disabled-inclusive workplaces look and feel like — from hiring to culture to the everyday stuff nobody talks about.

  • You can't lead everyone if you've only ever designed for some. Lucy challenges leaders to go beyond good intentions and build something that actually works — for every employee, every customer, every human in the room.

  • 1.3 billion people worldwide live with a disability. That's not a niche — that's your biggest untapped market. Lucy breaks down exactly what brands lose when they get accessibility wrong, and what they gain when they finally get it right.

  • Lucy speaks on a panel with a huge Meta logo behind her. Miss Molly sits at her feed.

    Meta International Women's Day panel

  • Lucy and head of accessibility at Apple Sarah Herrlinger sit on red chairs engaged in a discussion on stage at South by Southwest

    SXSW & Apple

  • Lucy wearing a dark green, sparkly dress with ruffled hem from Vampire's Wife, holds a cane and a microphone, standing on a stage with a movie title for 'The Gray Man' projected behind her.

    Netflix x RNIB The Gray Man Premiere

  • Lucy sits on a stage with a large sign reading "The Big Event" including a speech bubble and a flower icon. Her interviewer is holding a notebook, Lucy has guide dog Molly lying beside her. They are engaged in a conversation.

    Motability: The Big Event

Get in touch with Lucy

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