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Diana Morgan-Hill is one of the UK's foremost wheelchair dancers. The former UK and international wheelchair tennis sportswoman rose to prominence in BBC3's Strictly Come Dancing spin-off, ''Dancing On Wheels. ''With her dance partner the Olympic swimmer Mark Foster, she reached the final dance-off to become runner-up in the series. Dancing On Wheels (broadcast in February and March 2010) was choreographed by Strictly's Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff, and judged by Ade Adepitan, Ola Jordan and James Jordan. Diana's appearances included BBC Breakfast TV, Gaby Roslin Show LBC and Able Radio. More recently (August 2012) she appeared as a guest on BBC Radio Solent's Julian Clegg breakfast show both before and after her performance in the London2012 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony. Diana continues to promote wheelchair dance and wheelchair sport throughout the UK and on an international level. Highlights include speaking at Dance Champions Summit, launch of Strictly Wheelchair Dancing in Manchester, participating as a Judge on the British Red Cross’s Dance for Life Campaign Events and MC of the first National Wheelchair Dance Competition in Birmingham.''

From 2003-2007 Diana was the CEO of the Limbless Association. She launched the ALI Fund in response to the plight of Iraqi war orphan Ali Ismail Abbas, a major national and international campaign that raised over £500,000 for the ALI Fund (Ali’s fund for the Limbless of Iraq) and the Limbless Association. As well as playing a major role in fundraising and worlwide media relations Diana was closely involved in Ali's pastoral care, with the help of her daughter who was of a similar age, caring for the trauma of expatriation, sudden loss of family alongside sudden severe disability. She edited the Association's Step Forward Magazine and, in association with Chelsea Football Club, she managed and developed a successful pan-disability football project in 23 schools across Southern England. This was extended to FE colleges throughout country. Diana's high-profile Parliamentary lobbying and campaigning resulted in her launching the National Help Bureau and National Help Line (2003) and the Annual Prosthetic and Orthotic Awards (2003). In 2004 she set up a Legal Panel with five law firms to provide sponsorship to charity and legal advice to members. Committee member, British Wheelchair Tennis Association. Associate Producer Tell It To Me Straight (Channel 4 DATE). Presenter Houseparty (Meridian TV DATE). Development Executive Topical Television, launching The General which later became BBC1's long-running City Hospital. 1989-93, Founder and MD MediaVision, an international press and publicity company providing media services to TV broadcasters and distributors in the UK and abroad Clients included Tiger Aspect, BBC, Primetime TV in the UK, NHK Japan, Protele Brazil and F Productions in France. 1984-1987 Press Officer Independent Television News (ITN). 1982-1984 Press and PR Manager, Channel 4 soap opera, Brookside, Mersey TV.

Jouralism: Editor, Step Forward, the Limbless Association's quarterly magazine. Freelance journalist for MIDEM, writing news and features about TV, Music and Publishing industries, working at conference markets in Cannes, France 1989-90/1995-8; Senior Editor, Television Business International 1988-1989; International Editor, Television Weekly 1988-1989; Deputy Editor,TV World 1987-1988; Press Officer, Independent Television News (ITN) 1984-1987; Press and Public Relations Manager, Brookside, Mersey TV for Channel 4 1982-1984; Freelance writer Wilmslow World. Features Editor, Bias, University of Nottingham’s student magazine 1979-1980.BA joint Honours degree in English and American Literature, Nottingham.

2012: Volunteer wheelchair dancer, Paralympic Opening Ceremony; Executive Member of Strategy and Development board for The Arvon Foundation; Volunteer visitor for The Limbless Association. Consultant XXX Films, Diana Morgan-Hill Life Story. An autobiography is in the final stages of editing.

LINKS: Video: You Tube, Fan Tribute film to Diana You Tube, Wheelchair dancing with Boris Johnson Internet: WOW Woman On Wheels Blog Blackbird Digital Books, Paralympic Games press coverage