Obituary: Gill Bickle

Optician is sad to report the passing of ABDO examiner and former board member Gill Bickle on February 3, 2025. Jo Underwood, founding principal of ABDO College, remembers her friend and colleague.

'It is with profound sadness that the death is announced of Gill Bickle after a bravely fought battle with cancer. We are all shocked and are still finding it hard to accept that someone so utterly full of life could be taken from us at the age of only 44.

'Gill began her optical studies at City & Islington College in September 2000, while working for EyeSite Opticians in Brighton. She qualified in June 2003 and immediately enrolled for the contact lens course with Association of Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) College, gaining her contact lens certificate in summer 2006.