Sue Peters

Information Line Support Officer

I am a trained, practising counsellor and, apart from general counselling for a broad range of issues, I have extensive experience of working with carers in different parts of the country. As well as that I have been a volunteer for Cruse for the past two years, supporting bereaved people. I have found this work very moving and rewarding.

I have also worked as an adviser and debt counsellor for the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, providing a broad range of information to enquirers.

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Telephone: 0800 999 2434

Sue is available to respond to enquries on end-of-life rights between 11am and 3pm, Monday to Friday.

Sarah Wootton

Chief Executive

Before joining Compassion in Dying, Sarah was Head of Communications and Change at the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) where she helped to change government policy on pay, pregnancy and flexible working. Partly as a result of Sarah's strategy to put sex equality issues at the forefront of policy making, family policy is now a key media debate and political battleground. Before that at the Family Planning Association (FPA), Sarah worked to get sexual health beyond HIV and AIDS on to the Government's agenda.  She raised the FPA's profile and strengthened its campaigning arm, winning six industry awards in the process. Sarah was a founding trustee of Abortion Rights and a long-term board member of the Women's Resource Centre.  Sarah is also Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying.

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Davina Hehir

Head of Legal Strategy and Policy

Davina is Compassion in Dying’s senior policy advisor.  She is responsible for developing Compassion in Dying's policies on end-of-life care, and for managing stakeholder relations.  Prior to Compassion in Dying, Davina worked for the BBC and the General Social Care Council.  Davina is also Head of Legal Strategy and Policy at Dignity in Dying.

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Philip Satherley

Research and Policy Officer

Philip is currently working on a systematic review of Advance Decision/Living Wills’ effectiveness and the development of the Compassion in Dying’s research agenda.  He previously worked as a healthcare researcher at Cardiff University and worked in the School of Nursing for over 9 years where he conducted primary research, scientific literature reviews and taught research methods.  Philip is also the Research and Policy Officer at Dignity in Dying.

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Tomasz Wlodarczyk

Director of Strategy, Operations and Fundraising

Tomasz is responsible for strategic planning, income generation, and the operational running of Compassion in Dying.  He has previously worked with St Mungo's and Friends of the Earth.  Tomasz is also Director of Strategy, Operations and Fundraising at Dignity in Dying.

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