Sarah Wootton

Sarah Wootton is the chief executive of Dignity in Dying, one of the highest-profile political campaigns in the UK today, calling for greater choice and control at the end of life including the option of safe, legal assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults in their final months of life. Sarah has also established and is chief executive of Dignity in Dying’s partner charity, Compassion in Dying, which informs and empowers people around their existing end-of-life rights through free Advance Decisions, an Information Line and now, a Big Lottery-funded advocacy project. Previously, Sarah led campaigns at the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Family Planning Association, and was a founding trustee of Abortion Rights.