
Sara Livadeas
Chief Executive Officer, The Fremantle Trust
Speaker's biography
Sara Livadeas is a qualified Social Worker with 30 years of experience working in social care. Having worked for Oxfordshire County Council as a commissioner and latterly as a provider of care services she has a deep understanding of the pressures and opportunities that exist in the sector. She has a strong interest in policy but is grounded in service delivery. While working as Strategy Director for the Orders of St John Care Trust she oversaw the development of new care homes.
In 2015, Livadeas ran a voting campaign to encourage people living in care homes to vote in the general election. Her current role is Chief Executive of The Freemantle Trust, a not-for-profit provider of support for learning disabled and older people. She is a strong advocate for social care and is an enthusiastic tweeter where she regularly challenges the imagery used to portray older people with her #nomorewrinklyhands campaign.