Angela Merriott

Angela is the mother of two grown-up children. Whilst her children were young, Angela gained a BSc in Psychology with the Open University. In her working life, she has been committed to improving the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our society. She has worked in a Legal Aid law firm, as a volunteer mental health advocate and also as a befriender in her local community. Angela has Bipolar 1 and is well-acquainted with most aspects of this condition. She has experienced many episodes of profound depression and also hypomania, manic psychosis and one prolonged mixed affective state. Angela enjoys singing in a community choir, gardening, camping and hill-walking.