"I am delighted to be joining the Board of Mental Health Resource, where I can use my business and creative skills to support the fantastic team enabling the improvement of mental health provision in the Tunbridge Wells area.

I spent most of my career in international marketing and since retiring, I achieved my ambition to take an MA in Creative Writing and publishing a book of poems.

My passion for mental health wellbeing stems from both professional and direct personal experience. I am a listening volunteer with The Samaritans and my immediate goal is to support the charity mental health sector in plugging the gaps in social care provision".