Meg Munn - Early Life

Early Life

Munn went to Mundella Primary School on Mundella Place in Norton Woodseats then the comprehensive Rowlinson School on Dyche Lane in Jordanthorpe, Sheffield from 1970 to 1977, (the site became Norton College Campus of Sheffield College, but the old school transferred to Meadowhead School across the road in 1988).

She studied languages at the University of York receiving a BA (Hons) in 1981, later gaining an MA in Social Work at the University of Nottingham in 1986. Munn later gained a Certificate and Diploma in Management Studies from the Open University and in 2012 became the first MP to be awarded Chartered Manager status by the Chartered Management Institute.

She worked as a Social Work Assistant for Berkshire County Council from 1981–84; as a Social Worker for Nottinghamshire County Council from 1986–90, becoming a Senior Social Worker from 1990–92; as a District Manager for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Social Services from 1992–96, as Child Services Manager for Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council from 1996–99; and Assistant Director of City of York Council Children's Services from 1999–2000.

She joined the Labour Party at fifteen, and was a Councillor on Nottingham City Council from 1987–91. Munn was on the Barnsley Regional Board of the Co-operative Group, the UK's largest co-operative society, and the management committee of Wortley Hall, a national co-operative conference centre. She was elected President of the 2006 Co-operative Congress She is a member of USDAW and the Co-operative Party.