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She has honorary degrees from the University of Bath in 1998 and Liverpool John Moores University in 2002 and is a Fellow of University College London.

' Devout Sceptics ' ( BBC Radio 4 ) won a Sandford St Martin Trust award for religious broadcasting, and the children's novel ' The Voices of Silence ' won a New York Public Library citation and was shortlisted for a Gold Medal in the State of California.

She has won special awards for journalism from charities including CRUSE.

In the nineties she was involved in the establishment of a new literary festival in Bath, and introduced the first ever ' performer ', Ted Hughes, in 1996.

From 2002 until 2011 she was involved in charitable fund-raising in Bath, as Chairman of The Egg Appeal ( to built a dedicated theatre for young people ), as President of the Royal United Hospital appeal to built a new NICU ( Neonatal Intensive Care ) unit, and as Chair of the 2010 appeal to refurbish the Theatre Royal Bath.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of that theatre.

Mooney is also Patron of Teenage Cancer Trust ( South West ) and National Family Mediation.