Archive: My Journey from Despair to Hope - Jonny Benjamin MBE (Photos)
MONDAY 23 JULY 2018

In July 2018, Mill Hill was honoured to welcome Jonny Benjamin MBE who spoke to a group of over 100 people about living with mental illness. 
Jonny told the group his story from childhood through to his diagnosis of schitzoaffective disorder and that fateful day when he was talked down from a bridge by the kindness of a stranger. 



Jonny inspired everyone in the room to try to ensure the channels of communication are always kept open and that the stigma of mental illness be no more. 
The work he is doing around the world to this effect is incredible and the impact on those who attended his talk will hopefully be a lasting legacy.


Links for useful agencies are given below.  

Please contact Mill Hill Cares if we can be of any further assistance in this area.

Kooth (Online support for young people)

Mental Health First Aid

Mind

Rethink Mental Illness

YoungMinds

MQ (Mental Health Research)​

Jami




 

ABOUT JONNY BENJAMIN

Jonny Benjamin MBE is an award-winning mental health campaigner, film producer, public speaker, writer and vlogger.

At the age of 20 he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar, and later began making films on YouTube about the condition that have been watched by hundreds of thousands of people.

Jonny speaks publicly about living with mental illness and has written articles and given various interviews on TV, Radio and in print around the world to help educate and break stigma. He has also produced and presented documentaries on BBC Three and Channel 4 on the subjects of mental health and suicide.


His recently published book "The Stranger on the Bridge – my journey from despair to hope" included a foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge. 
 
He is passionate about improving mental health education for young people, their parents and educators, recently founding a charity ‘Beyond Shame, Beyond Stigma’ to raise funds to support programmes working in this area.

Read more here:
Jonny Benjamin - Mental Health Campaigner
 
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