Jonny Benjamin MBE & Neil Laybourn Award winning mental health campaigners & public speakers
About Jonny & Neil Jonny Benjamin MBE and Neil Laybourn give talks and present What followed was an emotional meeting and the beginning on the topic of mental health to groups and organisations all of a journey where both men united to campaign around the around the UK. issues of both mental health and suicide, which is now the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. The pair are award winning mental health campaigners - their journey together began in 2008 when Neil talked Jonny out of The story of their journey was made into a TV documentary, taking his own life by jumping from the edge of Waterloo Bridge The Stranger on the Bridge, which aired on Channel 4 in in London. Jonny had just been diagnosed with schizophrenia 2015 and had a meaningful impact on millions of viewers. and depression and was extremely unwell. Neil’s interaction The documentary has won a number of awards and is saved his life but the two were soon separated when the police currently being aired internationally. intervened and took Jonny away to be sectioned. After a private meeting with Prince William and the Duchess 6 years later, in 2014, Jonny launched a campaign on Twitter of Cambridge in March this year, the pair were invited by the to fjnd and thank the man who had stopped him taking his Royal Foundation to represent the ‘Heads Together’ charity in own life - #FindMike - it became a global news campaign that running for the 2017 London Marathon. reached over 300 million people around the world and was Neil and Jonny have presented their story in a number of difgerent successful in reuniting the 2 strangers within a matter of weeks organisations all over the UK, some of which are listed below. from the campaign being launched. Jonny Benjamin MBE & Neil Laybourn – Award winning mental health campaigners & public speakers
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Our main charity partners Jonny and Neil are 2017 London Marathon Fundraisers for the Royal Foundation and Heads Together charity. Both are also ambassadors for major national charity Rethink Mental Illness. Jonny Benjamin MBE & Neil Laybourn – Award winning mental health campaigners & public speakers
Awards for Mental Health campaigning Jonny Benjamin MBE & Neil Laybourn – Award winning mental health campaigners & public speakers
Feedback from recent talks I thought your talk was incredible. I watch a lot of talks (and do a number myself) and yours was certainly one of the most It really was a moving and inspirational moving and poignant I have ever listened talk, which I know would have resonated to - don’t change it! with so many people. - David Wiseman, Royal Foundation - Jane Daniels, HSBC Thank you for both for sharing your truly inspiring story with us, it was an absolute honour to have you with us today. I know that my colleagues and I have been touched by your story and all of the work you are all doing to help others combat metal health concerns. It is very admirable. - Holly Clapton, Société Générale Jonny Benjamin MBE & Neil Laybourn – Award winning mental health campaigners & public speakers
Feedback from recent talks You touched our hearts and your words will stay with us forever. We brought our service users along from the hospital and they were blown away by your journey, they have so much admiration for you both, and we all choked back tears throughout your talk. - Liz Scott, NHS You have made a lasting impression on Goldman Sachs – I have had many colleagues tell me that your talk was the best that they have ever attended and as a result, many have volunteered to be Mental Health First Aiders and champions for mental wellbeing in their businesses. You are both having an extraordinary impact on mental health. - Sally Boyle, Goldman Sachs Jonny Benjamin MBE & Neil Laybourn – Award winning mental health campaigners & public speakers
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