Jonny Benjamin

Mark S. Bonham

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1987 -

Occupation

Activist, Entertainment

Notable Achievements

MBE

Description

Mental health and suicide prevention campaigner, film producer, public speaker, writer and vlogger. Notable for having launched a social media campaign called Find ‘Mike’ to search for the stranger who talked him out of taking his own life in 2008. Producer of films about mental health. Presented a BBC Three documentary (2013) for their mental health season, 'It’s A Mad World'. Producer at Postcard Productions. Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (2016).

See Also

• Documentary Filmmakers From the LGBTQ Community
• Mental Health Advocates from the LGBTQ Community

Further Reading/Research

• http://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38477747/jonny-benjamin-how-i-went-from-suicide-attempt-to-mbe
• http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/jonny-benjamin
• https://www.youtube.com/user/johnjusthuman

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