COVER Mental Health Forum: Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn keynote interview

From Channel 4’s ‘Stranger on the Bridge’ documentary

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Award-winning mental health campaigners behind #FindMike, This Can Happen and ThinkWell

Ten years ago Neil Laybourn walked past Jonny Benjamin, suffering from a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar, while he sat on Waterloo Bridge considering taking his own life. Neil's decision to stop to talk set in motion a series of life-changing events for them both. After losing touch for six years, Jonny's high-profile social media campaign (#FindMike) went global and the pair were reunited, forming a friendship which has since led to the creation of documentaries on both BBC3 and Channel 4, as well as influential work with charities such as Rethink Mental Illness and Mental Heal...

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