Jenetta Barry lost her 16-year old daughter to suicide several years ago on World Mental Health Day and has created this year in 2020, Jenny’s Day - a free online annual event in recognition of 10 October - World Mental Health Day.

Jenetta has had to walk the walk and talk the talk when it came to working through this devastating loss. She now wants to “share Jenny’s story and the difficult paths that she, her family and friends followed, that eventually helped her to research, apply and then promote a wider range of skills and abilities to address mental health issues and to encourage different ways of opening up discussions around depression and suicide.”[1]

Suicide is claiming the lives of close to 800,000 people every year - that’s 1 person every 40 seconds - and is the second leading cause of death for young people aged 15-29 years.[2]

Jenetta and her team are looking to birth this free online annual event that will build into a legacy for years to come to help others so they don't also take their lives as Jenny did.

The day will be available online on Facebook for anybody to attend.