Jo Hardy

Jo Hardy is Parent Services Manager at YoungMinds, leading on parent engagement, parent peer to peer support, and YoungMinds’ award winning Parent Helpline.

Jo is a parent herself to two teenagers. Her youngest, 15, is transgender and is being treated by CAMHS following episodes of self harm and a suicide attempt. Her eldest, 19, has experienced significant mental health problems and psychotic episodes from a young age following the death of his father, and is currently an apprentice chef on Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Apprenticeship Programme.