Jonathon Coleman was born in the east end of London and brought up in Southgate. At the age of eight he went to Australia where he spent thirty years.

Jono Coleman has written for the Daily Star, OK Magazine plus Norwest Magazine and Upside Magazine. Jono also presented the Breakfast Show on BBC London 94.9FM and the Breakfast show with Erika North at Heart 106.2 fm.

He has also appeared in the British television programmes, Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrities Under Pressure, I'm Famous and Frightened! and Have I Been Here Before?, Jono now lives in Australia with his wife Margot and their two children Oscar and Emily. The support Jono gives to the Society's awareness and fundraising campaigns has proved inestimable.