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Category: News
Celebrating our Youth Advocate Volunteers
Jigsaw proudly marks International Volunteer Day by announcing its achievement of the prestigious Investing in Volunteers (IiV) quality standard.
Christmas Jumpers Campaign Launched
Get cosy for a cause this Christmas!
Jigsaw Success at Published Accounts Awards
Last Thursday, the 7th of November, Jigsaw took home 2 awards from the 47th annual Published Accounts Awards hosted by Chartered Accounts Ireland.
Jigsaw has been awarded:
- The Diversity and Inclusion Award in the Not-for-Profit sector
- Not-for-Profit – Large Group category
Both of these awards speak to the quality of Jigsaw’s annual report and recognise our work.
They acknowledge the impact that Jigsaw as a charity and service has had across the country, the robustness of our governance, and the honesty and bravery of those young people brave enough to share their stories.
Workplace Wellbeing tackled for World Mental Health Day
To mark World Mental Health Day, Jigsaw and M&S have come together to offer all M&S staff in Ireland mental health and wellbeing supports.
Neart Programme Announcement
Minister for Education Norma Foley is delighted to announce Jigsaw as the successful bidder to provide services to further support wellbeing and mental health in post-primary schools. The new programme will be called Neart – the Irish word for strength.
The tender, published in April of this year, invited suitable providers to work closely with the Department of Education over a three-year period to develop and deliver additional supports to enhance Student Support Team capacity to work with students, parents and school staff.
The new Neart programme, provided by Jigsaw, will provide learning opportunities for students that promote mental health and wellbeing as well as mental health webinars and e-Learning courses for parents and school staff.
The Department of Education believe that Jigsaw’s existing experience delivering initiatives supporting the mental health of young people across post-primary schools made them an exemplary partner in this new initiative. Their work will complement the supports already available in schools that include: the provision of guidance counselling, the work of the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS), as well as the existing wellbeing programmes and initiatives including the Student Support Team structure.
Launch of National Compliment Day
This Friday 27th September is our second National Compliment Day, a now annual fundraising event dedicated to using the power of compliments for action so that no young person in Ireland feels alone, fearful or forgotten. Jigsaw recently conducted a poll which showed over 30% of the young people we spoke to have not received a single compliment in the last month
Responding to increased demand
While our Annual Report, launched today, points to increased demand (up 7% on 2022) and a growth in the complexity of mental health presentations, it also tells the story of progress.
Youth Advocates Invite TDs To Discuss Mental Health
On Tuesday 25th of June 2024, 9 Jigsaw Youth Advocates invited their local elected representative to come and meet with them in Leinster House to discuss their concerns about the lack of resources and funding for early intervention and prevention in their local communities.
Aoibhe, a Youth Advocate for Jigsaw Dublin City, spoke to invited representatives about the need for more resources to support young people in schools, through early intervention and prevention and engagement at a local level with schools.
Marks & Spencer and Jigsaw announce partnership
We are delighted to announce a three-year partnership with Marks & Spencer (M&S). This partnership aims to raise capacity, reach, and accessibility of the help available to young people across Ireland struggling with their mental health through a series of fundraising and awareness initiatives.