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.
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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.
Jigsaw announced as new charity partner for Start Solar in two-year commitment
Jigsaw, the charity dedicated to supporting youth mental health, is thrilled to announce that it has been selected as the charity partner to Start Solar, the leading renewable energy specialist.
This exciting two-year collaboration aims to raise awareness and funds to support the vital mental health services that Jigsaw provides.
Launch of Colours Climb with Gaelforce Events
Colours Climb invites individuals to unite with their family, friends, classmates, club members, teammates, or colleagues in a collective effort to take on a walking or hiking challenge, all while wearing your favourite colour, uniform, or jersey.
Return of popular Donegal Art Exhibition
Jigsaw were delighted to partner with Mind your Melon for the much-anticipated relaunch of their successful art competition and exhibition.
Young people from secondary schools and Youthreachs across Donegal collaborated to encourage young people to explore their mental health through art. From the 21 January to the 2 February, the entries were featured in public exhibition at An Grianan Theatre. A prize-giving event was then held to celebrate all the young people who took part in the competition.
Christmas hours
We hope that you have a peaceful and safe Christmas break.
If you or someone you know requires urgent care over the holidays, please get in touch with a service. You can find a list of available services here: https://jigsaw.ie/need-urgent-help/.