Category: News
Levels of distress remain significantly high
In 2024, over 4 in 10 young people accessing Jigsaw’s services presented with high levels of mental health distress.
Tipperary Jigsaw address the Elephant in the Room
The team in Jigsaw Tipperary welcomed Rocky the Elephant into their hub for a 2-month stay as part of the Elephant in the Room Movement.
Five-a-side fun for a good cause
Now in its 5th year, the Cocoa Cup 5-a-side football fundraiser, organised by Lindt Chocolate, took place in the Astro Park in Coolock.
Kellie Harrington attends launch of The Grand Tour 2025
The Double Olympic Champion came to lend support to the 40 motorcycle riders travelling the country in aid of youth mental health.
Dublin to host IYAMH 2026
The International Association of Youth Mental Health Conference will take place at Dublin’s Convention Centre from November 25th to 27th, 2026.
M&S donate €150k to support youth mental health
Marks & Spencer Country Director Eddie Murphy has presented Jigsaw with a donation of €150,000 to help support the mental health of young people around Ireland.
This week marked one year since Jigsaw and M&S entered into our exciting partnership.
Under the banner, ‘Together we’ve got this’, the 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.
The last 12 months have seen a range of initiatives across areas such as in-store fundraising, staff training and public awareness campaigns. With over e150k raised to date, the partnership is due to go from strength to strength over the next 2 years.
How to manage exam stress
Exam stress impacts everyone. Learning how to manage it is essential to success and well-being at school.
As part of Jigsaw’s new schools programme Neart, the team has produced a podcast which provides tips and advice on how to understand and manage the stress of exams for students and parents.
Listen here
In this episode, the Neart schools team talks to Dr. Kim Lombard from Jigsaw, Catríona Rodgers and Eoin Houlihan from the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, Áine Lynch from the National Parents Council, Joe Leonard, principal of Cross and Passion College in Kildare, and Cian and Katie from the National Comhairle na nÓg.
We discuss the impact exam stress has on young people and families, how parents can recognise when a young person is experiencing a worrying level of stress, some practical ways parents can support young people, and possible avenues of further support for both young people and their parents.
The Neart Youth Mental Health Podcast is brought to you by Jigsaw, The National Centre for Youth Mental Health, and the Department of Education and the National Educational Psychological Service.
Information on the organisations and supports mentioned can be found here: Exam Stress Episode resource
A general list of supports for parents & guardians can be found here: Parent & Guardian Support List
To sign up for the Neart Parent newsletter and access further supports, register here: Neart Parent Registration
For more information on Neart visit www.jigsaw.ie/neart
Starbucks Easter donation drive
Starbucks are running an Easter Donation drive this weekend in aid of Jigsaw.
The coffee chain will be giving customers a chance to donate to Jigsaw and support free therapy for young people who need it.
Justin McDermott, Fundraising Manager at Jigsaw, explains:
“This Easter weekend our partners Starbucks Ireland are running a donation drive across all their outlets in Ireland to support our free therapy and support services for children and young people, aged 12-25. So we are asking you to do these three things to support.
- Connect with your friends
- Grab a coffee in your local Starbucks
- Donate to Jigsaw
“You can also donate online to support this drive, to do so visit www.jigsaw.ie/GiveAtEaster“.
VHI Women’s Mini Marathon SOLD OUT!
We’re excited to share that over 40 amazing supporters have already signed up to take part in this year’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon on Sunday, 1st June 2025, as part of our Run for Jigsaw campaign!
Run for Jigsaw is our national fundraising series supporting youth mental health, proudly sponsored by Incredible Socks. Together, we’re stepping up for young people across Ireland—and the Women’s Mini Marathon is one of the biggest highlights of the year.
The event is now completely sold out, but don’t panic—we’re working on securing more tickets, so stay tuned. We’ll share updates as soon as we can.
If you are interested in taking part in this event and would like to be put on our waiting list for a ticket, please email Steven at steven.short@Jigsaw.ie
A huge thank you to everyone who’s already joined Team Jigsaw. Your support means the world, and we can’t wait to cheer you on in June!
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