National Centre for Youth Mental Health CLG
Registered Charity Number: 20064846
About the Charity
We are Jigsaw, the youth mental health charity, and our mission is to achieve better mental health outcomes for young people (Aged 12 – 25) by delivering therapeutic services, promoting youth mental health and mobilising community and societal change.
What our grant will help to fund
Jigsaws current model can support just 67% of Ireland’s youth population – but with the help of Movement for Good, we can reach 100%. We will utilise technology to create a Streamlined Access Point into Jigsaw, which will facilitate better, singular access to a greater suite of mental health services for young people, regardless of their geographical location or economic means.
This project will realise better mental health outcomes by offering:
- 7+ digital service offerings and in doing so, reduce the burden on our in-person teams.
- increased capacity, with a target to grow 49% by the end of 2024 (to 49,850 sessions offered)
- reduce waitlist for first appointment by approx. 60% (from current average 1,800 weeks to 720)
‘We are so genuinely delighted to be have been awarded a Movement for Good Grant. This wonderful support will ensure that we can best utilise technology to provide access to a greater suite of mental health services for young people (aged 12-25) in rural or isolated communities across Ireland. Ensuring that Jigsaw will be there when young people when they need us regardless of their geographical location’.
Justin McDermott, Fundraising Manager, Jigsaw
