Jigsaw: Volunteers pushing for mental health system change

Charity Jigsaw’s volunteers are aged 16 to 25 and they use their own experience to advise peers who struggle with their mental health

Dylan Kelly, youth mental health advocate with mental health charity Jigsaw pictured in Limerick City. Pic. Brian Arthur

Across Ireland, more than 150 youth advocate volunteers, themselves teens or young adults, are pushing for change in our youth mental health system. 

Aged between 16 and 25, they are volunteers with Jigsaw, the charity that offers a free and confidential mental health support service for 12- to 25-year-olds.