HSE audit finds Jigsaw spent €72k on 'team development and wellbeing'

The audit also found that Jigsaw had a policy that gifts should be recorded as “office supplies” when documenting expenditure, while tips and alcohol were paid for using the charity’s credit cards. File image.

A charity which provides help to young people with mental health issues spent over €72,000 on “team development and wellbeing” including trips to adventure centres and Christmas parties in the space of just over two and half years.

An audit by the HSE found Jigsaw spent €72,383 on staff activities including indoor and outdoor adventure centres, workshops and staff celebrations including parties and presents between January 2016 and August 2018.