8 Weeks waiting time to access jigsaw services in Donegal
A Donegal TD is describing the waiting times to access the Jigsaw youth mental health service in the county as extremely worrying. Sinn Féin TD for Donegal, Pearse Doherty, has called on the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly to urgently engage with the service to provide a solution.…
Lidl invests more than €18m in community groups in North West
The Lidl supermarket chain has invested more than €18m in the north west and employs 170 people in 10 outlets. That’s according to Lidl Ireland’s 2019 Impact Report. Lidl says that in Sligo, €7,509 has been raised for Jigsaw, the supermarket chain’s national charity partner, which provides services to young…
Jigsaw mental health service unlikely in Sligo/Leitrim this year
Demands for a new youth mental health service to be expanded to the North West are unlikely to be met THIS year. Mental heatlh advocates in the region have been calling for the Jissaw Service to be expanded to Sligo and Leitrim. But this is unlikely to happen in the…