'Welcome to My World'

The most important piece of research ever commissioned by our organisation was launched in May when we published the results of the My World Survey.

The first national study of youth mental health, it is a joint initiative between Headstrong and the UCD School of Psychology.

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 Also in this Issue

1. Groundbreaking survey launched on young people's mental health
2. American psychoanalyst talks about young people's experience of trauma
3. Developments in Jigsaw
4. Galway fundraising at Volvo Ocean Race
5. Jigsaw Meath has busy second quarter
6. Kerry fundraises and wins big
7. Community Awareness training launched
8. Busy Summer for Fundraising
9. Youth Advisory Panel News Update
10. News from Think Big
11. Headstrong Staff Update

Groundbreaking survey launched on young people's mental health

In May Headstrong launched the My World Survey, Ireland's first comprehensive national study of youth mental health, a collaborative study by Headstrong and the UCD School of Psychology. Read more ... 

American psychoanalyst talks about young people's experience of trauma

In June, Headstrong hosted a free open forum with Annie G. Rogers, a professor of psychoanalysis and clinical psychology at Hampsire Cllege in Amherst, USA at the Exchange on Dublin's Lower Gardiner Street.  

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Developments in Jigsaw

Project managers for four of the new Jigsaw sites - located in Donegal, Clondalkin, Tallaght and Dublin 15 - took up their roles on March 12th. And the Jigsaw Offaly project manager took up post at the end of May. All new staff have been getting up to speed with the work in their Jigsaw sites and connecting in with Headstrong and the team to finalise details on their implementation plans. Read more ...

Jigsaw Galway fundraising at the Volvo Ocean Race

Jigsaw Galway held a fundraising event to celebrate Galway's Volvo Ocean Race festival. Read more ...

Jigsaw Meath has busy second quarter

A busy second quarter for Jigsaw Meath included the following activities. Read more ...

Kerry fundraises and wins big

The Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) of Jigsaw Kerry enjoyed excellent success at the Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards on February 24th.  Read more ...

Community Awareness training launched

The Community Awareness strategy is an important part of Headstrong's work to change the way Ireland thinks about mental health. A new community awareness workshop entitled Supporting Young People's Mental Health has been developed drawing on the results of the My World Survey which will be used to target the natural supports in young people's lives - such as parents, carers, extended family and other figures in the community. Read more...  

Busy Summer for Fundraising

Summer 2012 has been a very busy fundraisning season for Headstrong. We are hugely grateful to all of those who organised events, donated and sponsored various events. Here is a little summary of what took place. Read more ...

Youth Advisory Panel News Update

Our Youth Advisory Panel assists Headstrong in a variety of ways. Here is a little update on some of the events the have spoken at, attended and organised. Read more ...

News from Think Big

Think Big is calling on young people to make the msot of their summer holidays this year and submit a project or idea to us. As an added bonus, four Think Big  projects submitted will be randomly chosen to receive a celebrity mentor from Donal Og Cusack, Sinead Kennedy, Paul Walsh and Johnny Sexton.  Read more ...

Staff Update

Since our last Newsletter in Spring, we have had number of changes in staff including three new people joining the team.  Read more ...