Eoin McEvoy

Eoin McEvoy is a Youth Mental Health Advocate with Jigsaw and a final-year BSc Psychology student at University College Dublin. He is currently the Summer Intern at Jigsaw’s National Office and has volunteered as a Youth Advocate since the start of 2024. As a Jigsaw Youth Advocate, Eoin contributes to research, policy, and organisational initiatives, ensuring young people’s perspectives inform decision-making. He also serves as an Expert by Lived Experience on the Mental Health Commission’s Expert Advisory Group, supporting the development of new national standards for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Eoin is passionate about embedding youth voices and lived experience in the design of mental health services and policy, while advocating for accessible and effective early-intervention supports. He has contributed to presentations, consultations with elected representatives, media interviews, and community events across Dublin to raise awareness of youth mental health