Testimonials

We work with incredible clients and we couldn’t be happier that it seems the feeling is mutual!

Here’s some of what others have had to say about our work.

Client Feedback

  • “The City of Launceston have engaged the services of Healthy Tasmania since 2016 to deliver the Active Launceston project. Lucy is the founder and driver of this successful community-wide project that we have financially supported since 2008. With a strong knowledge of both the local government and community and health sectors, Healthy Tasmania are a professional, results-driven organisation that are dedicated to creating healthy and connected communities”

    Mayor Albert van Zetten, City of Launceston

  • “We have found Healthy Tasmania to be great listeners; they took the time to understand our service, our program and what we were hoping to achieve. They bring great strategic abilities with them, and high-level knowledge of the service environment including individuals, services, and funders, as well as the policy and governmental context.”

    Wayne Frost, headspace Manager, Launceston/Devonport

  • “We have now engaged the services of Healthy Tasmania on a number of projects where we are seeking to deliver better health outcomes for our clients, volunteers and staff. These projects span across workplace health and wellbeing, smoking cessation and trauma grief and loss support for children. The team at Healthy Tasmania have always been flexible, adaptable and sensitive to the mission and vision of our organisation. They have been able to connect us to new networks as our programs have pivoted to include more clinical services, as we respond to the increased complexity of issues our people are experiencing themselves or in their roles to support others. Healthy Tasmania offer us bespoke services that suit our needs, are based on evidence, and provide us with expertise and experience beyond our own resource whenever we need it”

    Stephen Brown, Chief Executive Officer, City Mission

  • "George Town Council engaged the services of Lucy, Penny and their team at Healthy Tasmania for project management, training and mentoring. With their support we have developed a successful evidenced-based, wholistic, community-wide health and wellbeing program for our community. Healthy Tasmania’s dedication, professionalism and long-term vision helped us to secure funding, upskill our staff and key stakeholders, provide resources and templates for easy implementation and will allow us to manage the project independently into the future. We found Healthy Tasmania to be reliable, available and fully engaged and we couldn’t have created Healthy George Town without their support"

    Shane Power, General Manager, George Town Council, Tasmania

  • "Healthy Tasmania Pty Ltd have an excellent reputation and having worked with them in both a collaborative form and in a fee for service way I can attest to their professionalism and level of quality is second to none. Their contribution to the community through their huge amount of programs for groups, organisations and individuals, mean it’s hard to convey just how much they do at a grass roots level, but also a high strategic/long-term focus level. Their work is always based on best practice and research and Lucy, Penny and their team are well-trained, educated and intelligent but most importantly so incredibly passionate about making the world a better place. Their efficiency and organisation is of the highest standard and if you want something done, well you go to these two! Their connections across government, business and community is exceptional and the trust the organisation has formed with any one they interact with, shows their professionalism, but also their compassion and humility."

    Bianca Welsh, Founder + Restaurateur

  • "I have known and worked with Healthy Tasmania through Lucy and Penny and have been so impressed with their reach and impact throughout the Tasmanian community. They have built a strong following and brand through the hard work and results focussed projects they take on. All projects they take on around tackling issues with solution driven goals and outcomes due to the depth of knowledge and the theory backing up their expertise in the promotion of good physical and mental health. They have incredible networks due to the respect they continue to build with every project they deliver on. I, personally, am a regular consumer of their podcasts and continue to use their tips and hints. The team at Healthy Tasmania offers a range of skills and their evidence-based approach ensures real outcomes, and their contemporary style ensures they will work with the community/clients in a manner that will suit them, again, allowing for a better chance of success."

    Kim Seagram, Chair and Co-Founder FermenTasmania, Board Director

  • "We can keep doing what we have done, if we want to keep lagging on health outcomes in Australia, or we can make a positive difference. The RFDS have worked with the team from Healthy Tasmania to start to make this positive difference in many rural communities including; Flinders and King Islands, Huon Valley and George Town. Healthy Tasmania has successfully worked in the areas of community consultation, program design and program delivery across health promotion, preventative health care and integrating primary health care. Using a strong evidence-based approach, a good understanding of the social determinates of health, reinforced by ongoing evaluation and process improvement, we enjoy our ongoing partnership with Healthy Tasmania due to their capability to deliver and their positive pro-active approach to their work"

    John Kirwan, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service Tasmania

  • "St.LukesHealth has employed the services of Lucy Byrne and Penny Terry for a number of our projects, primarily in helping to shape our Tasmanian Health Report. We found their knowledge, professionalism and expertise second to none, while being highly engaging and supportive. Healthy Tasmania is extremely passionate in helping to improve the social and economic health of the Tasmanian community and this was evident in the high quality of work that they delivered for us – their work is strongly aligned to St.LukesHealth’s motto of helping our members to “stay healthy, get well, live better and deliver peace of mind”.

    Paul Lupo CEO St.LukesHealth

  • "It was great to participate in a strategic planning and priority-setting session you recently conducted. I was appreciative and impressed by the professional, purposeful, respectful and ethical approach you took, and the outcomes achieved despite a complex agenda and large group. Thank you:

    Debra Kay, Health Consumer Representative, South Australia.

  • "Healthy Tasmania’s Penny Terry and Lucy Byrne are a brilliant example of local people leading action to lift the aspiration and performance of regional communities and business in Australia. Their enthusiasm and professionalism bringing together shared community and business interests is impressive, and a skill set of great value to those they serve"

    David Spear, Partnerships and Communications, Regional Australia Institute

  • "The Healthy Tasmania team have a genuine and authentic passion for creating connected and healthy communities. Their skilled and professional team takes the time to understand the issues and needs of communities and partners with holistic solutions designed to achieve long-term outcomes"

    Cameron McLeod, General Manager, Community Engagement, North Melbourne Football Club

  • "The City of Hobart has partnered with Healthy Tasmania in the development and delivery of the ‘Healthy Hobart’ program. The program successfully delivers free events offering a range of recreational and social opportunities across the City. The success of the program continues to be underpinned through the efforts of the team at Healthy Tasmania through their ongoing commitment to improving levels of physical health and social wellbeing within our community"

    Shannon Avery, Acting Manager of Parks and Recreation, City of Hobart

  • "CVGT approached Healthy Tasmania Pty Ltd with a desire to support improved mental health in the workplace but unsure of how to achieve it. Healthy Tasmania were able to quickly understand what we were trying to achieve and consult widely with their strong networks to develop an innovative and unique approach that successfully filled a gap in the community. The combined skills of Lucy, Penny and Hayden in project management, media and communications support, stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills is a unique attribute of their ‘for purpose’ company. CVGT have been impressed with their dedication and passion for their work and their ability to deliver. CVGT look forward to an ongoing partnership with Healthy Tasmania for the ‘Work is Mental ‘series"

    Alexis Smith, DES Manager, CVGT Launceston

  • "Healthy Tasmania is a proactive professional business that Sustainable Timber Tasmania engaged to review our physical and mental health check providers and service for our 149 employees. Healthy Tasmania assisted in writing a recommendation to move to a holistic approach to health and well-being which Sustainable Timber Tasmania has fully embraced. Healthy Tasmania delivered requirements in a timely manner and are an excellent subject matter source for us to draw on. The team has a variety of skills that complement each other and completely suit our needs. I am proud to say that because of Healthy Tasmania’s work, Sustainable Timber Tasmania is leading the way in the Australian forestry industry in our whole person approach to mental and physical health support. I would highly recommend Healthy Tasmania for any work related to the health of your employees and getting the best from them and working in partnership with organisations to make it happen."

    Steve Whiteley, CEO, Sustainable Timber Tasmania

  • "I couldn’t be more excited about this initiative by Lucy Byrne and Penny Terry. Having had the pleasure of working on projects with both of them, their combined intelligence, community spirit, capacity for being change makers, creativity and drive is an indomitable force for good in Tasmania and beyond"

    Dr Polly McGee

  • "[Healthy Tasmania] is great to work with. Lucy and Penny play to each other's strengths well and add an element of fun to what can sometimes be challenging or dry topics to work through. We would have no hesitation in once again accessing the services provided by Healthy Tasmania or recommending them to other organisations and individuals."

    Cornerstone Youth Services Employee

  • “Congratulations on what has been an outstanding contribution to improving the health and well-being of Northern Tasmanians. Our Clinical school was the beneficiary of your energy, vision, innovation and influential networking and modelling for our students the best exemplars of community leadership and engagement. Our University mission and indeed our successes are necessarily vested in our sense of place and the community we work with. Over the years, in the varied iterations championed by Lucy, and often against the prevailing political thought, your programs have expertly linked University and Community for the better. I wish you every future success”

    Kim Rooney, University of Tasmania

  • "We engaged Healthy Tasmania to deliver their 'Healthy Performance' program for our football club. To get Hayden on board (2019 - 2022) was such a bonus for me as head coach, and he went above and beyond what I thought was possible for our playing group. Our low injury rate was attributed to the strength and conditioning work Hayden did and for this I thank him very much. North Launceston finished on top of the ladder and won the 2019 Tasmanian State League Premiership."

    Taylor Whitford, Senior Coach, North Launceston Football Club

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Participant Feedback

  • "I feel this is a very important program as it provides opportunities for people to try new activities in a relaxed casual setting. Being a free service, it also allows those people in the community who are unable to afford the cost of joining a class, to improve their health and benefit from a group exercise program. For this reason it would be great if the program could be extended beyond the summer months"

  • "These guys (HT) are fantastic; out in local communities promoting positive physical and mental well-being and all the benefits that go along with that. In a time where active lifestyles need to be encouraged, these guys are out there doing it in Tasmanian communities. Great organisation doing great things for the people."

  • "Healthy Tasmania are a great local business to be involved with. They are motivated and positive change advocates that clearly just want the best outcomes for the Tasmanian community.

  • "Active Launceston connected a group of girls that we now meet regularly for holidays, meals, walks etc."."

  • "The Community Rapid Response Team (North) were grateful to have the opportunity to be involved with Healthy Tasmania. It was a great opportunity to have the vital work that we do within the community showcased."

  • "Joining in a group exercise program at set times each week which helps to promote physical and mental health and wellbeing."

  • "Thank you. the outdoor tai chi program is one I can do with my arthritis and was a gentle introduction to tai chi. I want to say it really helped me psychologically. I looked forward to it every week. thank you for running it!"

  • “It’s obvious your team are passionate about your work, delivering in a fun and relaxed manner and getting us connecting and working from the start. The delivery helped me to retain information.”

  • "Active Launceston is a fantastic program. I hope it continues on and is able to grow its programs to provide a healthy lifestyle environment for the people of Launceston."

  • "The program introduced me to different types of dance which I went on to pursue and enjoy."

  • "I did yoga in the park, the instructors were amazing! They made it fun and knowledgeable. It was so nice to be out in the sunshine clearing my mind and getting some movement happening. "

  • "I participated in the walk / run programme around 12-13 years ago, I went from not running to completing the Launceston 10 in under 1 hour!"