Healthy Lifestyles Program

PCYC’s Healthy Lifestyle programs aim to increase health outcomes through physical activity for people with a mental illness or addiction.

Healthy Lifestyles consists of two main programs: Health and Wellbeing and the exercise circuit add-on for the Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation (DARR) service, which is administered by St Vincent De Paul.

Programs are delivered in PCYC Clubs in Cairns, Edmonton, and Mareeba. Of the participants who fully completed two survey assessments, the majority saw improvements in their psychological and physical wellbeing.

Without a doubt, I have benefitted enormously from the PCYC Healthy Lifestyle programs. I have been able to get out and meet people and have started using the gym regularly. I was near suicidal when I began this program, and now I have purpose in life..

- Healthy Lifestyles participant