So about us…
Healthy Tasmania was created by sisters Lucy Byrne and Penny Terry.
After a childhood spent on a farm in beautiful Northern Tasmania, they each took off to 'the mainland', explored life overseas and then moved back home to live, learn and work.
During that time, Lucy fostered the more analytical side of her brain, while Penny fell deeply into her creative side.
Then, after two very separate careers (and over a glass of wine), they decided to combine their brains (and skill sets) and founded their multi-award-winning ‘for-purpose’ business, Healthy Tasmania Pty Ltd.
How our work has evolved
For close to ten years, Lucy and Penny worked together developing and delivering community health and wellbeing programs.
Along the way, something interesting happened. More and more people started wanting to know how they worked. They wanted to understand how Lucy and Penny built partnerships, made decisions, shared stories, designed programs, cut through systems and communicated clearly under pressure.
So their work naturally shifted.
Today, their focus is on capacity building through training, facilitation, mentoring, speaking, authoring and advisory services. Healthy Tasmania supports the leaders and teams who are shaping healthy, connected and community-led futures.
We’re a small team with a big heart, proudly based in Tasmania and working with organisations across Australasia who are trying to make a positive dent in the world.
Meet the team…
LUCY BYRNE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Lucy likes to be busy and get things done. A part of the community sector for 20 years, Lucy’s worked in youth justice, local government, higher education, research, and health promotion.
Her in-depth experience as a non-executive board director has shown her that having a solid strategic plan and effective corporate governance is always a good place to start.
Lucy loves working with our clients as she turns problems into plans, competition into collaboration, and plans into successful projects.
PENNY TERRY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Penny is always creating. She’s made it her career for more than 20 years working as a speaker, trainer, mentor, content creator, broadcaster and podcaster.
Penny is passionate about helping people and organisations see, share and value their own stories and has created a suite of simple tools that take the fear and risk out of speaking publicly, and having their voice heard.
Penny runs both group and individual mentoring programs, unique community-led storytelling programs, sets up organisational wide storytelling systems and continues to create nationally recognised content with three national award-winning podcasts on the go.
DR RACHEL BREEN
HEALTH AND EVALUATION CONSULTANT
Rachel is our behaviour change consultant and psychologist. Her passion is for helping people to be the healthiest they can be, and she has a particular interest in smoking cessation.
Rach also works part-time as a psych with the Education Department and brings her clinical insights and research knowledge to the Healthy Tasmania team.
ANGELA ARGYLE
BUSINESS MANAGER
Ange is our conductor, ensuring our business works in harmony and operations are smooth.
Angela combines a rich 25-year background in Financial Services, Operations, Business Development, Leadership, and Business Management with her passion for visual arts.
Partner Projects
Rachel Breen
Angela Argyle
Awards
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Healthy Tasmania
WINNER: ‘Best health and wellbeing podcast’ – headspace Launceston ‘Get Psyched’ – Australian Podcast Awards - 2021
BRONZE: ‘Best lockdown podcast’ – Women’s Legal Service Tasmania ‘Rule of Thumb’ – Australian Podcast Awards – 2021
WINNER: ‘Physical Activity Award’ – George Town Council ‘Healthy George Town’ – Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards – 2021
SEMI FINALIST: ‘Physical Activity Award’ – City of Hobart ‘Healthy Hobart’ - Community Achievement Award - 2021
WINNER: ‘Best Radio Program’ Women’s Legal Service ‘Rule of Thumb’ – National Community Radio Awards - 2021
WINNER: ‘Best New Radio Program’ – City Park Radio - ‘Health Speak’ - National Community Radio Awards – 2020
FINALIST: ‘Physical Activity Award’ – City of Hobart ‘Healthy Hobart’ - Community Achievement Award - 2020
FINALIST: ‘Physical Activity Award’ – George Town Council ‘Healthy George Town’ - Community Achievement Award - 2020
SEMI FINALIST: ‘Health Achievement Award’ – Healthy Tasmania - Community Achievement Award - 2017
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION: Active Launceston Active Kids Program - City of Launceston 2016
NOMINEE: ‘Health Achievement Award’ – University of Tasmania - Active Tasmania - Community Achievement Award - 2016
NOMINEE: Active Launceston -Tasmanian Aged Care Awards - Media, Marketing and Engagement Award - 2015
WINNER: University of Tasmania - Active Launceston - Whole-of-Community Involvement Award Winner - Medibank Active Tasmania Awards 2013
WINNER: University of Tasmania - Active Launceston – Community Achievement Awards Tasmania Finalist, Howrah Plumbing Community of the Year 2013
WINNER: University of Tasmania - Active Launceston - Active Tasmania Overall State Award – Premiers Physical Activity Council – 2009
WINNER: University of Tasmania - Active Launceston - Healthy Weight Program - Local Government Awards – Heart Foundation 2009 (including a national commendation award)
Lucy Byrne
WINNER: ‘Excellence in Health’ Launceston Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2022
FINALIST: ‘Building Communities Award’ - Launceston Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2021
WINNER: ‘Health Entrepreneur Award’ - Launceston Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award 2018
WINNER: Victoria University Alumni Award for Professional Achievement - 2025
FINALIST: Telstra Business Woman of the Year TASMANIAN - 2015
WINNER: Vice Chancellors Award for Outstanding Community Engagement - 2009
WINNER: Parks and Leisure Australia Awards for Student of Excellence in Recreation - 2000
Penny Terry
WINNER: Telstra Business Woman of the Year ‘Public sector and Academia’ Tasmanian - 2016
FINALIST: Telstra Business Woman of the Year National - 2016
WINNER: European Health Psychology Society: Conference presentation award - 2021
University of Tasmania: Dean’s roll of excellence – 2014, 2015, 2016
WINNER: Outstanding Business Leader, Business NSW, Orange Awards - 2022
WINNER: Business of the Year (Argyle Australian Saffron) - Central West Mummy Awards - 2021