“It has really profound positive impacts.”
Sailing into Wellness, an organisation for those with mental health issues and those recovering from addiction was founded as a small pilot project in 2016.
Since then, it has secured funding and support from Social Entreperneurs Ireland, and it now helps dozens with drug and alcohol problems to develop skills and build confidence through sailing each month.
Based in Cork, Sailing into Wellness was established by James Lyons, one of Ireland’s most experienced sail training professionals and Colin Healy from Mallow who overcame addiction and mental health problems through sailing.
“I come from a sailing background and sail training is my profession and passion. I had been working on an ad-hoc basis with guys and girls who have been in addiction recovery for a number of years,” Lyons told TheJournal.ie.
“The inspiration to develop the stand-alone project was my co-founder, Colin Healy. He comes from an addiction and mental health background, he’s a person who had been through all the services himself. Sailing had a really profound impact on Colin and he wanted to share that with others.”
Source: Hayley Halpin, The Journal.ie, 17/03/18
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