Harnessing the power of sport for wellbeing and community reintegration
Harnessing the power of sport for wellbeing and community reintegration
The IPP is about using sport and exercise and participating in community adaptive sports to achieve life goals and is so much more than training to compete at international sporting competitions. While some of our participants will strive to represent Australia at the Invictus Games, this is a very small percentage of the participants in the program and is not the main focus of the IPP. The IPP is motivated by the spirit of the Invictus Games to harness the power of exercise and sport to inspire recovery and wellbeing. The program aims to assist participants with their social-psycho and wellbeing goals and includes activities that welcome the family members of participants also.
UniSA is proud to support the physical, psychological and social wellbeing of our returned service men and women and first responders through the Invictus Pathways Program (IPP). This global-first Invictus Pathways Program provides participants with access to a range of wellbeing activities in the community as well as allied health services, including:
"When you think there are no new ideas in the field of health, wellbeing and sports programmes for ill and injured military personnel, along comes something novel to blow this out of the water. The work at UniSA’s Invictus Pathways Program supported by MESHA, is truly world leading and including an occupational therapy capability is a great enhancement to this inter-disciplinary student-led program" - Martin Colclough OBE, Programme Advisory Board Member, Invictus: Endeavour Programme
"UniSA’s Invictus Pathways Program (IPP) is a great student-led initiative to deliver exercise based program to current/former serving ADF personnel and first responders. It focuses on mental as well as physical fitness to improve the well-being for the participants" - David Wiseman, Co Founder of Peak State Mental Fitness
Program Lead: Invictus Pathways Program
Mr Jason Bryant
e: Jason.Bryant@unisa.edu.au
Co-ordinator: Invictus Pathways Program
Mark Reidy - Currently on leave
Invictus Pathways Program General Email
Postal address
University of South Australia,
P2-05 Playford Building,
City East Campus, Frome Road,
GPO Box 2471
Adelaide, SA, 5001