Royal Navy partners with health app Headspace to improve mental wellbeing

Serving personnel, along with Reservists, members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Navy civil servants and 3,000 families of sailors, will be able to benefit from the mindfulness service.

It comes following work by the Royal Navy Health and Wellbeing team to partner with Headspace. From today, sailors and marines will be able to access the full Headspace library which can help with stress, sleep, meditation and mindfulness.

Rear Admiral Jude Terry, Director People and Training and Naval Secretary, said: “As an employer we talk a lot about the resilience and wellbeing of our whole workforce and their families. For years we have focused on physical resilience but not paid much attention to mental wellbeing.

“You will have seen that we have improved this over the last 18 months or so and I am delighted to support the next stage in this process.

“Headspace has the potential to improve the mental fitness of the while Royal Navy family by providing unique tools and resources to reduce stress, build resilience, increase movement and aid better sleep.

“This is one of the many initiatives the Royal Navy is introducing to improve the lived experience of our team; enabling empowered, individual access to health and wellbeing support services.”