Active 10

This simple app, co-developed by Director of the AWRC Professor Rob Copeland and supported by Public Health England, helps you to do at least 10 minutes of brisk walking per day.

The video conference app of the moment isn’t just for meetings. It’s being used by fitness and exercise instructors all over the world to run classes during lockdown. Along with Skype, Facetime and other video apps, it’s also helping families and friends stay in touch – which is crucial for mental wellbeing. 

A large catalogue of yoga workouts from 10 to 60 minutes. Keeping moving and stretching when confined to home is important – and can lay foundations for live yoga classes when the lockdown ends.

For a quicker yoga session, this includes a seven-minute workout. It offers a studio-like experience in your own home.

This focuses on meditation – another aspect of wellbeing that can help you deal with stress and anxiety. The short sessions can be an integral part of your daily wellbeing routine.

Another good meditation app. Just 10 minutes of meditation could help you sleep more, stress less and live better.

Arrange a session with a CBT therapist over a secure video call. This could be helpful if you’re finding the crisis stressful or haven’t been able to access therapy in person due to social distancing.

Available as an app or a series of podcasts, this is a great way to go from sitting on the couch to running 5K in just a few weeks.

Once you’ve started Couch to 5K – or any regular walking, running or cycling – you can use this to track your distance, time, elevation and much more with your phone or activity tracker.

A great app for people who have a home cycle trainer. It allows you to go on a bike ride in a range of virtual locations from the comfort of your home. 

About the AWRC Wellbeing Accelerator

The AWRC Wellbeing Accelerator is a rolling programme running from April 2020 to March 2021 that will support startups, academics, and businesses working in wellbeing with mentoring, sector expertise and specialist facilities. 

Based in Sheffield Hallam University’s AWRC, participants will have access to world-class R&D capabilities that allow for rapid prototyping through to precision engineering, laboratories for product testing, support networks and a clinical research centre.

Find out the latest information and read more about our response to Covid-19 on our coronavirus impact pages.