Free mental and physical health coaching app launches

A new health coaching app has just been launched to help residents aged 50 and above to improve their mental and physical well-being.

Holly Health, a digital health company, is offering free mental and physical health coaching for Lewisham and Southwark residents.

Holly Health will provide residents with a year’s free access to its app-based coaching platform. 

It uses habit recommendations like ‘Check in with your hunger’ and offers educational videos and exercise guides to encourage users to stay on track with their health goals. 

After a 12-week pilot, the new programme has launched in partnership with Age UK Lewisham and Southwark. 

The launch comes following new research that shows 50 per cent of of adults aged 55 and older experience mental health conditions, and by 2035 two-thirds of adults over 65 will have two or more long-term health conditions.

Grace Gimson, chief executive at Holly Health, said: “We’ve been able to see the overwhelmingly positive pilot outcomes and are looking forward to taking this further with the partnerships we’ve formed.”

(Picture: Southwark council)