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Key Details

Organisation Name

Expert Self Care Ltd

Location

2 Cossins Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 7LY, UK

Website

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eMHIC Member Status

Trailblazer

At a Glance

Description

HeliOffshore Wellbeing is a digital app supporting mental health and wellbeing for offshore helicopter engineers and staff in high-pressure, safety-critical environments.

Implementation Status

Scaling implementation

Launched on 16 February 2026, the app is available globally on the Apple App Store and Google Play. It is free to download and use, and is accessible to all offshore helicopter operators at no cost.

Target Population

Helicopter Staff

Offshore helicopter operators and their staff

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Initiative Overview

The Current Gap

The offshore helicopter sector is high-risk, safety-critical, and fast-paced. While flight crew wellbeing has gained attention, onshore engineers, mechanics, and logistics staff face hidden pressures, working in harsh conditions with tight deadlines and heavy responsibility for passenger safety. Stress is driven by shift work, fatigue, financial concerns, and job insecurity, compounded by stigma and a culture that discourages help-seeking. HeliOffshore Wellbeing addresses this gap with an industry-endorsed, clinically guided app tailored to these workers. It provides confidential support for mental health, stress, sleep, finances, relationships, and workplace challenges, encouraging early help-seeking and reinforcing a proactive safety culture.
HeliOffshore Wellbeing shifts the industry from reactive crisis management to proactive, preventative support in a safety-critical environment, framing mental health as both an individual and shared responsibility. Developed collaboratively with engineers and sector professionals, content reflects real-world needs, tone, and practicality. The app also guides employers on supporting staff, linking wellbeing with safety performance. Seed funding from an industry partner enabled global, free access for all operators, ensuring equity across organisations. Built on health literacy principles and clinically assured content, it combines scalability with credibility, supporting individuals while contributing to broader conversations on psychological safety, fatigue, retention, and workforce sustainability.

Our Solution

HeliOffshore Wellbeing is a global, clinically led digital health initiative supporting the mental health and wellbeing of offshore helicopter staff, particularly engineers, mechanics, and logistics teams in safety-critical, demanding environments. Co-created with industry partners and workforce input, it addresses pressures such as tight deadlines, harsh conditions, financial stress, and high safety responsibility. Launched on 16 February 2026 and free on iOS and Android, the app provides evidence-based support for mental health, stress, fatigue, sleep, finances, and workplace challenges, with guidance to relevant resources. Designed for scalable implementation, it offers confidential, sector-specific support, promoting early help-seeking, resilience, and a proactive safety and wellbeing culture.

Key Features

1

Sector-specific wellbeing content

Tailored guidance for offshore helicopter engineers, mechanics, and logistics staff in high-pressure, safety-critical roles.

2

Clinically assured, trusted information

Content developed and reviewed by healthcare professionals using evidence-based, health literacy best practice.

3

Free global access

Available worldwide on iOS and Android, free for all users and offshore helicopter operators.

4

Practical, mobile-first design

Simple interface enabling quick access to support topics during busy, demanding work schedules.

5

Holistic support topics

Covers mental health, stress, fatigue, sleep, finances, workplace pressures, and everyday wellbeing.

6

Employer and support signposting

Encourages early help-seeking and directs users to employer resources and external support services.

Collaboration in Action

Main Collaborators

  • Expert Self Care
  • HeliOffshore
Allaxa Aviation Psychology

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Key Learnings

Engaging a dispersed, high-pressure workforce and ensuring relevance for often-overlooked onshore roles required co-design and feedback. The app also needed to address stigma, maintain a supportive tone, and balance global accessibility, clinical credibility, and industry alignment. Success relied on strong partnerships, quality assurance, and scalable design, keeping the app free and easy for operators to adopt.
Co-design with the workforce to ensure relevance and trust, especially in safety-critical sectors. Use simple, mobile-first design with clear, practical language. Secure leadership and industry endorsement to reduce stigma, keep access free and globally available, and align content with health literacy and clinical standards, framing wellbeing as a shared organisational responsibility rather than just an individual issue.
International collaboration was key, as the offshore helicopter workforce spans multiple countries but shares similar pressures and wellbeing risks. Partnering with a global industry body and stakeholders ensured the app was relevant, culturally appropriate, and scalable. It allowed experts to share knowledge, strengthened credibility, and supported consistent implementation across a dispersed, multinational workforce, fostering sector alignment, shared ownership, and collective responsibility for wellbeing.

Looking Ahead

Scale global adoption through operator partnerships, expand content, introduce structured evaluation, localise support resources, and develop a sustainable sponsorship model while maintaining free access and embedding wellbeing within organisational safety cultures.
We welcome collaboration with operators, industry bodies, and researchers on evaluation, localisation, and workforce wellbeing initiatives.

Resources

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