{"id":44537,"date":"2022-11-07T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-collaborates-with-calm-to-bring-mental-wellness-tools-to-players-workforce-and-fans\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:00:12","slug":"fifa-collaborates-with-calm-to-bring-mental-wellness-tools-to-players-workforce-and-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-collaborates-with-calm-to-bring-mental-wellness-tools-to-players-workforce-and-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA collaborates with Calm to bring mental wellness tools to players, workforce and fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, November 7, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>All players, workforce personnel and 25,000 volunteers at upcoming FIFA (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">www.FIFA.com<\/a><\/em>)<em> tournaments will receive free Calm subscriptions; Fans will get access to heavily discounted offers for Calm, the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation; Collaboration supports FIFA\u2019s commitment to raising awareness of the symptoms of mental health conditions, promoting action for better mental health<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has announced that Calm (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.calm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">www.Calm.com<\/a>) \u2013 the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation \u2013 will be the \u2018Official Mindfulness and Meditation Product\u2019 of the FIFA World Cup 2022\u2122, FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup 2023\u2122 and FIFAe Nations Cup 2023\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>Calm and FIFA join forces to bring tools to support mental health to the global football community ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022\u2122 kick off in November. As part of the collaboration, all players, coaches and training staff participating in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s World Cups will receive free Calm subscriptions to help them prepare for matches, as well as the FIFA workforce and the thousands of volunteers who support and facilitate the biggest football events on the planet. What\u2019s more, in order to ensure that the entire global football community has access to Calm\u2019s mental wellness tools, fans will receive 50% off subscriptions via exclusive offers prior to the FIFA World Cup 2022 and other FIFA events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMental and physical health are equal partners in the combined well-being of a person, and care for both must be seen as integral in caring\u00a0for the footballing family,\u201d said Andrew Massey, FIFA\u2019s Director of Medical. \u201cAs a sporting community, we need to create an environment that better supports mental well-being and mental health. The well-being of footballers at all levels of the game has always been and will always be the top priority of FIFA, as can be seen with this collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to team up with FIFA, bringing mental wellness tools to the global football community,\u201d added Fergal Walker, Calm\u2019s VP Partnerships. \u201cThis is just the beginning of our work together, and we\u2019re excited for what\u2019s to come as we integrate mental health into football, for players, for staff and of course for the fans.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>FIFA is committed to using football as a tool to support mental health globally through its #ReachOut (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3zPu7lz\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3zPu7lz<\/a>) campaign, designed to raise awareness of the symptoms of mental health conditions, encourage people to seek help when they need it, and take actions every day for better mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, Calm has helped countless members find an overall boost in their mental well-being &#8211; be that from better sleep or an increased sense of mental health. Calm user studies have proven the effectiveness of Calm content \u2013 84% better mental state, 81% less stress, and 73% better sleep quality reported by regular users of the app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Calm subscription offer, Calm and FIFA will collaborate on creating mindfulness content intended to help members of the football community \u201cfind their calm\u201d on matchdays and beyond. This will feature a series of webinars and educational online sessions aimed at the football community, including FIFA\u2019s 211 member associations, exploring how mindfulness is crucial to the well-being of high-performance athletes, gamers, workforce and fans. FIFA and Calm will be inviting any professional within the game who has struggled with mental health to come and be part of this unique collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/fifa-collaborates-with-calm-to-bring-mental-wellness-tools-to-players-workforce-and-fans?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, November 7, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212; All players, workforce personnel and 25,000 volunteers at upcoming FIFA (www.FIFA.com) tournaments will receive free Calm subscriptions; Fans will get access to heavily discounted offers for Calm, the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation; Collaboration supports FIFA\u2019s commitment to raising awareness of the symptoms of mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}