Jacobs are promoting and celebrating resilience by sponsoring four submariners to take on the world’s toughest rowing challenge
Jacobs and the U.K. Royal Navy’s unique historical connections date back several decades.
One of our predecessor companies helped develop the Mulberry Harbours used in the Normandy landings during World War Two and our engineers and physicists have supported the Navy’s nuclear submarines ever since the first boat was designed in 1958.
Now, we’re adding mental health and resilience to the areas we collaborate for mutual benefit.
Jacobs’ One Million Lives mental health check-in tool is being used by the Navy to champion resilience among service personnel, helping them to get a better understanding of their current state of mind and providing proactive strategies for personal mental health development.
To raise awareness of this joint campaign, we’re sponsoring the Royal Navy’s smallest vessel, HMS Oardacious, in the world’s biggest rowing challenge – an unsupported race across the Atlantic Ocean.
The boat’s original crew of four submariners became the fastest serving military team to complete the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on their first attempt in 2019 - 2020. Two of founding team are taking part in the 2022 challenge with the other two members taking part for the first time.
Jacobs is helping to fund the crew’s next three entries into the annual 3,000-mile race from the Canary Islands to Antigua, starting in December 2022. As part of the effort to champion the issue of mental health, the crew has a target to raise $1.4 million for mental health charities by 2025.