Free to download, Manawa is a suicide, safety plan app for users to create their own survival plan to know what to do when things feel really bad.

It gives self-help coping strategies as well as ways to connect with whānau members, friends or professionals to help resolve a crisis.

Features:

✔️ Personalized safety plan.

✔️ Ways of identifying self-help coping strategies.

✔️ Option for adding social contacts, supporters and photos.

✔️ Links helplines for children & young people and help for specific issues.

✔️ Links to a guide for professionals or support people.

✔️ New Zealand app.

✔️ Plain language used.

✔️ Can email plan to yourself, your supporters or anyone else you choose.

✔️ Has emergency contact number.

✔️ No ads.

Things to note:

➔ The app does not collect medical information.

➔ You will need to create a personal login.

➔ Internet access is required to use the app and some of the linkages to advice and support.

➔ Once complete you will need to send the safety plan to your support people.