MoWaNa

Mowana Safe Space is a peer led community-based service to support people who are experiencing loneliness, homelessness, Domestic Violence, emotional or suicidal distress. Mowana stands for Mona Vale, Warriewood and Narrabeen. The Community-led Safe Space is a ‘drop in’ style place that offers a non-clinical alternative to acute, clinical services such as emergency departments. Our Community-led Safe Space provides a warm, welcoming environment in which to reduce distress. It is staffed by our Mowana CARE Companions (MCC) who volunteer their time and may have had their own lived experience of suicide, Mental Health issues, DV or have supported someone else in crisis, or who have been bereaved by suicide. This means they are better able to connect with others through the mutual understanding that comes with meaningful shared experience.