About Heart Support Australia
Our Vision
To improve the lives of Australians living with heart disease.
Our Mission
To provide hospital to home support, connection and engagement to ensure no-one faces heart disease alone.
Our Values
Respect for individuals’ needs and feelings.
Collaboration with professionals to build knowledge and pursue excellence in care and support.
Care and support to encourage individuals to achieve their maximum potential.
Inclusivity by recognising the individuality of people and by acknowledging their rights.
Equity of access to peer support for cardiac patients, regardless of their geographic location in Australia.
What We Do
Heart Support Australia is the peak national body providing peer support and advocacy for Australians impacted by heart disease.
Our peer support programs have helped thousands of Australians achieve improved physical and psychosocial health outcomes over the years. Our groups provide a safe space to receive education, discuss concerns, and increase social connectedness leading to improved physical and psychosocial health.
Heart Support Australia is the only organisation nationally to train and coordinate Hospital Patient Visitors to attend various hospitals around the country providing individual bedside peer support to those patients in need after a newly diagnosed heart condition or surgery.
Advocacy plays a big role in our organisation, with Heart Support Australia a respected consumer voice in the space of cardiovascular disease. We advocate to government or to other stakeholders to ensure consumers are heard on matters that them and their access to healthcare in the country.
Awards
Finalist Advocacy Champion – Health Industry Hub Catalyst for Change Awards 2024
Finalist NGO of the Year – Health Industry Hub Catalyst for Change Awards 2025
Finalist Outstanding Patient Campaign – Patients Australia Awards Gala 2025
