This February, we invite you to wear RED for someone close to your heart.
Heart disease is still Australia’s leading cause of death and affects families and communities around the country.
REDFEB is a month dedicated to raising awareness for heart health and raising much-needed funds for research.
Can you help us fund life-saving breakthroughs keep families together for longer?
Getting involved is as simple as wearing RED and donating.
So who are you wearing RED for?
How to show your support
Sign up and fundraise
Get your friends, families, or colleagues together, wear RED, and help raise awareness and funds!
Wear RED & donate
Donate to help fund life-saving research into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease.
Join the conversation online
Wear red, tell people why, and start a conversation about heart health.
Share your RED on Facebook or Instagram, tagging @HeartResearchAustralia and using the hashtags #wearredanddonate #REDFEB #HeartResearchAustralia #researchsaveslives #heartdiseaseawareness.
Ways you can fundraise
Choose how you’d like to fundraise for life-saving heart research during the month of February. Get creative!
Host an event at your home, in your community, school, or at your workplace to raise money for a heartfelt cause.
Set yourself a goal to run, swim, bike, give up an unhealthy habit… it’s up to you!
“Heart Research Australia saved my life, and for that, I will be forever grateful. I’m proud to be an ambassador supporting the incredible work they do.”
Alessandro Pavoni
Executive Chef and owner of Ormeggio at the Spit, Chiosco, a’Mare, Postino Osteria, and Cibaria in Sydney
About Heart Research Australia
Heart Research Australia funds world-class and emerging researchers who are working on a range of life-saving projects to identify better ways to detect, treat and prevent heart disease. Your support helps us continue to fund more research projects that can change the devastating impact heart disease currently has on families and communities.
$36.7 million
in research activities funded by Heart Research Australia to date
20 research projects, PhD grants and equipment funded in FY24
Stent treatment trials funded by Heart Research Australia have helped dramatically reduce death rates from Heart Attacks at Royal North Shore Hospital and are now standard practice.
Over 450 million in digital reach spreading life-saving education on heart disease.
See the amazing photos from previous events!
Honour those close to your heart. Raise money for life-saving research, raise awareness for heart disease and help keep families together for longer.
Donate today to create breakthroughs in heart disease
Heart disease affects 2 in 3 Australians and still remains our leading cause of death. But you can help.
By making a donation to Heart Research Australia, you can help fund exciting and world first studies into Heart Disease. And together, we can make breakthroughs in heart disease happen.