Listen to your heart and support the Heart Foundation Doorknock Appeal this September
During the month of September more than 110,000 kind-hearted volunteers will be knocking on doors for the Heart Foundation Doorknock Appeal.
The Heart Foundation urges everyone to listen to their heart and give generously to local volunteer collectors to help raise much needed funding to support critical research and community programs to improve awareness, prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke.
The Heart Foundation is an independent charity that funds life saving research, supports health professionals and promotes health in the community. Most of our funding comes from donations from the public and is essential to helping reduce the suffering and death caused by heart disease in Australia. Heart disease is the single leading cause of death for both men and women in Australia, killing one Australian every 22 minutes.
Heart Foundation Doorknock Appeal volunteers can be easily recognised as they will be wearing a badge with the Heart Foundation logo and the words Volunteer Collector Official Identification Badge. The badge also has the volunteer’s ID number and an expiry date of September 2010. Collectors will have an official receipt book and a small Heart Foundation collection bag.
All donations $2 and over are tax-deductible and the Heart Foundation Doorknock volunteer can issue supporters with a receipt.
If you miss your local Heart Foundation volunteer you can make a credit card donation directly with the Heart Foundation Doorknock Hotline 1800 55 22 55 or by visiting www.heartfoundation.org.au/doorknock
Go Red for Women Leadership Award - nominations now open
23 August 2010
Media Release
Government supports Go Red for Women campaign
28 June 2010
Federal Government
Four Federal MP’s have publically announced support for the Go Red for Women campaign in Federal Parliament.
On 1 June 2010 in The House of Representatives, The Hon Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing (Gellibrand), Mrs Yvette D’ath, MP (Petrie), Ms Jill Hall, MP (Shortland) and on 23 June 2010 in the Senate, Senator Carol Brown (Tasmania) all acknowledged the importance of raising public awareness of women and heart disease.
View the Hansard transcripts:
- 1 June 2010, The House of Representatives - PDF or online
- 23 June 2010, The Senate - PDF or online
State/ Territory Governments
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West Australian MP's demonstrate their support for the Go Red for Women campaign. |
The Go Red for Women Campaign has been well supported by MP’s in many jurisdictions around the country.
Female West Australian state politicians demonstrated their support for the campaign by wearing red and asking everyone to join with them in going ruby, scarlet or maroon on 11 June. |
On 10 June, 20 politicians from all sides of politics attended a Tasmanian breakfast, pledging to support the fight against cardiovascular disease.
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Speaking at the Go Red Parliamentary Breakfast on 10 June in Hobart, Minister for Health Michelle O’Byrne outlined the importance of drawing attention to heart disease as the biggest killer of Tasmanian women.
The Premier of NSW, The Hon. Kristina Keneally, attended the Go Red for Women lunch on 11 June in Sydney. Premier Keneally heard from four women who courageously told the audience their personal stories of recent heart attacks, before speaking about the importance of the campaign. |
Minister for Health, Michelle O'Byrne |
South Australia hosted a Go Red for Women breakfast on 1 July to engage its MP’s in raising awareness about women and heart disease.
Local Government
To celebrate the 2010 Year of Women in Local Government, the Australian Local Government Women's Association (ALGWA) and the Heart Foundation co-hosted a women's breakfast on 15 June in Canberra. Approximately 90 local government attendees were entertained by two guest speakers, Parliamentary Secretary, the Hon. Maxine McKew, and Dr Gillian McFeat-Lin, President of the ACT Heart Foundation.
The breakfast launched an exciting partnership between both organisations committed to raising the awareness of heart disease in women through the Go Red for Women campaign. A one-off award was announced to recognise the important leadership role women play in local communities in championing strategies towards improving heart health, such as running self defence classes for women.
The winner of the Go Red for Women Award will be announced at the ALGWA conference at the end of November.
Go Red for Women month a fantastic success - Heart Foundation thanks media, community and sponsors.
2 July 2010
Media Release
Women and Heart Disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia Report
1 June 2010
Heart Foundation Media Release: New report on Australia's No 1 Killer of women - Heart Disease
Minister Roxon Media Release: Hand on heart – it’s time to call it quits
AIHW Media Release: Cardiovascular disease a major threat to Australian women
On 1 June 2010, the Go Red For Women campaign was launched at Parliament House Canberra with the release of a Women and Heart Disease: cardiovascular profile of women in Australia Report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and funded by the Heart Foundation.
This landmark Report describes the current impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) on Australian women and dispels the myths that CVD is not an important health issue for women. It provides important baseline data for use in future policy and program development and tools for action in improving the prevention and treatment of CVD in women.
Read the full Report (240pg) and summary bulletin (16pg).