About Us

Established in Australia in 1983, Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart is renowned for being one of Australia’s most popular physical activity and fundraising programs in schools.

Since the inception of Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart over 28 years ago, more than 90 per cent of all Australian schools, involving 8 million school children have participated in this fun and active program. We've given schools enough rope to stretch from Australia to Hawaii!

Each year Heart Foundation Jump Rope attracts over 400,000 students, in over 2,000 schools with over 700,000 sponsors comprising of families, friends and members of local school communities.