
High blood pressure: when it is harder for your heart to pump blood around your body
High cholesterol: when there’s too much fat in your blood
Diabetes: when your body doesn’t react to sugar properly.
Mental health and social and emotional wellbeing: if you are feeling very sad, stressed, or worried for a long time
For many of our volunteer roles, there are no set commitments. If you can support us for one or two hours per week, or for a few hours every few months, we welcome your valuable help.
We have various volunteer opportunities for people to get involved at the Heart Foundation. We strive to align you to a role that suits your skills, strengths, interests and lived experience.
Our volunteers receive ongoing guidance and support from a dedicated supervisor, as well as connection with team members and fellow volunteers.
Our volunteers donate their valuable time to support our work, and we celebrate the meaningful impact they make across the Heart Foundation.
To learn more about our volunteer opportunities, please click here.
If you have a special interest in volunteering for Heart Foundation Walking, please click here.

This funding opportunity is expected to produce tangible outcomes with the potential to create high-impact change to the cardiovascular health of First Nations peoples.

More First Nations people are impacted by cardiovascular (CVD) than other Australians.

Dr Kylie Gwynne, Heart Research Institute - 2023 First Nations CVD Grant