About HeartKids Australia

We are a young and very special charity solely focused on Childhood Heart Disease (CHD).

HeartKids Australia works to: 

• Support families who have a child with heart disease
• Reduce the incidence of Childhood Heart Disease (CHD)
• Decrease the mortality rates for Childhood Heart Disease

We do this by:

• Employing Family Support Coordinators in each of the major children's hospitals throughout Australia
• Running Family and Teen activities
• Funding Research into CHD
• Providing equipment and facilities
• Assisting families with travel and accommodation needs
• Commissioning a White Paper into the needs of CHD from a clinical and community perspective
• Advocating the needs of CHD to Government

If you would like to learn more about HeartKids please visit our website www.heartkids.org.au