Heartbeat Victoria Ballarat Branch will be very busy during Heart Week this year (4-10 May) and are featuring their five weekly walks, all registered with Heart Foundation Walking. Heartbeat Ballarat is a peer support group, by cardiac patients for cardiac...
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Heart Week 2026 in Ballarat
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Heartbeat Ballarat Attends Local Community Disability Expo
Read MoreThe Ballarat Community Disability Expo was held Wednesday April 29th at Mars Sports, and it was a great opportunity for Heartbeat Ballarat to promote the peer support, exercise, and social connection opportunities made available through Heartbeat Victoria in Ballarat. The...
Heartbeat Ballarat Indoor Walk, Cuppa & Talk
Read MoreTuesday March 24th, Heartbeat Ballarat held its first Tuesday 10am – Walk, Cuppa, & Talk event in the Ballarat Badminton Centre on Dowling Street. 48 walkers participated in the indoor walk prior to the live talk. Almost every Tuesday at...
Heartbeat Ballarat Celebrates a Great Year of Walking
Read MoreThe four Heartbeat Ballarat walking groups combined for a Christmas themed gala on Sat Nov 22nd. Over 70 walkers attended this dinner event, which was an enjoyable night celebrating another year of peer support, exercise and social connection for Heartbeat Ballarat...
Heartbeat Ballarat Women’s Health Week Walk
Read MoreHeartbeat Ballarat helped celebrate Women’s Health Week this year by holding a “Walk for Heart Health” on Tuesday, September 2nd. 35 walkers attended the event, which was held indoors at the Badminton Stadium in Wendouree. The Ballarat branch has a...
Heartbeat Victoria Branches & Affiliates – Cardiac Peer Support News
Read MoreHeartbeat Victoria branches and affiliates have been very active in recent months, helping to provide cardiac peer support in their communities. Here are a few highlights of their recent community involvement. Heartbeat Ballarat and Heartbeat Ballarat Walking Groups were excited...
Life After a Heart Attack: the Baker Institute and Heartbeat Victoria
Read MoreA heart attack is a shocking event that can have a major impact on a person’s life. Also known as a ‘myocardial infarction’, it occurs when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked, often by a blood clot....
Walking for heart health
Read MoreHeart Week 2024, Australia’s national heart health awareness week is coming up – 6-12 May 2024. Supporting heart health awareness it was great to see the promotion of walking for heart health published recently in the Ballarat Times. Barry Nixon,...