❤️ REDFEB 2026 : Wear Red, Save Hearts & Transform Lives ❤️

REDFEB 2026 is Heart Research Australia’s powerful national campaign dedicated to heart disease awareness, fundraising, and life-saving research breakthroughs. Whether you’ve been personally impacted by heart disease or want to make a difference in your community, now is the time to wear red, raise awareness, and help protect hearts nationwide.

🔥 What is REDFEB and Why It Matters

Heart disease remains one of Australia’s leading causes of death, affecting millions of families and communities each year. REDFEB, short for Red February, is an annual initiative that encourages individuals, workplaces, schools, and community groups to wear red, donate, and fund world-class research into heart health.

By joining REDFEB, you’re doing more than wearing a color, you’re helping fund cutting-edge research into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease. These donations play a direct role in life-saving breakthroughs.

REDFEB 2026

 

❤️ Wear Red and Show the Love

Participating in REDFEB is simple but impactful:

👕 Wear red throughout February to start conversations about heart health.

🗣️ Share your story: post your photos on social media with hashtags like #REDFEB #WearRedAndDonate #HeartResearchAustralia to raise awareness.

💌 Fundraise or donate to directly support vital research that can change the future of heart disease.

 

📊 Heart Disease: The Numbers You Should Know

Heart disease is not just a statistic. It’s a reality that touches countless lives:

💔 16,275 Australians died of heart disease in 2024.

💓 #1 cause of death worldwide is still heart disease.

🫀 Every 9 minutes someone suffers a heart event. That's 157 per day.

This stark reality underscores the importance of education, early detection, and ongoing research funded by campaigns like REDFEB.

DONATE HERE

This February, ZOLL is supporting Heart Research Australia by donating $10 from every unit sold to help fund life-saving research, PhD and early-career scholarships.

 

🏃 Take Part in Signature Events

• Dee Why to Manly Beach Sun Run (NSW) - Take on a scenic coastal challenge while fundraising for REDFEB. 
• Manly Cole Classic Ocean Swim - Register in Australia's most iconic ocean swim and make waves against heart disease.
• REDFEB Sign Up - Start your own fundraiser and win a ZOLL AED for your community.
• REDFEB BINGO - Make heart-healthy choices easy and fun, helping you
  reset this REDFEB by lowering stress and supporting overall heart health.

 

🧠 Heart Health Education & Awareness

REDFEB isn’t just about fundraising, it’s about starting conversations. This year, the focus is on stress and how it impacts the heart.

Visit the education hub: Stress: The Silent Epidemic
Join the Webinar: Stress - The Silent Epidemic and Its Impact on Heart Health
Learn more about HEART RESEARCH AUSTRALIA

 

❤️ Turning REDFEB Awareness into Action with Response For Life

At Response For Life, our mission aligns closely with REDFEB: protecting hearts, strengthening communities, and improving survival outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest.

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen anywhere: at work, at school, in a gym, or at a community event. Having a workplace defibrillator (AED) and people trained in CPR and first aid can increase survival rates by up to 70% when used quickly.

 

How Response For Life Helps Create Heart-Safe Workplaces & Communities

🫀 AEDs for workplaces, schools, gyms, and public spaces

👩 CPR, First Aid and Defibrillator training in Sydney and Australia-wide

❤️ Ongoing support to keep your AED compliant, maintained, and rescue-ready

📍Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Events

By combining heart disease awareness campaigns like REDFEB with access to defibrillators in Australia and professional CPR training, organisations can move from awareness to life-saving preparedness.

Wearing red starts the conversation. Having an AED and CPR-trained responders saves lives.

If REDFEB has inspired your organisation to prioritise heart health, Response For Life can help you take the next step toward becoming a heart-safe workplace or community.

🌟 Final Word: Your Heart Matters

Whether you’ve lost a loved one to heart disease or you’re committed to better heart health for yourself and your community, take action today by joining REDFEB and help fund the heart-saving research of tomorrow!