Support for the hearts
holding everything together
Parent Support is here to help families feel less alone by offering comfort resources, shared experiences and opportunities to connect with others who understand the heart journey.
When your child has a heart condition, you carry so much that others may never see.
You deserve care, reassurance and support too.
Heart Buddies Parent Support offers comfort, encouragement and opportunities for families to connect through shared experience.
Through Heart Buddy therapy bears, books, Heart Hero Stars and our community spaces, we hope families feel held and less alone during the heart journey.
What Parent Support Includes
Comfort Resources
Heart Buddy therapy bears, books and thoughtful touches created to bring comfort through hospital stays and recovery.
Heart Hero Stars
Celebrating bravery and recognising the courage children show throughout their heart journey.
Community Connection
Opportunities for families to connect and share experiences through the Heart Buddies community.
Shared Experiences
Hearing from other families who understand can help parents feel less alone.
For the quiet moments no one sees
Parents often have to be strong in waiting rooms, on wards, during surgery days and throughout recovery.
But strength does not mean carrying it all alone. Heart Buddies hopes to create a softer space through comfort, encouragement and community connection.
Comfort and Community
Talking About Surgery
Helping children understand hospital experiences in gentle and age appropriate ways.
Preparing Together
Ideas and comfort resources to support families before hospital visits.
Celebrating Brave Moments
Recognising courage and creating moments of encouragement.
Parent to parent understanding
Some of the most comforting words can come from someone who understands the hospital bags, the waiting, the updates, the sleepless nights and the enormous love behind every decision.
Heart Buddies helps families connect through shared experiences, community encouragement and the reminder that nobody should feel alone on the heart journey.
“Supporting a child through heart surgery takes courage too. Parent Support is a reminder that families need holding as well.”
You are not expected to know everything. You are allowed to need support.
Need support as a parent or carer?
Heart Buddies provides comfort resources and opportunities for families to connect through community support.
Heart Buddies does not provide medical advice, counselling or clinical services.