Our partners

Bupa Health Foundation was a Founding Partner of the Stoke Foundation’s EnableMe web portal in 2013.

Bupa Health Foundation continues to be a Stroke Foundation Principal Partner and is committed to supporting the needs of stroke survivors, their family and carers.

The Bupa Health Foundation is one of Australia’s leading corporate foundations dedicated to health. 

It is committed to improving the health of the Australian community and ensuring the sustainability of affordable healthcare through collaborative partnerships.

The Bupa Health Foundation was established in 2005 and has invested close to $30 million in over 100 projects.

Find out more about Bupa Health Foundation

The Ian Potter Foundation has supported the Stroke Foundation in the delivery of EnableMe; a website empowering stroke survivors to drive their own recovery.

EnableMe features:

• information and resources on all aspects of stroke
• videos featuring first-hand accounts of stroke and stroke recovery
• advice and support from stroke health professionals
• connection to other stroke survivors and carers, creating a place to seek answers and share experiences and to celebrate achievements.
• tools to set and track personal recovery goals.

The Ian Potter Foundation is assisting us to conduct regular evaluation workshops with users and develop new functionalities or enhancements. They are helping us to implement a significant communications campaign to promote EnableMe and provide resources to build user community and to develop high quality, relevant content.


The Ian Potter Foundation is a major Australian philanthropic foundation that supports and promotes excellence and innovation. The Foundation was established in 1964 by Australian financier, businessman and philanthropist, Sir Ian Potter (1902 – 1994).

The Foundation makes grants nationally to support charitable organisations working to benefit the community across a wide range of sectors including the arts, environment, science, medical research, education and community wellbeing. The Ian Potter Foundation aims to support and promote a healthy, vibrant and fair community for the benefit of all Australians.

Find out more about The Ian Potter Foundation.

Gandel Foundation is a significant founding supporter of InformMe; an interactive Stroke Foundation website that supports best practice for health professionals working in stroke, and the wider health community such as researchers and General Practioners whose work intersects with stroke prevention, treatment and recovery. 

InformMe features:

•  Australian Living Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 
•  Data on the delivery of stroke care using standard indicators based on the best-practice recommendations of the Clinical Guidelines 
• Professional development modules, useful websites, online articles, videos and recent research, plus resources and discussion by InformMe users 
  
  

Gandel Foundation is one of Australia’s largest independent family philanthropic foundations, originally formed in 1978 as The Gandel Charitable Foundation. 

John Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel AC are highly engaged in the philanthropic work and are universally recognised for their generosity and commitment to both Jewish and general causes, to date directing more than $150 million dollars towards supporting a wide range of charitable work in health, community and the arts.

Find out more about Gandel Foundation.

Bayer has been supporting the work of the Stroke Foundation since 2011.

During this time Bayer has provided financial support for a number of Stroke Foundation programs including:

• Stroke Safe presentations in the community
• My Stroke Journey kits

Bayer is an innovation company with a more than 150-year history and core competencies in the fields of health care and agriculture. It develops new molecules for use in innovative products and solutions to improve the health of humans, animals and plants. Bayer’s research and development activities are based on a profound understanding of the biochemical processes in living organisms.

Bayer is committed to operating sustainably and addressing our social and ethical responsibilities as a corporate citizen, while at the same time respecting the interests of all our stakeholders.

All this is part of its mission:

Bayer: Science For A Better Life

Find out more about Bayer

Boehringer Ingelheim has been actively supporting the stroke community since 2003 and Stroke Foundation since 2010.

Boehringer Ingelheim is actively engaged in our partnership to support improved health outcomes for stroke survivors.

As Stroke Foundation Major Partner, Boehringer Ingelheim has provided support for a number of projects including the No Postcode Untouched report and InformMe, portal dedicated to supporting health professionals.

About our partner

At Boehringer Ingelheim our purpose is simply to ‘Make More Health’ - for patients, our people and our community. For 130 years we have remained a family-owned, independent company and today operate globally employing more than 50, 000 people.

We practice excellence, innovation and value in the discovery of new medicines and services and are committed to operating as an ethical and sustainable company. We constantly seek new and better ways to treat diseases in people and animals.

In Australia and New Zealand, Boehringer Ingelheim operates in the areas of Prescription Medicine, Animal Health and the production of duboisia, a native Australian plant.

Find out more about Boehringer Ingelheim

The Stroke Foundation received a two-year Health Access Grant from Medtronic Foundation in recognition of its continued commitment to improve access to healthcare in rural and regional areas.  The grant allowed the Stroke Foundation to deliver more health checks and chronic disease prevention education in rural and regional communities in 2017.

Medtronic Foundation Health Access Grants are awarded in communities around the world in recognition of community-based programs and organizations that demonstrate a commitment to expanding access to chronic disease care for the underserved.

Medtronic continues to support Stroke Foundation with an educational grant to support the genuine medical education of healthcare practitioners and practitioners in training in relation to the prevention and treatment of stroke.

About our partner
Making healthcare better is our priority and we believe technology can play an even greater role in improving people’s lives. In addition to alleviating pain, restoring health, extending lives, we work in partnership with others to create seamless, more efficient care. Learn
how we’re taking healthcare Further, Together at Medtronic.com.au 

Find out more about the Medtronic

Stroke Foundation are proud to have Precision Group as a Supporting Partner.

Since 2017, Precision Group has been committed as a Major Sponsor of the Counterstroke Golf Classic and Supporting Sponsor for Stride4stroke. In 2018, Precision Mail is the inaugural sponsor for our ‘Fundraiser of the Year Award’ at the 2018 Stroke Awards.

With partners like Precision Mail we are confident we can prevent, treat and beat stroke. Together we can fight stroke and win.
Precision Groups vision extends beyond its own expectations; you see they recognise that they are fulfilling a vital part of their clients offer to market. It is their goal to ensure your customers continue to engage with your business because they strongly believe their success is due to their client's success.

Find out more about Precision Group.

Our partnership with AllClear Travel Insurance began in 2016.

AllClear is proud to support the Stroke Foundation in the fight against stroke. With any policy purchased via this link, AllClear will contribute up to 20 percent of your premium (excluding GST and Stamp Duty*) to the Stroke Foundation.

About our partner
AllClear is the specialist in medical travel insurance and has covered over 1300 different medical conditions since 2000. From heart conditions to cancer, diabetes and many more, no medical condition is automatically rejected.

Whether you’ve been dreaming of visiting Europe or you’ve got your heart set on exploring Bali, our travel cover extends to almost every region of the world.

Obtain a quote from AllClear today.

Ryman Healthcare has chosen Stroke Foundation as its charity partner for 2018-2019. Throughout the year residents at Ryman Healthcare Australian villages will be raising funds for Stroke Foundation. Every dollar raised by residents will be matched by Ryman Healthcare.

Funds raised will be used to support StrokeLine - Australia’s only dedicated free telephone counselling and referral service. Every day, StrokeLine supports more than 10 stroke survivors, their family and carers with information and advice on stroke prevention, treatment and recovery.

Ryman Healthcare is a care company – the care of older people is at the heart of everything they do. Ryman Healthcare was founded in 1984 by Kevin Hickman and John Ryder.

Kevin had visited a rest-home and did not like what he saw. There were shared bathrooms and little in the way of privacy or dignity for residents. He couldn’t bear the thought of his mum living in one. He thought there had to be a better way of looking after people, and that residents at least deserved their own rooms and ensuites. The care offered should be "good enough for mum".

More than 30 years later, Ryman Healthcare has grown to become the largest retirement village operator in New Zealand and a significant operator in Victoria. The company offers a range of retirement living options, from independent living apartments and townhouses through to serviced apartments, as well as rest-home, hospital and dementia-level care.

Ryman villages include resort facilities such as indoor swimming pools, movie theatres, bowling greens and hair and beauty salons. The size of the villages and the facilities offered may have changed but Ryman’s core aim remains the same.

Care is at the heart of what they do. And it must be good enough for mum or dad.

Find out more about Ryman Healthcare.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Alliance is a Stroke Foundation Supporting Partner.

The alliance has supported transient ischemic attack resources and StrokeSafe Community Talks program.

About our partner
With an Australian presence dating back more than 80 years, Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia is a longstanding contributor to Australia’s health and economy.

At Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia, the work of its employees is focussed on helping patients prevail over serious diseases. The team is dedicated to researching, developing and delivering life saving and life enhancing innovative medicines to Australians. At the end of the day, its success as a leader in biopharmaceuticals is measured by the difference it makes in the lives of the patients.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is committed to conscientious citizenship and helping worthwhile causes. This principle is the pillar of an extensive – indeed worldwide – scope of charitable activities.

As part of its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases, Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia supports patient organisations through partnerships, grants and charitable contributions.

Find out more about Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Alliance.

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation supported the establishment of the StrokeSafe Ambassador Program in Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Central West, new England and Northern Rivers regions of NSW to educate and raise public awareness about strokes.

The StrokeSafe Ambassador program is designed to educate the general public about what stroke is, how to prevent stroke, how to recognise the early warning signs of stroke and what to do if someone has a stroke, as well as raising public awareness of the Stroke Foundation.

The Stroke Foundation now has 12 fully trained volunteer StrokeSafe Ambassadors in these regions of NSW, including stroke survivors, carers and health professionals who continually conduct educational presentations to community groups.

Find out more about our Strokesafe Ambassador Program

About our partner
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation provides grant funding for eligible not-for profit organisations and community groups to enable these organisations to deliver important projects, initiatives and programs that address issues of disadvantage in regard to health, social wellbeing and young people.

More specifically, the Foundation funds projects aimed at improving community health and well-being for those most in need, improving life outcomes for disadvantaged and at-risk young people, and improving the social wellbeing of the marginalised and isolated in our community.

Each year, they distribute over $1.5 million in grant funding to eligible organisations across the Hunter, Central Coast, Central West, Mid North Coast, New England and the Northern Rivers areas of New South Wales.

Find out more about Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation

We are delighted to welcome O’Brien Accountants and Advisors as one of our inaugural supporting sponsors for the 2017 Stroke Foundation Counterstroke Classic.

O’Brien Accountants and Advisors aim to give you confidence about the future by providing you with strategic advice and a documented plan for you and your family or for your business. O’Brien’s understand everyone has differing needs and goals. They will create value for you by ensuring their team is able to look after all aspects of your financial affairs and work collaboratively to get the best outcome for you.

The O’Brien’s team has specialists in business advisory, financial planning, accounting, superannuation and family advisory.

Find out more about O’Brien Accountants and Advisors

We are delighted to welcome Wisewould Mahony as one of our inaugural supporting sponsors for the 2017 Stroke Foundation Counterstroke Classic.

Wisewould Mahony is a mid-size law firm, with 50 lawyers in Collins Street and Geelong.

Over 160 years, it has been a trusted adviser to Victorian Government authorities, businesses, families and individuals.
And, quietly become an established part of this state’s legal system.

Long standing clients describe Wisewould Mahony as approachable, a bit informal. “The unlawyerlike lawyers.”

The firm prides itself on its hard nosed professional approach with a personalised and unpretentious way of working.

The difference about them is not what they do, but how they do it.

Wisewould Mahony - Damn Good Lawyers

Find out more about Wisewould Mahony.