ArticleJul 20252.5 minutes

Siblings’ charitable donation funds life-saving heart research and community support

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The Nova Charitable Trust helps fund a heart health promoter role in Timaru, performed by Marthy Cloake.  

Marthy’s job is to visit workplaces and communities, provide education, resources to support people and families on their heart health journeys. Assisting and supporting people is her passion.  

Marthy says people can often be quite shocked to find they have high blood pressure, and are often grateful it has been identified, and they can work through next steps.  

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“When we have a conversation, people feel reassured and are grateful to have a listening ear.” 

If Marthy identifies high blood pressure in a person, she encourages them to visit their GP. 

“Often we meet them later on, say in the supermarket, and they tell you they visited the GP, and now they’re on medication and they tell you they are feeling so much better. That makes me feel like we are making a difference.”