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Our Founding and Forever Partner

Since 1974

Ronald McDonald House Charities is a global charity founded in 1974 in the USA as a result of the foresight of an oncologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr Audrey Evans envisioned a place where families could live and get proper rest away from the ward while their children were undergoing treatment. Funds to build the first House were raised by the local McDonald’s restaurant and in exchange for their support was named ‘Ronald McDonald House’.

The first Ronald McDonald House in Australia was opened in Camperdown, NSW in 1981. In 1990, Ronald McDonald House Charities WA opened its first House in Subiaco providing a much needed home away from home for regional families with sick children.

McDonald’s Corporate, Licensee’s and their customers continue to support the charity today. Here in Western Australia, McDonald’s Licensees and their employees across the state are active, passionate supporters of families cared for by RMHC WA.

Each year, McDonald’s Licensees and employees across the state demonstrate extraordinary support for WA’s sick kids and their families by supporting

Acknowledgement of Country

Ronald McDonald House WA acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are privileged to live, work and welcome families. We honour their enduring connection to Country, culture, and community, and pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present.

Here, on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, we open our doors to families from across Western Australia when they need us most. Grounded in the enduring care and wisdom of the Traditional Custodians of this land, we offer comfort, safety, and a sense of home.

We recognise the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and we walk alongside them with humility, respect, and a commitment to listening, learning, and healing together.