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Ronald McDonald House Charities WA gives families with sick or injured children what they need most – each other.
Ronald McDonald House Charities WA’s (RMHC WA) purpose is to keep patients and families together and resilient. To achieve this, RMHC WA’s supported accommodation, facilities and programs integrate with hospital infrastructure to optimise efficiencies, patient access and experience of healthcare – 24/7, 365 days a year.
How You Can Help
Adopt A Room
By partnering with Ronald McDonald House Charities WA, you are making a positive impact on your organisation, the WA community, families and sick kids. Learn how your organisation or community group can become a partner in shared-purpose.
Participate
We would not be able to provide the level of support we do without the incredible community of supporters from throughout Western Australia who give up their time to fundraise for WA’s sick kids
Host a Fundraiser
There are many ways you can make a difference.
Donate now, create your own fundraising event or support an existing activity, request donations instead of gifts for your special celebrations, or leave a tribute to a loved one.
Home for Dinner
A home cooked meal is often taken for granted and it’s for that reason we set up ‘Home for Dinner’. The program invites you to cook a meal from the heart, for the families staying at Ronald McDonald House at QEII, Ronald McDonald House in Perth Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House on Park.
Lovin From The Oven
Lovin’ from the Oven gives you the opportunity to ‘bake a difference’ in the lives of families with a seriously sick or injured child. The donation of your time and baking talents can provide a temporary escape from the worry for families in need.
The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast allows community and corporate groups to utilise the Ronald McDonald House kitchen to provide breakfast to the families who stay with us at Ronald McDonald House Nedlands and Perth Children’s Hospital. All cooking equipment is provided, however groups are required to bring in their own ingredients and recipes.
Donating Goods
Donating hand-made or new goods to RMHC WA means you’re helping the hundreds of WA families who are supported by our programs year on year.
Western Australia is one of the most isolated health jurisdictions in the world. It can create mental health and well-being challenges for young WA patients and their families who need to access complex or critical healthcare in Perth for weeks, months and sometimes over years.
Far from home, jobs, schools and communities; financial and emotional burden can adversely affect a family’s life, well-being and importantly, the patient experience and outcomes.
Ronald McDonald House Charities WA’s (RMHC WA) purpose is to keep patients and families together and resilient. To achieve this, RMHC WA’s supported accommodation, facilities and programs integrate with hospital infrastructure to optimise efficiencies, patient access and experience of healthcare – 24/7, 365 days a year.
Ronald McDonald House Charities’ family-centred care model is globally renowned for the quality and efficacy of its service. The model recognises family well-being as a critical foundation to short and longer-term outcomes for young patients beyond their hospital treatment.
What We Do
Ronald McDonald House Program
For Western Australian families with seriously ill children requiring medical treatment in Perth, RMHC WA provides them with quality supported accommodation 24/7, 365 days a year.
Family Retreats
Our Ronald McDonald Family Retreats in Mandurah, Busselton and Bunbury offer a welcomed sanctuary for families to reconnect, relax and play together; an experience most of us take for granted.
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms
Ronald McDonald Family Rooms offer comforting sanctuaries in hospitals for families to rest, reconnect and relax during hospital visits.
Ronald McDonald Learning Program
The Ronald McDonald Learning Program (RMLP) aims to bridge the gap for students whom often miss out on school due to a medical illness.
Our Impact, thanks to West Australians like you
1859
Families supported at Ronald McDonald Houses in WA
18437
Nights of supported accommodation provided to WA families
29073
Hours of volunteer service provided by West Australians
4290
Hours of tutoring provided to young WA patients and their siblings in the Ronald McDonald Learning Program
91239
Visits to our Ronald McDonald Family Rooms
588
Nights of respite provided at Family Retreats in Busselton, Bunbury and Mandurah
Acknowledgement of Country
Ronald McDonald House Charities WA acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia. We recognise their enduring and continuing connection to the sky, lands, waters, and culture of this land.