When a child is ill or injured, family doesn’t just visit. Family stays. And because of you, Ronald McDonald House® across Australia helped more families than ever before stay close to the care, comfort and support they needed in 2025 – 89,717 families to be precise.
Imagine every dollar you donate having a 360% increase in value? That’s the impact you have – not just on the lives of ill or injured children and their families, but on the wider healthcare and education systems.
Families a place to stay in our Houses, allowing them to be footsteps away from the hospital while their child received medical treatment.
Families to take a break from long, emotional hours at their child’s bedside in one of our Family Rooms located in hospitals.
Exhausted families unwind and reconnect in our peaceful, coastal Family Retreats located across Australia.
Students catch up on missed education through our Learning Program, to reach their full potential and reduce the impact on the education system.
Families with boredom busters, toiletries, snacks and beverages right at their child’s bedside, through our Hospitality Carts, ensuring ill or injured children had the comfort and support of loved ones in their greatest hours of need.
of families felt more able to be involved in their child’s care.
felt less stressed or anxious during their stay.
of families received the emotional support they needed from staff and volunteers.
Behind every number is a family navigating one of the hardest times of their lives. When a child needs specialist treatment away from home, everyday life is turned upside down. Parents can lose income. Siblings can be separated. Families from regional and rural Australia may need to travel hundreds of kilometres with no certainty about where they will sleep.
54% of Australian families would face significant financial strain if their child needed specialist treatment away from home. For regional and rural families, that rises to 63%. Ronald McDonald House removes barriers so families can stay together, stay supported and stay at the heart of their child’s care.
Because of you, nearly 20,000 more families were supported in 2025 than the year before. But the need continues to grow. With more than 1.3 million families in regional and rural Australia facing significant travel to access specialist care for their children, more families will need support to stay close in the years ahead.
We simply could not provide as much impact as we do without the vital contributions and support from our National Corporate Partners. Thanks to their generosity, we’re able to keep families close to their ill or injured child, and ensure they’re surrounded by the essential comforts, supplies and care when they need it most.
