When a child is in the hospital, families don’t just visit, they stay. And we stay with them.
Ronald McDonald House enables families to stay together by providing essential services that support, care for, and strengthen families, and promote healing when their child needs healthcare.
When a child is ill or injured, it affects the entire family. Everyday life is disrupted. Especially when the best medical treatment for a child is far from home.
We believe no family should have to choose between being there for their child and having a place to stay.
So, at Ronald McDonald House Central West, we provide support and remove barriers to enable families to stay together, strong, connected and close to the care they need, right here in the Central West region of New South Wales.
You can help our mission to surround more families with what they need to stay at the heart of their child’s care and ensure the best outcomes for their children.
Together, we can help more families.
Ronald McDonald House® is an independent, nonprofit organisation that cares for families when they have children who are ill or injured.
Our national network of 12 Chapters operate 56 Programs across Australia. At Ronald McDonald House Central West NSW we provide free accommodation and wrap-around support that surround families with the resources, services and support they need, removing barriers so they can be at the heart of their child’s care and ensure the best possible health outcomes.
Ronald McDonald House Central West opened in 2015, within the grounds of Orange Health Service and we are proud to celebrate our 11 year anniversary this year. Our House in Orange supports families from across NSW who have a child aged 18 and under, needing treatment at Orange’s three hospitals.
In 2024 our services grew to include a Hospitality Cart program in the Dubbo Hospital that supports families with children in the Paediatric Ware and Special Care Nursery.
Our accommodation, programs and services are provided free of charge to the families of ill and injured children, and women experiencing a high risk pregnancy – helping them when they need it most.
A “home away from home” for families with ill and injured children and mother’s experiencing high risk pregnancy.
Our House is situated on hospital grounds and allows families to stay stronger, together to promote healing when a child needs it most
A Volunteer led, bedside service providing essential and comfort items to parents, carers and patients in the Special Care Nursery and Paediatric Ward.
Our cart currently operates in the Dubbo Hospital, with Bathurst Hospital launching in April/May 2026.
Ronald McDonald House Central West NSW operates essential programs such as our ‘Dinner in a Dash’, Working Bee, Workplace Giving and Room Sponsorship ‘Heart of the Home’.
There are many ways to help us support families in our community – contact us today to find out how
At Ronald McDonald House Central West NSW, we are here for families when they need us most. Some stay a few days, some for months and others regularly over years.
We play a unique role in enabling, facilitating, and supporting family-centred care within the Western NSW Health District specifically in the maternity, child and adolescent health systems, working together with our health partners to support family wellbeing, emotionally, financially and culturally.
Building on our legacy, our modernised brand better reflects our mission and the many ways we support families with ill or injured children.
