Ronald McDonald House Oxford
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As of 2018 we are delighted that we will be lending our helping hand of love much further towards the Ronald McDonald House Oxford.
Ronald McDonald House (registered charity 802047) is based within the John Radcliffe Children's Hospital, and opened as part of the hospital complex in January 2007. Ronald McDonald House, on the top floor of the purpose-built children's hospital, provides free 'home away from home' accommodation for families with sick children.
Many families travel from all over the United Kingdom whose babies, children and teens require specialist surgery.
Currently, Ronald McDonald House Oxford is oversubscribed and has to turn more and more families away, due to exceeding demand than they can provide. The current facility only has 17-bedrooms - we want to help change this!
Annual running costs for the House total £290,000, with an average of £3,000 of donations in the form of gifts received in kind every year from supporters to save costs.
In 2017, Ronald McDonald House and the Oxford Hospitals Charity teamed up in the tenth year of the Children's Hospital - £2.5million from funds raised by the Hospital Charity went towards the cost of building a brand new Ronald McDonald House that will cost £14million (planning permission was granted in July 2016, and building work will begin in December 2018).
Throughout 2018, we are joining forces with Ronald McDonald House Charity and the Oxford House team to raise further money towards the huge £14million goal. £14m is needed to be raised. Once achieved, the House will be built and situated opposite the women's centre on the John Radcliffe site.
The new Ronald McDonald House will be able to help even more families, by providing 62-bedded rooms for parents allowing even more mum's and dad's to stay nearer to their sick child, to the children's hospital just a few steps away.
"Archie underwent two open heart surgeries and spent nearly 60 days on life support! For months his life was in the balance and ours was on hold. We would have slept on the floor just to be near Archie. Instead, we were amazed to find a beautiful room waiting for us at the Ronald McDonald House. Thank you to the most supportive, loving and kind team of staff who had a sixth sense about when to give you a hug or give you space. We can't thank the Oxford team enough and will be forever grateful to them." - Andy Boon, parent, stayed at RMH Oxford
We have plans in 2018 and beyond to help Ronald McDonald House achieve this enormous goal. Our very first £100K Rock and Roll Bingo Night, held on October 25th at Boundary Park in Didcot, was a success. This event saw £280 raised on the night from a packed room of people taking part for all of the fun of bingo with a twist - songs and artists across four games instead of the normal numbers. The evening also saw our very own Andy Baker reach nearer to achieving his milestone £100,000 raised over the past 16 years. We have plans to run another Rock and Roll Bingo Night in 2019!
Ronald McDonald House (registered charity 802047) is based within the John Radcliffe Children's Hospital, and opened as part of the hospital complex in January 2007. Ronald McDonald House, on the top floor of the purpose-built children's hospital, provides free 'home away from home' accommodation for families with sick children.
Many families travel from all over the United Kingdom whose babies, children and teens require specialist surgery.
Currently, Ronald McDonald House Oxford is oversubscribed and has to turn more and more families away, due to exceeding demand than they can provide. The current facility only has 17-bedrooms - we want to help change this!
Annual running costs for the House total £290,000, with an average of £3,000 of donations in the form of gifts received in kind every year from supporters to save costs.
In 2017, Ronald McDonald House and the Oxford Hospitals Charity teamed up in the tenth year of the Children's Hospital - £2.5million from funds raised by the Hospital Charity went towards the cost of building a brand new Ronald McDonald House that will cost £14million (planning permission was granted in July 2016, and building work will begin in December 2018).
Throughout 2018, we are joining forces with Ronald McDonald House Charity and the Oxford House team to raise further money towards the huge £14million goal. £14m is needed to be raised. Once achieved, the House will be built and situated opposite the women's centre on the John Radcliffe site.
The new Ronald McDonald House will be able to help even more families, by providing 62-bedded rooms for parents allowing even more mum's and dad's to stay nearer to their sick child, to the children's hospital just a few steps away.
"Archie underwent two open heart surgeries and spent nearly 60 days on life support! For months his life was in the balance and ours was on hold. We would have slept on the floor just to be near Archie. Instead, we were amazed to find a beautiful room waiting for us at the Ronald McDonald House. Thank you to the most supportive, loving and kind team of staff who had a sixth sense about when to give you a hug or give you space. We can't thank the Oxford team enough and will be forever grateful to them." - Andy Boon, parent, stayed at RMH Oxford
We have plans in 2018 and beyond to help Ronald McDonald House achieve this enormous goal. Our very first £100K Rock and Roll Bingo Night, held on October 25th at Boundary Park in Didcot, was a success. This event saw £280 raised on the night from a packed room of people taking part for all of the fun of bingo with a twist - songs and artists across four games instead of the normal numbers. The evening also saw our very own Andy Baker reach nearer to achieving his milestone £100,000 raised over the past 16 years. We have plans to run another Rock and Roll Bingo Night in 2019!
An artists' impression of what the new Ronald McDonald House, Oxford, once built with 62-bedrooms will look like on the John Radcliffe Hospital site
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