Ronald McDonald House Charities UK

Are you starting to plan your festive fun? 🎄 Why don't you join us for our annual Edinburgh Carol Concert at the iconic St Giles' Cathedral? 🤩 📆 Wednesday 11 December 2024 🕰️ 7.00pm until 8.30pm It will be a wonderful night filled with beautiful live performances, readings from familiar faces and a chance to support our charity and keep families close to their child in hospital this festive season. ❤️ With tickets starting at just £10, you can find out more here: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3Cf4z5b

We think all our supporters deserve a medal... and young Kai just got one! 🏅 We want to say a huge congratulations to Kai Saint, the inspiring 10 year-old who last month was presented with the British Citizen Youth Award by Kimberly Wyatt! 🤩 Kai was recognised with the BCyA Medal of Honour to celebrate all of his incredible fundraising with Team 1C, which supports a number of good cause, including Ronald McDonald House Charities UK. The youngster's been passionate to help other children and their families after her was born with a complex and lifelong cardiac condition. He's had three open-heart surgeries as a baby, suffering from two cardiac arrests. When Kai had his life-saving surgeries in Alder Hey Children's Hospital, his mum Chanel and family were far from their home in Lancashire, so they stayed in our Alder Hey House. 🏡 Now 10 years old, despite a leaking heart valve and a hole in his heart, Kai doesn't consider himself poorly and has continued to use all this strength to overcome some huge fundraising challenges. Every year Kai takes part in Team 1c's sponsored 1k walk, raising funds for cardiac charities in order to help other cardiac condition sufferers. But in 2022, Kai was unable to take part in the walk. Determined to give something back to the charity that kept his family close in their of need, he set himself a personal challenge of completing a triathlon for our charity and raised more than £1,700. 🙌 Kai has gone on to do so much for Team 1c and his community. We're so proud to see him get the recognition we deserves, and we're so grateful to have his support alongside all of Team1c! ❤️ 📸: British Citizen Awards

Happy Diwali from everyone at Ronald McDonald House Charities UK! 🪔 To celebrate the festival of lights, our Birmingham House was honoured to receive these amazing Diwali hampers from Diwali Basket Brigade. Diwali Basket Brigade puts together hundreds of hampers filled with donated goods from the community, and this year they had a very special volunteer... our Birmingham House Manager, Vishal! 🤩 Being able to help out at this event held an extra special meaning for Vishal this year as he helped prepare the hampers that were being made for families staying in the Birmingham House, as well as other charities and communities. Vishal even got a chance to catch up with the previous Chair of our Birmingham House Board, Doug Wright MBE. We want to say a huge thank you to the Diwali Basket Brigade for all their continued support for our charity - we are so proud to celebrate with you every year. 🙌 With this festival of lights, may you find true joy, prosperity, and love. We’re wishing you and your loved ones a very happy Diwali. ❤️

Happy Halloween from all of us here at Ronald McDonald House Charities UK! 👻🎃 Thank you so much to AEW Architects for helping us celebrate this spooky season by painting this fang-tastic window display at our Manchester House reception. 🙌 Having decorations like these really help our Houses feel like a 'home away from home' for our families, so they don't have to miss out on any of the spook-tacular fun! ❤️

We want to say a big thank you to all the amazing supporters, both new and longstanding, who joined us for breakfast networking event in our Birmingham House last week! 🙌 It was a fantastic morning, with guests having the chance to learn more about our charity’s work, enjoy a House tour, and see the beautifully refurbished rooms as well as connect with each other. 🏡 We’re incredibly grateful for the time, interest, and energy everyone brought to the event. Corporate Fundraiser, Laura Bennett, was thrilled to host the morning and to be working with such inspiring businesses and individuals who are passionate about giving back and supporting families with a child in hospital. ❤️ ACT Solutions, Aggreko, Anne-Marie Clarke, MBA, Arcadis, AXA, Cargill, CM Electrical Midlands Ltd, Experienced Energy Solutions, Experienced Solar & EV Solutions, Euro Parking Services, HiB Ltd, HSBC, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Network Catering Engineers, NORi HR and Employment Law, OCM , Smart Parking Technology , SP Mid Ltd, Talbots Law, The Belfry Hotel & Resort

Did you know you can support our charity by leaving us a gift in your will? 🤔🏡 A donation like this creates your legacy, supporting families with children in hospital for generations to come. ❤️ If you are thinking about writing your will, or already have one but would like to know how to include a donation, please get in touch to start creating your legacy via our website 🔗 https://bit.ly/4e2fHzA or email us at rmhc.supportercare@uk.mcd.com 💌

We want to say a massive thank you to the Wincanton McDonald's restaurant who recently hosted a community bingo night and raised more than £2,000 for our charity! 🤩 They came to visit our Southampton House, presenting the cheque to House Manager Robin! They had an eye-opening House tour and met some of our families, seeing first-hand where this incredible donation will go. 🏠❤️

We want to say to say a massive thank you to Impala Terminals for raising a whopping £12,000 for our charity at their annual golf day in July! ⛳👏 That amazing donation has been able to sponsor a room in our Cardiff House, helping so many families in their time of need. ❤️ We have a range of sponsorship opportunities at all our Ronald McDonald Houses, so if you’re interested you can find out more on our website: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d_Hyjn2v

When your child is in hospital, there is often a lot of long nights and waiting time on the ward, this can be especially hard when you have other young children. 🏥 We are so grateful for all of our supporters that help keep our families entertained in our Ronald McDonald Houses. 🙌 Our Manchester House recently received an incredibly thoughtful donation from our friends British Gas, providing us with special packs for children, complete with colouring books and treats. 🎨😍 These went down an absolute treat with our families, with many parents taking them over to their child in hospital to help them embrace their creativity and brighten up their days. ❤️

How long would you last in a bath full of baked beans? 🤯 An incredible McDonald's restaurant from Chesterfield has been fundraising for our Charity all year, and they just took on a very saucy challenge! Franchisee Sam Wright and five team members took a bean bath for an hour each, raising £700 in just one day, adding to their running total of more than £15,000. 👏 They even donated their unopened tins of baked beans and spaghetti hoops to a local food bank! Thank you so much to everyone involved for all the support for our families in their time of need. ❤️