29 April – 1 May More than 65 cyclists are keenly counting down the days until the start of iconic children’s charity Royal Far West’s premier event, Ride for Country Kids. A massive adventure, this year’s Ride starts in Lightning Ridge on Sunday 29 April 2018, traversing a challenging route through Walgett and Brewarrina before a…
Latest news! We are very excited to announce our new partnership with Volleyball Australia, which will see our Manly site transformed into an ‘Athlete Village’ during the 2016 Manly #Volleyfest. Some of our #RFWKids got to meet Volleyroo Becchara Palmer at yesterday’s announcement! https://www.royalfarwest.org.au/announcements/media-release-new-partnership-with-volleyball-australia #lovelocal #lovemanly
Staying at RFW can be life changing and also great fun. Over 500 children who have visited us at Manly this financial year have enjoyed the many activities on offer through our Recreation Program, which often follow a particular theme. In August children met Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players Brian Kelly, Darcy Lussick, Shaun Lane and…
In response to concerns about the growing vulnerability of country children, RFW commissioned a review of the state of children’s developmental health in rural and remote Australia from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s Centre for Community Child Health. “The Invisible Children” report launched in September 2017 revealed the vulnerability gap between urban and rural children is growing. Children…
Forty-nine children between the ages of 3 and 5 attended the Healthy Kids Bus Stop free health and development screenings at Collarenebri and Walgett in September 2017. The Bus Stop aims to improve the health and wellbeing of children living in rural and remote communities so they are ready to…
