RUAH Community Services

Provides a variety of support services. Ruah Community Services is an integrated service provider which includes family services, mental health and wellbeing services, housing and homelessness, and legal services.

Programs provided by Ruah include:

• Stronger Ground Program – Combines all of Ruah’s mental health support services for people experiencing severe and persistent mental health issues into one program.
• Inspire (Fiona Stanley Hospital) – Offers support from peer workers with lived experience in mental health, alcohol, and drug issues to help patients, carers, and families in the hospital.
• Safe Haven (Royal Perth Hospital) – Provides a calm, gentle, and quiet space where people can receive early intervention mental health distress management and problem-solving support from both peer workers with lived experience, and clinical support staff.

Funding

• ABN Group
• AWB Foundation, DR Capital Pty Ltd, Hyperluxe, Launch Housing, Lotterywest, Mercy Foundation, Michele Canci Foundation, Minderoo Foundation, Sirona Capital, The Ungar Family Foundation, and private donors

Eligibility & Access

• For people living in the community who have been diagnosed with severe and persistent mental health challenges.

Partnerships

• SANE Australia

Achievements

• The first agency to introduce mobile community outreach services, in partnership with the WA State Government, back in the 1990s.