Ruah Community Services

Ruah Community Services has been supporting and empowering vulnerable and disadvantaged people to create positive change in their lives for more than 60 years – leading innovation and delivering tailored, wrap-around support for people experiencing homelessness, family and domestic violence, mental health issues and, as a result, needing legal advice and support.

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Everyone is welcome, everyone belongs

Ruah is an integrated community service provider in Western Australia. We are an independent not-for-profit and our services are free.

Our vision, mission and values

Our vision
Flourishing communities through the active participation and wellbeing of people with complex needs.

Our mission
Empowering vulnerable and disadvantaged people to create meaningful change in their lives through the provision of quality support services.

Our values
Respect | Grassroots | Partnerships | Integrity | Creativity

Housing & homelessness

Supporting rough sleepers, people without a home and tenants at risk to find their feet. Help us end homelessness in WA.

Family & domestic violence

Providing safety, at home and in the community, for women and children escaping the trauma of family and domestic violence.

Mental health & wellness

Innovative programs and wraparound support to help people overcome the challenges of chronic mental illness and create meaningful change in their lives.

Legal advice & representation

Free expert advice and representation from the Mental Health Law Centre and for people experiencing legal problems linked to care and protection proceedings, housing and homelessness, family and domestic violence and mental illness.

All this happy 66-year-old needed to get his life back on track was a place to call ‘home’ and someone to have faith in him. The team at Ruah Community...

For Ruah Family and Domestic Violence lawyer Sophie, fighting injustice and gender-based abuse is a family tradition. Sophie, whose law degree followed studies in French, Italian, journalism, and education— which...

As one of Ruah’s first domestic violence advocates Sheree is committed to using her experience to educate younger generations about healthy relationships and to empower other women and men to get out and build a better life.
You see, Sheree knows the cycle of domestic violence all too well. She witnessed her mother’s abuse for many years from when she was just seven-years of age. At 16, she found her ‘soulmate’ and without being aware of it at the time, entered her own abusive relationship.

Housing and homelessness

720

Clients a Year

Family services

580

Clients a Year

Mental health and wellness

1375

Clients a Year

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Be bold! Help end trauma and drive change

We know Western Australia is an amazing place to live but thousands of people don’t share that same good fortune.
Poverty and disadvantage take a big toll on our whole community, not just the people who are experiencing trauma firsthand.
Ruah is passionate about ending homelessness, domestic violence and making life easier for those who live with chronic mental illness.
There are many ways you can support our work.

Join the fight to end homelessness, domestic violence and the challenges of living with chronic mental illness in WA.

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Help West Aussies who are doing it tough with a one-time gift or recurring donation. Every bit helps.

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Everyone is welcome, everyone belongs

Our vision, mission and values

Housing & homelessness

Family & domestic violence

Mental health & wellness

Legal advice & representation

Stories

Dugarme’s keys to freedom

Sophie masters the art of standing up to family violence

Connection and courage the key for Sheree