Granting the wishes of the terminally ill
Fulfilling a
wish
during the final journey
Ambulance Wish Western Australia’s mission is to give people living with terminal illness the resources, specialist transport and medical care they need to fulfil their final wishes.
Launching soon!
Currently raising funds for an ambulance and recruiting and training volunteers.
Wishes can be simple, a last visit home or to a place of personal significance. It’s usually the little things that mean the most to a person nearing the end of their life.
We are excited to welcome this unique and heart warming charity to Western Australia. With medically trained volunteers and adapted ambulances we fulfil the desires of those who are in need of assistance to experience one final wish.
Ambulance Wish Western Australia is inspired by and working in collaboration with the Netherlands charity Stichting Ambulance Wens. Ambulance Wish Western Australia’s management committee is currently fundriasing for an ambulance and finalising its procedures and policies. Recruiting and training volunteers will commence shortly and work has starting sourcing partners and donations to enable us to start fulfilling wishes.
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Donate
We run entirely on charitable donations. Whether it is a one-off or regular giving, your donation to Ambulance Wish Western Australia will help fulfil the wishes of terminally ill WA patients.
Make a wish
One last time . . . The wish form!
If you have a wish, please fill out the wish form and describe your wish as clearly as possible.
Wish submissions will open in 2020.
What would be your last wish?
Would you want to feel the wind on your face while watching the waves crash onto the beach; watch the birds soar above the hills; or the sunlight shining through the trees and shimmering on the river?
Would you prefer to say goodbye to the family pet; attend your daughter’s wedding; or say hello to your sibling or new-born grandchild?
Have one last day at home with mum and dad, visit the art gallery, zoo or rugby; or visit your husband’s grave one last time?
I can help them and then they can die with a smile on their face
- Kees Veldboar, founder Ambulance Wish Foundation
Granting the last wish.
The Dutch charity Stichting Ambulance Wens – Ambulance Wish Foundation – was established by Kees Veldboer in 2007 to help terminally ill patients fulfil one last wish.
The Ambulance Wish concept has now being implemented in 14 countries around the world, including Australia. Ambulance Wish Western Australia is a volunteer-run charity totally dependent on donations.
Partners
Who Supports Us
Latest news
Thank you
What is a Wish Ambulance?
Palliative care in WA
What would be your last wish?
How Ambulance Wishes are made
Fundraising and sponsorship programme
Hand hygiene registration
Behind the logo
Registered charity
Examples of wishes from the around the world
Thank you
Ambulance Wish Western Australia would like to thank Stichting Ambulance Wens – Ambulance Wish Foundation – and Ambulance Wish Queensland for the use of their images for this website. As a new charity still developing its image library, Ambulance Wish Western Australia has used some of the Ambulance Wish Foundation and Queensland images to illustrate the amazing work by Ambulance Wish.
As Ambulance Wish Western Australia grows and starts fulfilling last wishes the website images will be replaced by West Australian images and video.