Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust

We received a phone call on Friday from Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust, a registered charity providing a network of care to life-limited children and their families across the Midlands. We were asked for a small donation, which we gave willingly, but it drew to our attention the plight of the many children and families in the Midlands in need of their help and felt that a donation was the very least we could do. We’d like to appeal to every business locally to give a little something to help fund such a worthy charity.

Acorns cares for children who are “life-limited” - which means they are unlikely to reach adulthood - and offers support to their families. They cover a defined catchment area including the counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and the West Midlands. They have three hospices situated in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester as well as a community team that offers practical and emotional support to families in their homes.

Acorns offers respite, emergency and end-of-life care and on average one of the children they care for dies every week. They rely on the community to fund the majority of their activities as only 10% comes from statutory funding. That’s why it’s really vital that you help in any way possible as the job they do is amazing.

To support them visit http://www.acorns.org.uk/At_work.asp and help by giving a donation, through staff fund raising or any of the other ideas you’ll find there.