May
09
Acorns Children’s Hospice is encouraging people to follow its lead and organise a Diamond Jubilee celebration this June to raise vital funds for local children with life limiting conditions. The Walsall hospice has teamed up with its Walstead Road neighbour, Saint Gabriel’s Church, to hold celebrations over the four day bank holiday weekend. Big screen …
May
04
A children’s charity is calling all canines to hurry for a place in its dog walk event, as the deadline draws near on Thursday 17th May. Acorns Children’s Hospice’s newest event, on Sunday 27th May, gives dogs and their owners a chance to raise money together for life limited children by taking a stroll around …
May
03
Fundraising pair: Tony Townsend and his dog Penny paws to reflect before the big walk A Streetly man and his dog are raising money together for local life limited children by participating in a mass dog stroll in Sutton Park on Sunday 27th May. Acorns Children’s Hospice’s newest event gives dogs and owners the chance …
May
01
Members of the Acorns Singers celebrate their achievement. Back row L – R: Kathleen Davis, Mike Coates, Sue Wild, David Rees-Jones, Grace Arnstein and John Turner. Front: David Strudley, chief executive at Acorns and Maryanne Meredith, musical director A Birmingham based choir group have raised a total of £10,000 for Acorns Children’s Hospice, a local …
May
01
Acorns Children’s Hospice is urgently appealing for volunteers to help with its Triple Run event on Sunday 24th June. The annual Malvern event raises vital funds to provide care services for life limited children and young people living across the region. Hundreds of people of all ages, fitness levels and sporting ability start and finish …
Apr
27
Acorns Children’s Hospice is offering parents and children the chance to show their teachers they care with a special gift at the end of this school year. The charity’s online GiveaGift range creates a different way to say thank you to teachers this year, with a donation made to the charity on their behalf. Once …
Apr
26
A bereaved dad from Gloucester and a team of friends are cycling 931 miles next month with a goal to raise £15,000 for charity. On 4th May Dave Heap and childhood friends, Tom Appleby and Richard Bartley, will begin their 9 day challenge; with all the money raised going to Acorns Children’s Hospice and the …
Apr
23
A Great Barr woman is braving heights for Acorns Children’s Hospice by abseiling down Birmingham city centre’s House of Fraser on Sunday 20th May. Lurline Reynolds, who works as a business support manager in a contact centre, said: “I first heard of Acorns through a friend and read about their work online. I was really moved …
Apr
19
A Birmingham based choir group have raised a total of £10,000 for local charity Acorns Children’s Hospice after a smash hit Christmas Concert in December. The Acorns Singers formed in 2004 with friends, volunteers and staff at Acorns joining together to have fun with music and raise funds for local children with life limiting and …
Apr
16
A man from Smethwick will be taking on his second long-distance international cycle to raise funds for children with life limiting and life threatening conditions later this year. John Parkin will be cycling 300 miles from London to Paris for Acorns Children’s Hospice in July. Last year he took part in a Vietnam to Cambodia …