• 04 September 2023

    Acorns Children’s Hospice 22/23 review

    Acorns Children’s Hospice provides care, support, fun and laughter for children and their families across the West Midlands. This support is offered from our three children’s hospices, based in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester, and in the community. Over the past year we’ve achieved so much thanks to the generosity...

  • 04 May 2023

    Creating a hospice for the future

    Acorns hospice in Walsall has touched the lives of thousands of children and their families over the last 20 years. The charity provides nursing care and emotional support of the highest quality, but because of financial pressures, it’s not been possible to keep the building looking and feeling it’s...

  • 10 November 2022

    Caring for the whole family

    Esme is a smiling, happy, bubbly nine-year-old, who is full of life and well known for the beautiful bows she wears in her hair. Her personality draws people in. She takes everything in her stride, regardless of whatever’s thrown her way. At just six months, Esme was diagnosed with...

  • 12 May 2022

    Jack’s story

    Jack was a regular visitor to Acorns Children’s Hospice for 16 years, until he sadly passed away in November 2020.  His parents, Sharon and Dale, remember how those visits enabled their family to carry on through the toughest of times. Jack arrived just over five weeks early and he...