Acorns Children’s Hospice provides care, support, fun and laughter for children and their families across the West Midlands. We have three children’s hospices: • Acorns in Birmingham (located in Selly Oak) opened in 1988 • Acorns in the Black Country (located in Walsall) opened in 2000. • Acorns for...
29 August 2024
The ataxias are a set of life-limiting neurological conditions that disrupt the messages sent from our brains to our muscles. Not just the muscles we use to move, but those we use to speak, listen and see. Over time, people with ataxia are slowly imprisoned in their own bodies,...
29 August 2024
When a new GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL), was confirmed in December last year, the National Deaf Children’s Society was rightly delighted. The Department for Education published the finalised BSL GCSE subject content, marking the culmination of a decade of campaigning by the National Deaf Children’s Society and...
30 April 2024
When families need to entrust their child’s complex care to someone else, so they can take a much-needed break from providing non-stop care, Acorns Children’s Hospice is there for them. Now a bubbly six-year-old, at just a few weeks old, Oliver was diagnosed with stage five chronic kidney disease,...
30 April 2024
A new campaign called ‘Children At The Table’, is giving young people the chance to make sure that the next Government works to improve the lives of babies, children and young people. Ahead of the next general election, the UK’s five leading children’s charities – including the National Children’s...
30 April 2024
Through Ataxia UK’s network, families are able to connect with one another and benefit from the support of shared experiences. After a regular health check at two-years-old, Maisie was referred to a specialist and subsequently diagnosed with cerebellar ataxia atrophy aged three, turning her family’s world upside-down. With the...
30 April 2024
Yasmina is the star of our Christmas video this year. She is supported by two of the four Childlife partner charities – Ataxia UK who offer invaluable advice and support to families affected by ataxia and fund vital research into finding a cure, and the National Children’s Bureau, who...
19 December 2023
When parents are at breaking point, Acorns Children’s Hospice is there to support them. ‘My daughter Marwah requires constant care… I was literally like a zombie. At Acorns, I am able to let go. I get a rest from giving care and I’m just Mum.’ Nizet Four-year-old Marwah has...
14 November 2023
When young people need to be heard, National Children’s Bureau (NCB) provides them with a creative outlet. NCB has just launched an innovative project with the University of Kent to help young people with experience of children’s social care to share their perspectives through creative mediums such as paining,...
14 November 2023
When a way is found to transform more lives, the National Deaf Children’s Society will stop at nothing to see it through. The National Deaf Children’s Society’s new five-year strategy seeks to transform the lives of even more deaf children by strengthening support in two key areas; during the...
14 November 2023
