Acorns Children's Hospice
| Formation | 1988 |
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| Type | Registered charity |
| Purpose | To provide palliative care |
| Headquarters | Wythall, Birmingham, England |
| Coordinates | 52°22′43″N 1°53′08″W / 52.378694°N 1.885553°W |
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| Website | acorns |
Acorns Children's Hospice Trust is a registered charity, providing palliative care services and support to children and young people with life limiting and life threatening conditions. The charity is the only children's hospice for the West Midlands region. Acorns provides care and support from its three hospices, situated in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester, and in family homes. The catchment area for the Hospices comprises the counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire as well as parts of Staffordshire, Shropshire, and the West Midlands.
Acorns provides a network of specialist palliative nursing care for children and support for their families.
The organisation cares for around 700-800 children and over 1,000 families a year. Services include rehabilitative respite, pain and symptom management, emergency and end-of-life care and support following a child's death. In addition to clinical care, Acorns also offers psychosocial support for families, including bereavement services and various family support groups. Over two-thirds of Acorns funding comes from donations and revenue generated through their charity shops.