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When a child is diagnosed with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, everything changes in an instant. The whole world is turned upside down. The future becomes uncertain, families don’t know where to turn for support and every moment matters more than ever. This is why Acorns Children’s Hospice exists. We help families cope at every stage of their child’s life and beyond, providing expert care, practical support and the strength to face whatever comes next. As the largest children’s hospice in the UK and Europe, we care for more than 1,000 children and families each year across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire. We provide specialist children’s palliative and end-of-life care that wraps around the whole family, not just the child. From our hospices in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester, and in family homes and local communities, we provide care wherever it is needed most. We are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, working alongside NHS and community teams to ensure children and families receive joined-up, specialist support. At its heart, Acorns is about what becomes possible when care is truly connected around a child and family. We are about choice, dignity and helping families make the most of the time they have together. Because childhood does not stop when a child is seriously ill. Through Acorns Time Machine, we are reimagining how children and families experience care. We can’t add more time to a child’s life. But we can add more childhood to the time they have. Our specialist care helps families spend less time in crisis and more time together, creating moments childhood when they matter most. Registered Charity No. 700859

Here is where we share, with our current and future corporate partners, the amazing work that our fundraising team does every day at Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice. Network and work with us. Your support helps us care for our amazing children and young adults with life-limiting conditions and their families, both in their own homes and at our hospice in North Anston. We believe that every family deserves to make magical memories with their child, whether they have years, months, weeks or days together. Bluebell Wood is a home from home for families facing the toughest of times, with a comfy lounge and beautiful gardens. We’re always cooking up mouth-watering meals and tasty treats in the kitchen for families. There’s also plenty of fun activities for children to try, including soft play, arts and crafts, music therapy and much more. While they’re staying, children stay in one of eight bedrooms. If their whole family is coming, then parents have their own room too. Every day, we need to raise £11,000 to keep our doors open, and just 10% of our funding is from the government. Everything else is paid for by the wonderful work that you do; whether you run, bake or even Brave the Shave. If you would like more information about Bluebell Wood or would like to make a donation, visit: www.bluebellwood.org/donate

Shooting Star Children's Hospices cares for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families, in Surrey and London. Whether lives are measured in days, weeks, months or years, we are here to make every moment count. We support families from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care. Our bespoke support is free of charge to families and is available 365 days a year. Our care service includes short breaks at our two hospices (Shooting Star House in Hampton and Christopher’s in Guildford), support at home, day care, symptom management, end-of-life care, bereavement care and a comprehensive range of therapies and support groups for the whole family. It costs £8 million a year just to maintain our current level of care. Very little of that income comes from central government funding, so we rely on our supporters’ generosity to keep the service running. What’s more, we know there are many more families desperate for our vital support, so it’s crucial we raise more funds to provide more care. Registered with fundraising regulator.