News and Comment

Our longstanding charity partner, Hobbycraft, has reached an incredible fundraising milestone of £1.5 million for Together for Short Lives. Hobbycraft has worked with Together for Short Lives for eight years and its dedicated store teams, head office staff and generous...

We are proud to announce that our wonderful charity partner, Center Parcs UK, has raised more than £1,000,000 to support seriously ill children and their families, as well as the lifeline children's hospices that support them. The seven-figure sum is...

Views of Acorns Director of Care, Emma Aspinall, on responding to the Covid-19 pandemic I have the privilege of being the Director of Care for Acorns Children’s Hospices. I wanted to take this opportunity during Children’s Hospice week to highlight...

Margaret Maye is the Outreach Nurse Lead for the Acorns Children’s Hospice in Birmingham. During the pandemic Margaret has been supporting the NHS by working with the Palliative Care Team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Margaret shares her reflections on her...

Phew, what a week. We’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone of the amazing families, supporters and children’s hospice services that have taken part in Children’s Hospice Week 2020 over the last seven days. This year has...

Patron Holly Willoughby launched the week with personal video message Close friend to the charity & Patron Simon Cowell pledged his support with special video Peter Andre ‘drops in’ to Children’s Hospice via Zoom England and Chelsea footballer Mason Mount...