BUSINESS NEWS
Greater Birmingham donates over £6,000 in one night
More than £6,000 was raised in one night from the great and good at the annual dinner for Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce. Over 800 guests raised £6,480 for Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust, which was established in 1988 to offer a network of care for life limited and life threatened children, young people and their families. These children and young people are not expected to reach adulthood and require specialist care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the last year Acorns has supported over 700 children and more than 1,050 families, including those who are bereaved. Henrik Court, Chamber events director said: “The Chamber is delighted to be raising money for Acorn’s
Children’s Hospice this year as the President’s chosen charity. The charity does some great work and on behalf of the charity and the Chamber, I would like to thank everyone that made a donation last night, their support is really appreciated. “Our next fundraising event is a general knowledge quiz on 20 May at the Chamber – it promises to be a fun night so I would ask all businesses to consider entering a team.” Acorns is the only organisation that provides this level of care to these vulnerable youngsters while offering a
range of support services to the whole family to help them cope at every stage of their child's life and beyond into bereavement. The organisation provides tailored nursing care for each child; short breaks, emergency and end of life care
at three hospices: Acorns in Birmingham based at Selly Oak, Acorns in the Black Country based at Walsall, Acorns for the Three Counties based at Worcester.
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