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Hospice kicks off celebrations
Acorns Children’s Hospice has officially kicked-off a year of celebrations to mark the charity’s 30th anniversary. It was Diana, Princess of Wales, who opened
the very first Acorns Children’s Hospice in Selly Oak, Birmingham to provide care for life limited and life threatened children. It was only the third children’s hospice in the world at the time. To launch the anniversary, the charity held
‘30 days of thanking’, starting with an intensive ‘Thank You’ week. The week saw Acorns staff personally calling
and recording over 200 ‘thank you’ video messages and sending more than 600 ‘thank you’ cards for supporters and volunteers across the region.
‘We continue to strive to help as many of these children and families as possible’
A host of celebrities and well-known
names – including pop legends UB40, cricketer Ian Bell and singer Beverley Knight – also recorded their own video messages of thanks. Chamber chief executive Paul Faulkner also
recorded a message thanking everyone who has contributed towards Acorns during the past three decades and shared his memory of visiting the hospice 12 years ago. Toby Porter, Acorns chief executive, said:
“This is an exciting and significant year for Acorns. The only way we can begin is by
30 years and counting: Acorns staff celebrate a milestone in their history
offering a huge ‘thank you’ to our volunteers and supporters for their time and incredible generosity over the past 30 years. “We are deeply indebted to the Chamber, its members and the many wonderful businesses whose continued support has been instrumental in empowering Acorns vital services over the last 30 years, enabling us now to care for more children and families than ever before. “There are always more people who need our help that we can reach and we continue to
strive to help as many of these children and families as possible but we simply couldn’t do it without your amazing support.” It costs Acorns nearly £10m every year to
provide its services and it relies on fundraising for the majority of this amount. Throughout 2018, Acorns is offering
businesses across the region the chance to fund 24 hours of vital care at one of the charity’s hospices by gifting £7,000. To find out more about ‘Pay for a Day’, visit:
www.acorns.org.uk/payforaday
A reunion with royalty for honorary chairman
Businessman Nasir Awan attended a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by the Queen, in a celebration of the achievements of the Commonwealth diaspora. Nasir, chief executive officer at Awan Marketing and honorary chairman
of the Asian Business Chamber of Commerce, attended along with other individuals who have made a positive impact in their community, business and culture in the United Kingdom. Other royals were also in attendance at the event, including the Prince of
Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Gloucester. Nasir said: “This was my second time that I met Her Majesty and I told
her so, she replied with a smile that she remembered, I sounded surprised when she said this, and questioned the Queen, that does she really remember, when she gave me a very big smile. “It was a privilege to have been in her company along with Prince Charles
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and Camilla, as well as Theresa May, her husband and Boris Johnson.” The Queen will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in late April 2018.
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