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Closed 25/12/2021

Acorns Virtual Santa Dash 2021

This year Santa is asking for your help to deliver the Greatest Gift for children and families who use Acorns Children's Hospice, the gift of care. He needs your help to raise vital funds for our specialist care throughout the month of December.

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Closed 25/12/2021

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Acorns supports around 750 children and almost 1,000 families every year. The charity needs to raise £11 million each year to provide its lifeline care. Your support means Acorns can continue to be there for local families facing the unimaginable. Together, we are stronger.

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This year Santa is asking for your help to deliver the Greatest Gift for children and families who use their local childrens hospice, the gift of care. He needs your help to raise £10,000 to help fund our specialist children's hospice care throughout the month of December.

Pull on your trainers, get on your bikes and jingle all the way in support of local children and families this Christmas. Choose your distance from 1, 5 or 12km and complete it all at once or over several days.

£10 could provide two parents' meals for a day at Acorns this Christmas

£20 could help fund the equipment our nurses require when providing care in the family home

£40 could provide one hour of vital nursing care to a child who needs specialist medical support on Christmas Day

£100 could give parents the chance to stay in our family flat, so they can be by their child's side during the festive period

£500 could provide 12 hours of vital nursing care to a child who needs specialist medical support

£975 could pay for one child to stay at the hospice on Christmas day and receive specialist nursing care and medical support

£3,300 could pay for a specialist Acorns Childrens nurse for the entire month of December to provide vital care for the children at the hospice over Christmas

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Donation summary

Total
£1,654.02
+ £318.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,654.02
Offline
£0.00
Direct
£20.00
Fundraisers
£1,634.02

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