Acorns Children's Hospice is calling for help to Power The Time Machine. Acorns Children's Hospice is calling for help to Power The Time Machine. A £5MILLION fundraising appeal has been launched to transform children’s hospice care across the West Midlands. Advances in medicine mean more children are living longer with increasingly complex conditions, changing the way children’s hospice care supports families. Acorns Children’s Hospice provides specialist care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and support for their families.