A group of Sikh women who meet to practice their religion has donated £2,100 to Acorns Children's Hospice after seeing the charity’s work first-hand.

The Guru Nanak Nam Ladies Charity Jatha UK group, led by Harbans Kaur Lalli, made the decision to support the children’s charity after a moving visit to its Birmingham hospice in Selly Oak.

The group of around 15 friends and family members regularly gather to sing hymns from the Sikh holy book, the GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI, after which it is traditional to give money to charity.

In the last 18 months the group has and distributed a total of more than £26,000 to local, national and international charities.

Group member, Nirmal Kaur Notay, from Edgbaston, said following the visit to the hospice, it was an easy decision to support Acorns.

“When our members, who come from all over Birmingham, visited the hospice we were so touched by what we saw and the wonderful work of the staff there. It is such a good cause.”

Acorns provides specialist care to life limited and life threatened babies, children and young people and vital support to their families at its hospices in Selly Oak, in Walsall for the Black Country and Worcester for the Three Counties.

Community fundraising manager for Acorns, Sally Insley, said: “We’re so grateful to Nirmal and the Guru Nanak Nam group and everyone who chooses to help Acorns continue its vital work.

“It costs nearly £9million every year to do what we do and the majority of this has to come from funds raised by the general public.”