Birmingham children's charity shop receives thousands of pounds of donations after thieves break in

The Chief Executive of a children's hospice says its amazing how people have come together to donate money after thieves broke into one if its charity shops in Birmingham.

It happened overnight on Monday (7 June) at the Acorns shop in Kings Heath.

Earlier, Acorns boss Toby Porter posted his reaction online.

Mr Porter said the shop remains closed while they try to fix the extensive damage.

Police say thieves gained entry by gained entry by drilling a hole through the front door.

Mr Porter said: “They’ve smashed the expensive till and smashed a staff computer which they had out the back and threw it outside.

“In Kings Heath we sell several hundreds pounds worth of clothes to help our children’s hospice. We have two to three volunteers and it is very unsettling for them.”

As well as damaging tills, the thieves stole from a donation pot - where the money would be used to provide hospice care for children

The charity shop has set up a fundraising page to help repair the damage that's been caused.

It's already had a lot of donations in just 24 hours where it's almost reached it's target of £12,500.

Toby Porter says its enough to pay for two full days of hospice care in response to what has happened.