The Children’s High Level Group, a charity started by JK Rowling and Baroness Emma Nicholson, has unveiled their new site and re-brand, which is now known as Lumos! Visit their official site by going to lumos.org.uk!

The Children’s High Level Group today unveils its new name and a new brand with a rallying call to put an end to the systematic institutionalisation of disadvantaged children across Central and Eastern Europe.

The charity today re-launches as Lumos – named after the spell in J K Rowling’s global sensation Harry Potter.  In the books, Lumos causes a small beam of light to emit from the spell-caster’s wand.

With the change of name to Lumos comes a shift in focus: Lumos will no longer work in Romania – this work will be continued by the Asociatia Children’s High Level Group, whose Chair is Baroness Emma Nicholson. Lumos, chaired by J K Rowling, will continue its work in the Czech Republic and the Republic of Moldova, as well as expanding into other countries.

J K Rowling says, “Twenty years ago, as Communist regimes across Europe toppled, harrowing images of Europe’s hidden children began to emerge. Thousands upon thousands of children were living in vast, depressing institutions – malnourished and often maltreated, with little access to the outside world. Slowly governments have begun to transform care systems. Real and lasting change takes time, but today we are putting down a marker and calling for significantly more progress in the next twenty years to ensure that eventually no children are living in, or at risk of entering, such institutions.”

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