What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s charity supporting multiple sclerosis research and social projects?

J.K. Rowling’s charity supporting multiple sclerosis research and social projects is the Volant Charitable Trust.

Rowling established the trust in 2000. It has supported projects addressing social deprivation, poverty, and multiple sclerosis, a disease that affected Rowling’s mother, Anne Rowling, who died in 1990.

The trust’s name is connected to Rowling’s charitable work rather than to a fictional institution. Rowling has also supported neurological research through other initiatives, including the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University of Edinburgh, named in memory of her mother.

Volant Charitable Trust is sometimes confused with Lumos because both are associated with Rowling and charitable activity. Their main emphases differ: Volant has funded social and medical causes, while Lumos has concentrated on replacing institutions for children with family and community-based care.