J.K. Rowling’s charity working to end the institutionalisation of children is Lumos.
Rowling founded the organisation in 2005 as the Children’s High Level Group with the aim of improving the lives of children separated from families and placed in institutions. It was renamed Lumos in 2010, taking its name from a light-producing spell in the Harry Potter books.
Lumos advocates for family-based care and community services instead of orphanages and other institutions. Its work focuses on children who may be separated from families because of poverty, disability, conflict, or inadequate social support.
The charity’s name is sometimes confused with Rowling’s charitable trust, Volant, which supports causes including multiple sclerosis research and social welfare. Lumos is the organisation specifically associated with ending the institutionalisation of children.