What was the original name of the charity later renamed Lumos by J.K. Rowling?

The charity later renamed Lumos by J.K. Rowling was originally called the Children’s High Level Group.

Rowling established the organisation in 2005 with Emma Nicholson, a British politician and member of the European Parliament. Its early work focused on children living in institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The founders sought to draw political attention to systems that separated children from families even when family or community support could be developed.

The organisation changed its name to Lumos in 2010. The new name refers to the light-producing spell in the Harry Potter books, creating a link between Rowling’s fictional work and the charity’s aim of bringing children out of institutions and into safer family-based care.

This history is easy to confuse because “Lumos” is now the familiar public name and the original title is long. The organisation’s central purpose remained consistent through the change: reforming child-care systems, supporting family preservation, and ending the routine institutionalisation of children.