Lumos is the organization founded by J.K. Rowling that was formerly known as the Children’s High Level Group.
Rowling co-founded the Children’s High Level Group in 2005 with the politician and children’s-rights advocate Emma Nicholson. The organization focused on children living in institutions and on improving systems that separated children from families and communities.
In 2010, the charity adopted the name Lumos, referring to the light-producing spell in the Harry Potter books. Its work has included advocacy for family-based care and the reform of institutional care for children around the world.
The charity’s name is sometimes mistaken for a Rowling-specific foundation or for a general Harry Potter fan organization. Lumos is an independent charitable organization with a child-welfare mission. Rowling’s public association with Harry Potter helped raise awareness, but the charity’s work concerns real-world children’s rights and care systems.