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January 2012

Join our London Marathon team!
Fancy running the 2012 London Marathon?If you were lucky enough to secure a place for the Virgin London Marathon 2012 through the ballot and are considering running for a charity, we would be delighted…

December 2011

Staff Profile - Bisser Spirov - Lumos Bulgaria
We meet with Bisser Spirov, Training Officer at our Lumos Bulgaria office. Bisser tells us about the direct impact of Lumos' work and the deinstitutionalisation process on the lives of individual children…

Unlocking EU Funding
Since 2004, the European Union has expanded to include many countries of Central and Eastern Europe. With EU membership, comes eligibility for funding programmes known as 'Structural Funds‘…

Christmas Letter to our Supporters
Dear all,2011 has been a busy and fruitful year here at Lumos. We have developed our programme work in four countries and continued providing vital support to the process of closing institutions and replacing…

Joint conference delivers real change for children with hydrocephalus in Bulgaria
Raising awareness of children's rights is at the heart of what we do, especially when children's health is in danger. While working with children in Bulgaria, we found that as many as 137 children with…

Read our 2010 Annual Report
Our Annual Report for 2010 is now available to download. In it, you can read about what we have achieved over the past year, including how we have begun to give hope to thousands of children currently…

Lumos observes World Aids Day
Lumos is joining hundreds of NGOs and individuals across the globe in marking World Aids Day today (1 December). Since its inception in 1987, World Aids Day has become one of the most recognised international…

November 2011

Children’s charity Lumos and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea host study visit for Moldovan delegation
Across the European region one million children live in large residential institutions that cannot meet their needs. Lumos works to end this practice, supporting governments to introduce family and community…

Lumos Observed Universal Children's Day
Yesterday (20 November) was Universal Children's Day, an annual celebration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the worldwide standard for defending…

Lumos raises awareness on the rights of children with hydrocephalus
Lumos Bulgaria and the State Agency for Child Protection in Bulgaria will be holding an international conference on 24 November to raise awareness of the needs and rights of children with hydrocephalus…

Why UK study visits are inspirational for our programme work
Last month Lumos and Sheffield City Council's Children and Family Services hosted a study visit for another Bulgarian delegation involved in the design of community-based services for children leaving…

October 2011

Developing social services accreditation in Moldova: Lumos facilitates expert guidance from Ofsted UK
Our vision is a world in which all children have the opportunity to grow up in a safe and caring family environment or, where there is no alternative, in specialist placements that meet all their needs,…

Children’s charity Lumos supports CHANGE to empower children with learning disabilities across Europe
Lumos, the children's charity founded by JK Rowling that works to end the institutionalisation of children across Central and Eastern Europe, is funding Leeds-based human rights organisation, CHANGE to…

JK Rowling’s children’s charity and Sheffield City Council host study visit for Bulgarian delegation
JK Rowling's children's charity, Lumos, and Sheffield City Council's Children and Family Services will host a study visit next week (10-12 October) for a Bulgarian delegation involved in the design of…

Bulgarian Delegation Visits UK
Last month, Lumos facilitated a visit by a delegation of senior government officials and policy makers from Bulgaria, to inform and improve the Deinstitutionalisation process in Bulgaria.The extremely…