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Millions of children across the world are living in institutions, separated from their families in the name of care and protection. They are growing up ...

March 24 marked an important date for the rights of the child. The European Commission released the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the ...

Fancy creating an event or fundraiser to support Lumos' work? Here are three poster designs that you can download and use to advertise your event. ...

Fancy creating an event or fundraiser to support Lumos' work? Here are some handy posters that you can download and use to advertise your event.

Growing up in institutional care violates children’s rights. Over 80 years of international research has demonstrated that it can severely harm children’s physical and cognitive ...

The EU must prioritise social inclusion in its COVID-19 Recovery - Urgent call for targets and safeguards for investments in social inclusion and the shift ...

Thousands of children in Ukraine with disabilities, developmental disorders, illnesses, or from disadvantaged social backgrounds are deprived of their human rights and grow up without ...

Lumos calls on the Portuguese EU Presidency to recognise the risk of trafficking for children that are in institutional care, including the role of the ...

This paper outlines how children with disabilities end up in institutional care and explains how growing up in an institution is particularly harmful to this ...

Following the EU’s acknowledgement of the harm caused by institutionalisation and its commitment to supporting the shift from institutional to family and community-based care, Lumos ...

This briefing sets out the key learning and recommendations from the East London Transforming Care Project. The Project was designed to deliver better family and ...

Millions of children around the world live in institutions – including so-called “orphanages”, residential special schools and reception centres – that expose them to a ...