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NewsChild advocate joins Lumos at UN 2025 Annual Day on the Rights of the ChildTuesday March 18, 2025Vlad, who has been volunteering within a Youth Friendly Health Centre for the past year, consulted children with disabilities under the age of 5.
NewsEvery child growing-up in a safe and loving family: Time for a radical re-think of global childcare reform?Monday March 10, 2025The global childcare reform community is neither as coherent nor as coordinated as we need to be. This moment of rapid change is an opportunity to reshape ourselves to more effectively champion, catalyse and support accelerated progress.
NewsLumos Kenya supports milestone rollout of care reform in Eastern RegionTuesday March 4, 2025The journey towards care reform implementation across Kenya recently took a significant step forward with the rollout of care reform training in the Eastern region of Kenya.
NewsLumos celebrates its 20th anniversary yearFriday February 28, 2025Every child deserves a family, and Lumos is celebrating 20 years of making it happen.
NewsStatement by Lumos CEO in response to aid cutsWednesday February 26, 2025We at Lumos are deeply concerned at the wave of recent foreign aid cuts and their impact on the world’s most vulnerable people.
NewsRosanna Burcheri & Elizabeth Lule appointed to Lumos’ UK Board of TrusteesThursday February 13, 2025Lumos, the international children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling, today announced the appointment of Rosanna Burcheri & Elizabeth Lule to Lumos' UK Board of Trustees.
NewsRetail veteran Ken Towle appointed Chair of Trustees at LumosWednesday January 29, 2025With a career spanning retail leadership and consulting, Towle brings strategic expertise to Lumos, an organisation dedicated to realising every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world.
NewsLumos to create first Early Childhood Intervention Centre in Chișinău, MoldovaTuesday January 21, 2025We are proud to announce our support and contribution to the first Early Childhood Intervention Centre in the capital city of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău.
NewsUK Government campaign spotlights global family separation crisisFriday January 17, 2025As Foreign Secretary David Lammy launches his new campaign to progressively end the institutionalisation of children and ensure support for every child to have a safe and loving family, Lumos welcomes the opportunity to shine a critical light on the millions of children worldwide who are denied their fundamental right to family life.
NewsEnd of year letter from Howard Taylor, Lumos CEOThursday December 19, 2024In 2024, despite the difficult context, and working with and through our local, national and global partners, Lumos has continued to make progress in reforming children’s care and protection systems around the world.
NewsLumos appoints new CEO Howard TaylorTuesday November 12, 2024Howard joins the foundation after leading the United Nations Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and comes with over twenty years of experience as a transformational leader in non-profit, corporate, government and UN settings in the UK, USA, Africa and Asia.
NewsTouring a Lumos Ukraine Inclusive Education UnitTuesday September 10, 2024The centre is designed to support children with disabilities and special educational needs and also caters for children impacted by the war who have fallen behind on their education.