JK Rowling donates £1 million to charities supporting vulnerable during COVID-19 lockdown

JK Rowling donates £1 million to charities supporting vulnerable during COVID-19 lockdown

By Naveel Krishant
03/05/2020
JK Rowling. [image:BBC]

JK Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter adventures, is donating 1 million pounds to charities supporting vulnerable people during the lockdown.

Half of the money will go to Crisis which helps homeless people, and half to Refuge to support victims of domestic abuse.

Rowling's donations come amid #HarryPotterDay on Twitter.

Today marks the anniversary of one the author's major events in her stories.

On Twitter, Rowling said today's the 22nd anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, but she is going to be honest and say that it feels inappropriate to talk about fictional deaths.

She says too many people are losing loved ones in the real world.

[Source: BBC]

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