JKR Trust Donates to Women's Refuge

The Volant Charitable Trust, founded by J.K.Rowling in 2002, has donated £25,000 to Stirling Women’s Aid in England to help furnish its new local refuge. An additional £5000 was also donated by an anonymous source. The trust was named after J.K. Rowling's mother, whose maiden name was Volant, who died from Multiple Sclerosis. The charity was set up to "support charitable causes and projects, nationally or community-based, at home or abroad, which alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women’s and children’s issues."