News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Fundraising Stories | Parent Stories | Your Stories |
Sarah, Dave and Sean’s challenge for CLAPA
Sarah's daughter Alice was born with a cleft lip and palate. Sarah looks back at their journey so far and tells us about some of the incredible ways her and her family have fundraised for CLAPA over the last two years.
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Adult Stories | Fundraising Stories | Your Stories |
Jenny’s 73 mile walk!
Since she first got involved with CLAPA in 2012, Jenny has put out collection cans, organised cake sales and raffles, and has even worn a blue onesie at work to fundraise! We caught up with her to find out more about her most recent challenge for CLAPA.
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Fundraising Stories | Parent Stories | Your Stories |
Teddy’s Triathlon for CLAPA
7 year-old Teddy's little sister was born with Pierre Robin Sequence and a cleft palate. Teddy wanted to do something to help, so to mark the start of Awareness Week he completed a triathlon for CLAPA!
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Adult Stories | Your Stories |
Stav and Despina’s story
Since meeting through CLAPA's Adult Voices Facebook group a few years ago, Stav and Despina have formed a formidable, powerful friendship. We are honoured to share their beautiful story this Awareness Week.
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Fundraising Stories |
Team CLAPA Comes Through!
In the past few weeks we’ve been blown away by your support, your creativity, and your determination to keep this community alive. Here are just some of our wonderful fundraisers who rallied to join Team CLAPA in all sorts of innovative ways.
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Adult Issues | Mental Health | Psychology | Research | Research Summaries |
Research Summary: Emotional Wellbeing in Adults Born with a Cleft
CLAPA's 'Whole of Life' survey in 2018 asked adults born with a cleft from all over the UK about their experiences, including their emotional wellbeing. This paper looks at the results of this survey in detail and considers what they might mean for the future of our community.
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Updates from CLAPA |
A Letter from our Chair of Trustees
As a result of the pandemic, CLAPA expects to lose half its income over the next six months. The future of the charity is in your hands - can you help us keep going?
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Updates from CLAPA |
Government funding for charities falls short
CLAPA welcomes the government’s announcement of funding to help charities through the devastating impact of the coronavirus outbreak. But like many organisations who have been under pressure for long before the outbreak hit our shores, we’re concerned this isn’t nearly enough.
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Updates from CLAPA |
CLAPA Furloughs Seven Staff
In response to the coronavirus lockdown, CLAPA is placing seven of its small staff team on furlough. This temporary measure will help us keep costs down while our in-person work is on pause, and buy us time to keep delivering remote support services and the feeding service.
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A Message from UK and Ireland Cleft Teams: COVID-19 and delays to surgery
This is an important message from UK and Ireland Cleft Teams for cleft patients and their parents, regarding delays to surgery in light of COVID-19.
