News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Adult Stories | Your Stories |
Jenny’s Story
I was born with a right unilateral cleft lip and palate in 1981 at King’s College Hospital in London. Back then, scans were not readily available, meaning my mum wasn’t aware that I was going to be born with a cleft. She told me that once that, when I was born and she held me, she noticed something on my lip thinking it was a bit of blood from the birth. She later realised it wasn’t that, but a cleft.
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Adult Stories | Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Challenges |
#FundraisingFriday – The Great North Swim
"I was born with a cleft lip and palate myself and have been aware for many years of the great work that CLAPA performs. As CLAPA is a small charity, I felt the need to raise the profile (as well as donations) and bring awareness to the challenges faced by individuals with this condition."
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Merseyside Branch |
Twelve Days of Christmas
It's Christmas party season, and this year CLAPA Merseyside are celebrating their upcoming event with twelve posts about what their party means to them.
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Research Advertisements |
Have Your Say on the Future of Dental Research
Submit your unanswered questions about oral and dental health to help guide the future of research. Open until 31st December 2017.
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Fundraising: Community |
CLAPA Blog: Rosalind
The newest member of CLAPA's fundraising team introduces three fab new fundraising packs.
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Challenges | Fundraising: Runs |
#FundraisingFriday: Great Scottish Run 2017
Every year Mersen Scotland put a team together for the Great Scottish run. The employees are requested to put forward a charity to place their efforts to good use. This year, CLAPA was nominated, and Team Mersen raised over £2k!
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Challenges | Fundraising: Runs |
#FundraisingFriday: Royal Parks Half Marathon 2017
Superstar fundraiser Julie Payne ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon on the 8th of October and raised a stunning £1,331.25 for CLAPA! Here is her story.
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Overseas |
The City Cambodia Project 2017: Weeks 9 & 10
Our role here is to train and empower others so that they can do the work after we leave, rather than to give children speech therapy. It can be tricky sometimes to separate these two things and ensure that we are not simply giving direct therapy, as this is not sustainable.
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Overseas |
The City Cambodia Project 2017: Week 8
To see the medical team and speech therapy team working collaboratively to decide on this patient’s care path was really encouraging and a great way to start the week as it shows the increased awareness and recognition speech and language therapy has gained since this project began 11 years ago.
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Parents | Research | Research Advertisements |
Tell Us Your Story
The Centre for Appearance Research is looking for parents of a child with a cleft aged between three and four in the UK. You will be invited to take part in a one-to-one telephone interview with a researcher about your experiences of having a child born with a cleft.
