News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Challenges | Your Stories |
#Fundraising Friday – Mark
Meet Mark! Mark decided to push himself that extra stroke, pedal and step, to take part in a triathlon on behalf of CLAPA, raising £525!
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Feeding |
Changes to CLAPA’s Feeding Service
The prices of our feeding equipment are changing - find out more inside.
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Research Advertisements |
Speech Processing Research
We're looking for people to contribute to a new study, run by Lucy Southby at the University of Bristol, looking at speech processing skills in children born with a cleft palate, to see how it relates to how their speech sounds.
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Volunteering Stories |
Trustees Week – Rona Slator
I am a Consultant Plastic Surgeon who specialises in cleft lip and palate. I have been interested in work with children since I was a medical student, and in cleft lip and palate since I was a house surgeon in Plastic Surgery in London in 1984
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Volunteering Stories |
Trustees Week – Cassie Footman
I am mum to Kiera and Regan – Regan was born with a complete unilateral cleft lip & palate. He’s due for an alveolar bone graft in the next 12 months and has now got the bug for raising money for CLAPA.
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Stickler Syndrome | Volunteering Stories |
UK Stickler Syndrome Conference 2016
Long-time CLAPA volunteer Maria recently attended the UK Stickler Syndrome Conference, and here she shares her thoughts on the weekend.
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Volunteering Stories |
Trustees Week – Yin Jones
I first became aware of CLAPA after my daughter was born with a cleft palate a few years ago, and I became a trustee in 2015.
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Adult Issues | Parents |
Changes to CLAPA’s Peer and Parent Support Service
Our UK-wide support service for parents and adults with a cleft is now safer and easier to use than ever before.
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Volunteering Stories |
Trustees Week – Nick Astor
We discovered that my daughter had a potential cleft lip and palate when we went to find out if she was, indeed, a she or not.
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Research Advertisements |
Teachers wanted for cleft lip and palate research study
Pre-school, primary school and secondary school teachers with experience of teaching young people with cleft lip and palate are being invited to participate in a research study.