News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Children & Young People's Council | Children & Young People's Stories | Fundraising Stories |
Dance memorial for Will raises money for CLAPA
An electronic music memorial for Will Helstrip, a much-loved member of our community who tragically died two years ago, raised more than £3k for CLAPA.
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Appearance | Your Stories |
Connor talks dancing, cleft, and Strictly
Connor was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, he founded Adore Dance London in 2021 and spoke to CLAPA about dancing, cleft, and Strictly Come Dancing.
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Research | Research Advertisements |
New Research Opportunity
University of Plymouth Research Opportunity: Investigate the experience of transitioning from paediatric to adult services for patients with long term health conditions, focusing on the shared decision making process.
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Parent Stories |
Oakley’s cleft palate saves his life
Two-year-old Oakley has Apert Syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes fusion of the skull, hands and feet bones. He was also born with a large cleft palate, which saved his life when his other airways became obstructed.
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Fundraising Stories |
Celebration of Indian festival raises funds for CLAPA
An Indian storytelling event for a festival called Navarathri/Dussehra has raised hundreds of pounds for CLAPA.
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Vacancies |
VACANCY: Head of Communications and Marketing
CLAPA is looking for a Head of Communications and Marketing to join our team. Applications close 9am on Monday 9th December 2024.
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Finding Support Over the Holidays
The CLAPA Team will be taking a break over the festive period from 5 pm on Thursday 23rd December to 9 am Tuesday 4th January 2022. Find out how to get support at this time.
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Adult Issues | Mental Health | Parents | Psychology |
Counselling with CLAPA
Many people affected by cleft say it has an impact on their mental health. For those struggling in the CLAPA community help is at hand with a free counselling service.
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Adult Issues | Adult Stories | Mental Health | Volunteering Stories |
Meet Andrew, CLAPA Peer Supporter
Peer supporter Andrew was born with a cleft lip and palate. He’s now trained to help others through our peer support service to talk through issues and experiences of living with cleft as an adult.
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Parent Stories | Your Stories |
Baby Finn’s moment of fame in advertising campaign
Next time you’re out shopping look up at the video boards and you might just see one of our CLAPA community babies advertising Pampers nappies.
