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Naz shares how joining CLAPA has made a huge difference to her confidence.

Do you want to use your voice to help shape, support, and guide CLAPA to deliver the right services for adults born with a cleft in the UK? Join CLAPA’s online Young Adults Group (ages 18-25) to meet other adults and discuss topics like gaps in services, recent experiences, ideas for improving services, and much more.

The same CLAPA you know and love - with a bold new energy. Learn all about our rebrand and the launch of this new website in February 2026.

Billy tells his story of growing up in the 90s with cleft, and finding CLAPA as an adult.

Kevin and Sanjana share their journey from finding out their son Arin would be born with a cleft.

Megan has a unique place in CLAPA’s rebranding story – as both a member of the creative brand team and our own community.

Kazzi talks about growing up with a cleft - after being adopted from Mother Teresa's orphanage in Calcutta - and finding CLAPA.

Two Januarys ago, Ben started running - and participated in his first Ironman triathlon last September, raising more than £3,300 for CLAPA.

The Cleft Registry and Audit NEtwork (CRANE) is a national database that collects information about children born with cleft lip and/or palate across the UK.

CLAPA will be 'closed' while our team take a break over the festive period. Learn how to find support over that time and when our services are due to re-open.

With an NHS dentist “impossible” to find, Mike missed out on years of dental treatment – and is now facing expensive bills to get his teeth sorted.

“I was in absolute agony with an horrendous tooth infection and couldn’t get anyone to treat me."