Tagged with:Fundraising Stories

  • Fiddlers’ Fundraising Tops £3,000!

    8 May 2013

    My name is Amy Corfield and I am 22 years old. It may not be obvious now but I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. I have had many operations throughout my life but I have always managed to stay smiling.

  • 250 Miles to Home

    26 Apr 2013

    My name is Chris, when my brother was born he had a cleft palate that was unfortunately missed and not diagnosed. He grew up will speech problems and because of it was subject to bullying in school. When he was 5 it was finally noticed after years of trying that he had a cleft palate.

  • Trekkers Conquer Annapurna Circuit

    19 Feb 2013

    Jay and Lisa-Marie Bush took up the challenge of an unguided trek of the Nepalese Annapurna Circuit during October-November 2012 after Lisa-Marie's cousin Lesley had a child with a cleft.

  • ‘Tough Guy’ Tony Wins Medal for Son Ashton

    16 Feb 2013

    "Ashton and all the other cleft children out there are the real tough guys. I just wanted to get Ashton a medal to prove it and I was mentally prepared to do what ever it took to cross that finish line and get it for him."

  • Carol £5,000 Cheque

    14 Feb 2013

    Dr Gerrard very kindly donated a portion of the royalties from his book to CLAPA in aid of our work.

  • Golf Captain Smashes Fundraising Targets!

    29 Nov 2012

    Steve Wright has been captain of the Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club in Suffolk since December 2011, and as his daughter Sophie was born with a cleft lip and palate twenty-five years ago, he chose to use this fundraising opportunity to support CLAPA.