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Researchers at Newcastle University are looking to speak to people with lived experience of cleft palate (born with or without cleft lip) to explore why children born with a cleft have poorer school outcomes than other children of the same age.

Doctors and scientists based at Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London and the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge are planning research into new genetic causes of cleft.

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CLAPA has had its first big success in influencing government legislation – reinforcing our role as advocates for people born with cleft.

Researchers at the University of Oxford are looking who have been involved in clinical discussions about head and/or face surgery on children for aesthetic reasons, either as the child, the parent/carer or the health care professional.

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Researchers at the University of Lancashire are looking for participants to take part in a research project looking at the experiences of autistic adults born with a cleft.

CLAPA has written to the Government to warn that ending specialist training fellowships for cleft surgeons could pose a serious risk to the future sustainability and safety of cleft care in England.

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

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