Tagged with:Volunteering Stories
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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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Claudia’s Volunteering Story
My name is Claudia, and I have volunteered for CLAPA since I was just 13 years old, starting on the CYPC council. Since 2020, I have volunteered for the coffee clubs CLAPA runs for parents and have felt my whole journey finally had purpose and meaning. It has been a very rewarding journey for me to be on.
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Matt’s Story
I saw an advert for CLAPA Dad's Club and thought that would be perfect for me. Not only is it an opportunity for me to start to give back on all the support received, but I think dads generally don't talk much as a group, and hopefully, this can start to be the change of that.
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Free Resources for Youth Workers
The resources give step-by-step support to anyone who wants to run a workshop with their youth group on challenging stereotypes and thinking differently about appearance and body image.
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Comics from the Children & Young People’s Council
With the help of comic artist Kev Sutherland, CLAPA's Children and Young People's Council have created a comic book for young people born with a cleft.
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Naomi & Oliver’s Story
This World Smile Day, CLAPA welcomes 'Jamestown' Actress Naomi Battrick as our Ambassador. Here, she shares her memories of supporting longtime friend Oliver through one of the many cleft-related surgeries he went through.
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Nick’s Story
"The cursor in the search bar blinked. Fingers sat motionless on the keys. Is this what we want to do? What are we hoping to find out? Why am I thinking, “how bad will it be?” Why her? Will she be okay? What will her life be like? All the questions that you may have wistfully imagined answers to while watching the sunrise now cascaded in search of answers in front of a monitor. The idea of finding out as frightening as not knowing."
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Amelia’s Story
Amelia is part of CLAPA's Board of Trustees. Our Trustees are a small group of volunteers who take responsibility for governing CLAPA as a charity and directing how it is managed and run. CLAPA's staff look after the charity's day-to-day work, but our Board of Trustees ensures everything we do is governed and directed by the cleft community.
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Eleanor’s Story!
Eleanor, now in her early 20s, volunteers for CLAPA by helping to run Residential Weekends for young people born with a cleft. From adventure activities and team games to the opportunity to relax and have fun with others who have similar experiences, these weekends are aimed at tackling the isolation that can sometimes come with being born with a cleft.
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Oliver’s Story!
“I hadn’t thought about CLAPA in years,” Oliver admits. “I used to go to the Christmas parties when I was younger and I had really nice memories of them which came back when I saw the logo, they were fun parties.” CLAPA Trustee Oliver shares his story ahead of CLAPA's 40th birthday.
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