Parents
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National Office News
What's going on at CLAPA National?
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CLAPA Conference 2011 Videos
Watch all the presentations from the CLAPA Conference 2011 online now!
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Marianne Foot’s Story
Marianne's baby Jake was born in late 2010 and was later diagnosed with a cleft palate and Pierre Robin Sequence
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CRANE Database
What is the CRANE Database? Why is it needed?
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Branch Chairperson needed for CLAPA Essex
Join our Regional Branch Network
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Marianne Ryan’s story
Marianne's baby, Jessica was born in 2010 with a cleft palate and Pierre Robin Sequence.
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First meeting of East of England Young People’s Group
Launch of Bedford based support group for young people affected by cleft lip & palate - Saturday 9th July
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Video: Easing The First Few Hours
New DVD launched by the Northern & Yorkshire Cleft Service
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Volunteer Induction Day
Held at CLAPA National Office, Saturday 14th May 2011
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Katie Gore’s story
Katie's daughter Leah was born in 2009 with a cleft lip and palate
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Cleft Palate and Deafness
The Nationional Deaf Childrens Society (NDCS) have produce this new publication for download.
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Changing Faces Activity Days for Children
Changing Faces runs a range of activity days & events throughout the year for children, young people and their families
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South Thames Network Board
Would you be interested in being a user representative on your Managed Clinical Network board?
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Help prioritise cleft care on the NHS
Make a difference: Join an NHS prioritisation panel
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Regional Coordinator
CLAPA secures funding for pilot project!
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Parent Case Stories
Read a selection of parents' stories to find out about their experiences of having a child with a cleft
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Having problems accessing an NHS dentist?
NHS Choices makes it easy to find a dentist near you.
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The School Years - FACT SHEETS
Useful information relating to your child's school years.
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Mead Johnson feeding bottles to be discontinued
Order now as we have limited stock
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Stickler Syndrome
By Wendy Hughes, Founder of the Stickler Syndrome Support Group
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CLAPA National Survey 2010
Last chance to have your say - Closing date 15th December 2010
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Launch of new CLAPA information leaflet
Cleft Lip and/or palate: Information for families and friends
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Look at Me!
Inspiring stories and portraits from families using the Spires Cleft Lip & Palate Service
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Glossary of medical terms
A list of cleft related terms explained.
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Grommets or Hearing Aids?
Notes from a talk given at the CLAPA 2002 Annual Meeting
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Feeding Service
CLAPA has a unique feeding service.
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Feeding Advice
Information and techniques for feeding babies with cleft lip or cleft lip & palate
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Express Feeding a baby with a cleft palate
A resource for expressing mothers comprising a collection of articles written from first-hand experience
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CLAPA websites for children & young people
Summer Camp applications forms available to download until 26th June 2009
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Branch Network
CLAPA branches provide support to families across the UK.
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Face Forward
A forum for Adults born with a cleft and parents of cleft affected children.
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CLAPA’s Strategic & Operational Plan
Read about our plans for the future of Clapa
Frequently Asked Questions
Recent News
- Happy Faces Northampton [10 Jan 2012]
- Another Successful South London and Surrey Christmas Party [14 Dec 2011]
- Happy Faces Group in Milton Keynes [30 Nov 2011]
- National Office News [07 Oct 2011]
- Peterborough Happy Faces Group Launches [30 Sep 2011]
- CLAPA Conference 2011 Videos [16 Sep 2011]
- West Midlands Regional Cleft Lip & Palate Service 10th Anniversary 2010 [24 Aug 2011]
- West Midland’s Cleft Lip & Palate Bumps and Babies Group [24 Aug 2011]
- Bumps and Babies Group in Birmingham [26 Jul 2011]
- East of England Young People’s Group [13 Jul 2011]
Surgery photos
To give you an idea of what can be achieved with surgery, we've put together a gallery of pre- and post- operation photos.
View the gallery >
