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Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week

3rd-11th May 2025 is Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week - make a pledge now to get involved!

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Adults Connected By Cleft 2025

Join us in Manchester on Saturday 14th June 2025 for a day of talks and workshops for adults born with a cleft in the UK.

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Need to talk?

CLAPA's Parent & Peer Supporters are trained volunteers who can help you talk through any problems, worries or questions you have about cleft lip and palate. Get in touch today.

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Jump for July!

Ready for the adrenaline rush of a lifetime? Join CLAPA supporters across the UK in booking a skydive this July to raise funds for our vital services.

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Latest news & events

  • Society president talks to CLAPA ahead of ground-breaking conference

    The 40th annual Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland (CFSGBI) Conference will have a very different feel this year – with more than 30 people with lived experience of cleft involved in the programme.

  • Join James on a Kiltwalk this Burns Night

    Happy Burns Night! And a big thank you to the record nine walkers from our community north of the border, who’ve signed up for a Kiltwalk to raise funds for CLAPA this year. One of them is James, a senior practitioner at a residential children’s home, who is currently preparing for the 14-mile ‘Big Stroll’ in Glasgow on April 26.

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  • 6 May 2025 03:31 -6 May 2025 03:31

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