News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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CLAPA’s Peer and Parent Support Service Achieves Quality Standard Award
CLAPA’s Peer and Parent Support Service was recently awarded the Approved Provider Standard (APS) in recognition of the high standard of this project.
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PARTICIPANTS WANTED: How do you think your child’s treatment impacts on their well-being?
A dental student at Glasgow is conducting a research project exploring the general well-being of children receiving treatment for cleft lip and palate.
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Call the Midwife Features Baby With Cleft
The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) were delighted to see BBC’s ‘Call the Midwife’ feature a baby with a cleft in Sunday’s episode.
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PARTICIPANTS WANTED: Have your say on workplace equality
Heather Saunders, FHEA, is looking to speak to people born with a cleft about your experiences (possitive or negative) in the workplace. You don’t need to know anything about the law to take part, though taking part can help investigate whether the current law goes far enough to promote equality for people with a visible difference. You don’t need to know anything about the law to take part, though taking part can help investigate whether the current law goes far enough to promote equality for people with a visible difference.
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Adult Stories | Fundraising Stories | Grandparents | Parent Stories | Your Stories |
CLAPA’s Weather Lottery Jackpot Winners Share Their Story
CLAPA was thrilled to be able to thank Mary and her family so much for supporting CLAPA, presenting them with a cheque for their CLAPA's Weather Lottery winnings of £25 000. She was even kind enough to make a donation to CLAPA from her winnings.
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Finding Support Over the Holidays
The CLAPA Office will be closed from Friday 21st December and will re-open on 3rd January. Find out how to get support at this time.
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Adult Stories | Your Stories |
Channel 4’s ‘First Dates’ Features Woman With Cleft
Tonight’s episode of Channel 4's ‘First Dates’ will feature Kazzi, an adult born with a cleft. Kazzi has spoken to CLAPA about why she never lets her differences hold her back when it comes to romance.
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Non-Discrimination and Visible Difference: Participants Wanted
Hannah Saunders, a researcher from Durham University, is running a study around visible difference in the workplace. Would you like to be involved?
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Beauty, difference & doing something different; photoshoot for Ladybeard and Dazed
The team at Ladybeard were invited to do an Instagram takeover for Dazed Beauty, Dazed magazine’s beauty platform on 10th - 11th November 2018. For their feature, they decided they'd like to use the opportunity to showcase the many diverse forms of beauty, which may have historically been overlooked by the beauty industry, by reaching out to people with visual differences to get involved.
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Photoshoot for Ladybeard and Dazed: Applications ASAP
The team at Ladybeard have been asked to do an Instagram takeover for Dazed Beauty , Dazed magazine's beauty platform, next week and they want to showcase diverse forms of beauty by using their feature to celebrate people with visible differences. If you'd be interested in taking part, they'd love to hear from you ASAP.
