South East EnglandNews
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Adult Stories | Your Stories |
My Cleft Palate and Speech
I'm Natalie, and I'm 43 years old. I have had a long history of speech and communication problems right from the word go, when it became apparent that from at birth I would have problems with the speech.
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South London & Surrey Branch |
South London and Surrey Go Ape!
South London & Surrey branch had their first outing for 12 - 17 year olds this week as they headed out to Go Ape.
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Challenges |
Catch Carol’s Christmas Catchphrase For CLAPA!
Once again the lovely Carol Vorderman will be trying to win some cash for CLAPA over the festive season. Carol will appear on ITV1's "Celebrity Catchphrase" Christmas special on the 29th December at 7 pm. Fingers crossed she will get lucky!
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A Fond Farewell
After twelve years at CLAPA, we gave a fond farewell to Deputy CEO Sue Carroll at a small gathering this week attended by past and present CLAPA staff as well as Trustees.
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Community |
CLAPA Charity Enterprise
CLAPA Fundraiser Lucy Draper (9) writes about the Table Top Sale she organised earlier this month.
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South London & Surrey Branch |
South London & Surrey Branch Bocketts Farm Summer Event
It's been a few years since the South London and Surrey Branch has had a summer party, so the new branch committee decided it was high time to do something and the Bocketts Farm Summer Event was born.
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Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
My Volunteer Story: Sarah Dennis
In September 2012 I completed the one day official volunteer course in Bristol and met some amazing people who I still regularly speak to now. I like to think of CLAPA as a family, we all support each other, share our highs and our lows and offer encouragement and advice to each other.
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Runs |
World Champion
Bailey Walsh was born April 2003 with a cleft lip and palate. Since the age of three, Bailey has studied a mix of Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing and Kung Fu and has excelled in these to a competitive level.
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Fundraising: Cycling |
60 Mile Bike Ride for CLAPA
When Deep Patel’s wife, Anita, suggested that he dust down his bike after 6 years and do a bike ride to get fit, Deep saw it as a perfect opportunity to raise money and awareness for CLAPA.
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Cleft Lip and Palate |
Disney’s The Lone Ranger and The Portayal of Cleft Lip
We’re extremely disappointed to see that Disney are once again cashing in on prejudice by giving their villain in the upcoming Lone Ranger film a very visible prosthetic cleft lip as part of his ‘look’ as an evil, sinister character. Not only is this incredibly lazy storytelling, it’s also sending a deeply harmful message that will impact the 90,000 people that were born with a cleft in the UK as well as others worldwide.
