News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Vacancies |
VACANCY: Data Officer (CLOSED)
CLAPA is looking for a Data Officer to join our team. Applications close 4pm on Friday 31st October 2025
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Cleft Lip and Palate | Fundraising: Challenges | Your Stories |
Finlay takes on US Ironman challenge for CLAPA
Supporting CLAPA from across the pond, Finlay Mathias has completed the Ironman 70.3 Washington Tri Cities challenge in the US.
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Children & Young People's Stories | Cleft Lip and Palate | Your Stories |
Zoe’s action helps cleft representation on online game
After searching on an online game for a mouth that matched her own, ten-year-old Zoe and mum Shelley wrote to the company requesting a cleft lip option – and they swiftly obliged.
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Fathers | Fundraising: Challenges | Parent Stories |
Dad Pete runs epic 10 marathon challenge in memory of his baby daughter
After running an epic 10 fundraising marathons in 10 days – wearing a 10 kg weighted vest – Pete has donated a tenth of his proceeds to CLAPA.
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Cleft Lip and Palate | Press Release | Your Stories |
CLAPA stars on BBC television as cricketer Tom raises awareness
Somerset cricketer Tom Kohler-Cadmore has been raising awareness for cleft, after he and his wife Melissa Avison found out their son, Dougie, had a cleft lip and palate at their 20-week pregnancy scan.
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NHS Cleft Services |
What do the new NHS “league tables” really mean for cleft care?
You might have seen recent headlines about NHS “league tables” which rank hospital trusts. While these scores can be useful, they won’t always tell the full story for cleft care. For cleft care, the best place to look is the CRANE Database.
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Cleft Palate | Parents | Research | Research Advertisements |
Research Steering Group Opportunity: Improving early speech interventions for children born with a cleft palate
Researchers from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals are looking for participants to join their patient steering group looking to improve early speech interventions for children born with a cleft palate.
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Cleft Lip and Palate | Research | Research Advertisements |
Opportunity: Join the Cleft Development Patient Engagement Group
Are you interested in NHS cleft care services in the UK? Would you like to have a say about how cleft services are provided and developed? The Cleft Development Group (CDG) is a collective group with representation from all the cleft teams within the UK.
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Cleft Lip and Palate | Your Stories |
Bronwen’s Story
Bronwen, an adult born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, shared her story with CLAPA.
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Cleft Palate | Fathers | Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Cycling | Parent Stories |
Trio to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats for CLAPA
Sam, Ben and Nick – aka The Engine, The Red Squirrel, and The Drafter – are setting out on their bikes from Land’s End to John O’Groats (LEJOG) to raise funds for CLAPA, on Saturday, August 16.
