Scotland News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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CLAPA40 | Fathers | Parents | Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
Nick’s Story
"The cursor in the search bar blinked. Fingers sat motionless on the keys. Is this what we want to do? What are we hoping to find out? Why am I thinking, “how bad will it be?” Why her? Will she be okay? What will her life be like? All the questions that you may have wistfully imagined answers to while watching the sunrise now cascaded in search of answers in front of a monitor. The idea of finding out as frightening as not knowing."
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CLAPA40 | Parent Stories | Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
Amelia’s Story
Amelia is part of CLAPA's Board of Trustees. Our Trustees are a small group of volunteers who take responsibility for governing CLAPA as a charity and directing how it is managed and run. CLAPA's staff look after the charity's day-to-day work, but our Board of Trustees ensures everything we do is governed and directed by the cleft community.
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Children & Young People's Council | Children & Young People's Stories |
Aleisha Inspires UK to #DoMoreGood
10-year-old Aleisha has been chosen to represent CLAPA at this year's CarFest, the family festival created by radio presenter Chris Evans.
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Patient Voices | Research | Research Advertisements | Research Summaries | Volunteering Opportunities |
A Day at the Cleft Collective
On Saturday 23rd March, The Cleft Collective welcomed CLAPA’s Cleft Collective Patient Consultation Group to Bristol for a day of presentations and discussions around the next phase of this exciting initiative.
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Speech |
A Call to Action for Children with Speech, Language & Communication Needs
CLAPA is proud to support the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), I CAN, and others concerned with the SLT needs of children and young people in a renewed call for action on the recommendations of the Bercow 10 Years On Report.
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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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Adult Issues | Mental Health | Parents | Young People |
World Mental Health Day 2018
Wednesday 10th October is World Mental Health Day 2018. Read more about how being born with a cleft can affect your mental health, and how CLAPA is working to support people like you.
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Adult Issues | Adult Stories | Appearance | Your Stories |
#PortraitPositive: Beth & Olivia’s Stories
Portrait Positive is a groundbreaking project to challenge ideas of beauty. 16 models with a visible difference, including several born with a cleft, had their portraits taken by world-renown photographer Rankin and were featured on Steven Tai's catwalk for London Fashion Week 2018.
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CLAPA’s Services in Scotland: An Update
The funding for the current Scotland Regional Coordinator Project is coming to an end. Read on to find out how CLAPA plans to keep people affected by cleft in Scotland supported and connected as we move forward.
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CLAPA Blogs | Fundraising Stories |
An Emergency Appeal to the Cleft Community
CLAPA’s funding has been cut, and some services are at serious risk of closure. We urgently need your help to make sure this doesn’t happen.
