News
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Young People |
Camp CLAPA weekends make their return in 2025
Camp CLAPA returns in 2025, with weekends in Shropshire and Perthshire. The residential trips are exciting activity weekends for 8-13 years old born with a cleft lip and/or palate in the UK.
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Children & Young People's Council | Children & Young People's Stories | Fundraising Stories |
Dance memorial for Will raises money for CLAPA
An electronic music memorial for Will Helstrip, a much-loved member of our community who tragically died two years ago, raised more than £3k for CLAPA.
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Appearance | Your Stories |
Connor talks dancing, cleft, and Strictly
Connor was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, he founded Adore Dance London in 2021 and spoke to CLAPA about dancing, cleft, and Strictly Come Dancing.
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Research | Research Advertisements |
New Research Opportunity
University of Plymouth Research Opportunity: Investigate the experience of transitioning from paediatric to adult services for patients with long term health conditions, focusing on the shared decision making process.
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Parent Stories |
Oakley’s cleft palate saves his life
Two-year-old Oakley has Apert Syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes fusion of the skull, hands and feet bones. He was also born with a large cleft palate, which saved his life when his other airways became obstructed.
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Fundraising Stories |
Celebration of Indian festival raises funds for CLAPA
An Indian storytelling event for a festival called Navarathri/Dussehra has raised hundreds of pounds for CLAPA.
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Vacancies |
VACANCY: Head of Communications and Marketing (Closed)
CLAPA is looking for a Head of Communications and Marketing to join our team. Applications close 9am on Monday 9th December 2024.
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Finding Support Over the Holidays
The CLAPA Team will be taking a break over the festive period from 5 pm on Thursday 23rd December to 9 am Tuesday 4th January 2022. Find out how to get support at this time.
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Adult Issues | Mental Health | Parents | Psychology |
Counselling with CLAPA
Many people affected by cleft say it has an impact on their mental health. For those struggling in the CLAPA community help is at hand with a free counselling service.
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Adult Issues | Adult Stories | Mental Health | Volunteering Stories |
Meet Andrew, CLAPA Peer Supporter
Peer supporter Andrew was born with a cleft lip and palate. He’s now trained to help others through our peer support service to talk through issues and experiences of living with cleft as an adult.
