East of EnglandNews

News and updates from across every CLAPA region

  • Children & Young People's Stories | Young People | Your Stories |

    Meet Zoe Bailey

    31 Oct 2016

    Meet Zoe Bailey! Zoe is going to be playing young Emily in IQ Network's upcoming film, Two Sides: A Cleft Story, and has kindly agreed to film a video diary for us!

  • Young People |

    East of England Young People’s Activity Day

    28 Oct 2016

    Join us for our free youth activity day!

  • Staff Blog |

    Christmas is coming…

    24 Oct 2016

    I started with CLAPA in January this year, and I remember clearly in my first few weeks the numerous requests I received to bring back the CLAPA Christmas card this year.

  • Fundraising: Trusts & Foundations |

    The Soham Staploe Rotary Club

    19 Oct 2016

    This Thursday we want to say a huge thank you to The Soham Staploe Rotary Club for giving us a generous £757! Until recently the Club’s President was Alan Robinson, whose daughter was born with a cleft palate.

  • Staff Blog |

    CLAPA goes East

    17 Oct 2016

    This week's staff blog is from Hamza, our Regional Co-ordinator for the East of England. It has been a busy summer in the East of England at CLAPA! I got to go to my very first CLAPA Family Fun Day!

  • Fundraising: Corporate | Staff Blog |

    CLAPA’s Crowning Glory

    4 Oct 2016

    Today, we officially launched a new charity partnership with the global company, Crown Worldwide Group. This partnership means that we are Crown’s exclusive Charity of The Year and whilst some people may think it’s just about raising money this partnership is about so much more and here is how it came about.

  • Fundraising: Corporate |

    CLAPA Crowned in Style

    4 Oct 2016

    Today CLAPA is very proud to launch a very special corporate partnership with Crown Worldwide. Crown Worldwide, specialists in global logistics for the relocations, world mobility, records management and fine art industries, are located in some 60 countries and operate from 265 branches. Our partnership is with Crown’s UK and Ireland team and is a result of the company’s dedicated Corporate Social Responsibility programme. Approximately 450 staff members voted to make CLAPA their Charity of the Year.

  • Calling All Experienced Specialist Cleft Nurses

    29 Sep 2016

    Ever wondered what it might be like to work abroad, even for a brief period? Here’s your chance… A small project is being funded in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, by the British Embassy. It’s aim is to teach a range of local healthcare professionals (and therefore parents) appropriate feeding techniques for babies with unrepaired cleft lip and palates.

  • Staff Blog |

    CLAPA across the country

    19 Sep 2016

    Claire gives us an update on what's going on in the regions across the UK without a country coordinator now that Chris has moved on.

  • Happy Faces |

    Happy Faces – Northampton & Kettering

    16 Sep 2016

    New Northampton & Kettering Happy Faces Meeting on Friday 30th September in Fuller Coffee at 11am.