North West North WalesNews
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Fundraising Stories | Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
Charlotte’s Story
"In 2014 my son Oliver was born with a cleft lip. This came as a massive shock to us as it was undiagnosed, and living on a small island Cleft awareness and guidance, even within our local hospital were not on hand. The hospital were not aware of any children born for many years with a cleft so it was paramount things needed to change."
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Runs |
#FundraisingFriday: Louise
This #FundraisingFriday we're celebrating Louise, who completed the Liverpool 10K last month.
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Adult Stories | Adult Voices Council | Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
Adult Voices and Volunteers
On the 8th day of National Volunteers Week, we're hearing from some of our volunteers on the Adult Voices Council about what motivates them to be involved with CLAPA.
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South Wales Branch | Volunteering Stories |
The Local CLAPA Community
To us, volunteering isn’t just about what people can do to help CLAPA and their local cleft community, it’s about making sure that you get just as much out of it as you put in. We want our volunteers to learn new skills, grow their confidence, and make friends and connections with people all across the country. This is what Sian from Caerphilly did when she joined the South Wales Branch.
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Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
Volunteering at a Residential Weekend
"I came to CLAPA with no prior experience of clefts, only facts from university textbooks. I had written my dissertation on the prevalence, assessment, treatment and the effects of clefts, but I had never seen one with my own eyes."
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North East Branch | Volunteering Stories |
#VolunteersWeek does #FundraisingFriday
It’s #FundraisingFriday, and today for Volunteers Week we’re looking at the North East and Cumbria Branch which is the newest addition to our Branch Network. The Branch is chaired by Lucy Stothard who first organised a Sponsored Walk in Newcastle in 2014.
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Volunteering Opportunities | Volunteering Stories | Your Stories |
National Volunteers Week
June 1-12 is National Volunteers Week, celebrating the people that allow charities like CLAPA to keep working hard all over the UK.
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Thank You!
May 7th – 14th saw a very special Awareness Week taking over our website and social media feeds, just as CLAPA t-shirts and banners took over parks and cities all over the UK!
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Parent Stories | Your Stories |
Amanda and Amy’s Story
It was a complete shock to us as anomaly scans were not available then and I felt to be honest, extremely isolated and lonely as I really didn’t have any support from anyone except the hospital staff and of course my family and friends at that time. It also felt really scary.
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Parent Stories | Parents | Your Stories |
Jasper’s Story
"I knew what a cleft lip was, and I love all things quirky and unique and I knew that he would be beautiful no matter what. In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't anything life threatening, it could have been a hell of a lot worse."
