North West North WalesNews
News and updates from across every CLAPA region
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Adult Issues | Appearance | Parents | Research | Young People |
Appearance Matters 7
Researchers at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) at the University of the West of England are organising Appearance Matters 7, a leading national conference focusing on appearance.
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Publications |
Get Your Copy of CLAPA News 2015
This year's bumper edition of CLAPA News is packed with stories, photos and articles about everything from coping with braces to our vision for the next five years.
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Adult Stories | Cleft Palate | Pierre Robin Sequence | Your Stories |
Katherine’s Story
Katherine was born with Pierre Robin Sequence and a cleft palate in the 80s.
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Volunteering Opportunities |
Volunteer with us!
Volunteering has always been at the heart of CLAPA with hundreds of volunteers generously offering their time and skills in support of our work. We are always keen to expand the CLAPA community and recruit new volunteers, so if this is something that you may be interested in, please do get in touch.
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Publications |
CLAPA News 2014
It’s the 25th issue of CLAPA News, and we’ve packed more into this year’s magazine than ever before!
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Information on Special Education Needs
In April 2013, the government changed the way that funding is provided to schools. This did not change the responsibilities schools and local authorities have towards children with special educational needs (SEN), just the ways in which this will be dealt with. Changes to the way special educational provision is provided will be implemented in September 2014 and will be phased in gradually.
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Fundraising: Cycling |
1000 miles for CLAPA
CLAPA would like to say a big thank you to Tom McKay, Dave Hall, Tom Agar and Ben Rathbone for taking on this tough challenge to raise money for CLAPA!
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Challenges |
Catch Carol’s Christmas Catchphrase For CLAPA!
Once again the lovely Carol Vorderman will be trying to win some cash for CLAPA over the festive season. Carol will appear on ITV1's "Celebrity Catchphrase" Christmas special on the 29th December at 7 pm. Fingers crossed she will get lucky!
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A Fond Farewell
After twelve years at CLAPA, we gave a fond farewell to Deputy CEO Sue Carroll at a small gathering this week attended by past and present CLAPA staff as well as Trustees.
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Fundraising Stories | Fundraising: Runs |
World Champion
Bailey Walsh was born April 2003 with a cleft lip and palate. Since the age of three, Bailey has studied a mix of Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing and Kung Fu and has excelled in these to a competitive level.
