Cleft Lip & Palate Association

Cleft Lip and Palate | Updates from CLAPA |

Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week 2025: Thank You!

20 May 2025

May 3rd - 11th 2025 was Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week - look back with us on a week of awareness-raising, myth-busting and story-sharing!

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Adult Stories | Cleft Lip and Palate | NHS Cleft Services |

Happy International Nurses’ Day with cleft nurse, and CLAPA trustee, Izzy

9 May 2025

International Nurses’ Day is celebrated in the UK on May 12 - Florence Nightingale's birthday. It’s a day to recognise the vital contribution nurses make to our lives. And one of these celebrated nurses is cleft clinical nurse specialist, and CLAPA trustee, Izzy.

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Adult Stories | Children & Young People's Council | Cleft Palate |

“My cleft palate has shaped me into who I am today – and I wouldn’t change it!”

2 May 2025

CLAPA volunteer and former CYPC member Izzy has turned her experiences of being born with a cleft palate into a passion for working in the medical industry.

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Cleft Lip and Palate | Fathers | Parent Stories |

Dad finds out vital information about cleft with CLAPA

2 May 2025

When Matt and his wife Katie were told their second child would be born with a cleft lip they were overwhelmed, and turned to CLAPA for much-needed information about the often misunderstood condition.

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Cleft Lip and Palate | Health Professionals | NHS Cleft Services | North East Branch | Orthodontics | Research |

Society president talks to CLAPA ahead of ground-breaking conference

29 Apr 2025

The 40th annual Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland (CFSGBI) Conference will have a very different feel this year – with more than 30 people with lived experience of cleft involved in the programme.

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Fundraising Stories |

Good Luck to our 2025 London Landmark Runners

3 Apr 2025

We're saying a big good luck to our eight fantastic London Landmark runners in 2025. Prior to the big day on Sunday 6th April, we spoke to four of team CLAPA's runners.

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Research | Research Advertisements |

Research Opportunity: Understanding Language Outcomes in Cleft

1 Apr 2025

Researchers at the University of Newcastle are seeking 10 young adults (18+) born with cleft lip and palate, or cleft palate only, to take part in a new research project entitled ‘Understanding Language Outcomes in Cleft’.

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