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  • Photo of Rona Slator

    Trustees Week – Rona Slator

    11 Nov 2016

    I am a Consultant Plastic Surgeon who specialises in cleft lip and palate. I have been interested in work with children since I was a medical student, and in cleft lip and palate since I was a house surgeon in Plastic Surgery in London in 1984

  • Photo of Cassie Footman

    Trustees Week – Cassie Footman

    9 Nov 2016

    I am mum to Kiera and Regan – Regan was born with a complete unilateral cleft lip & palate. He’s due for an alveolar bone graft in the next 12 months and has now got the bug for raising money for CLAPA.

  • Trustees Week – Yin Jones

    8 Nov 2016

    I first became aware of CLAPA after my daughter was born with a cleft palate a few years ago, and I became a trustee in 2015.

  • Changes to CLAPA’s Peer and Parent Support Service

    7 Nov 2016

    Our UK-wide support service for parents and adults with a cleft is now safer and easier to use than ever before.

  • Photo of Nick Astor

    Trustees Week – Nick Astor

    7 Nov 2016

    We discovered that my daughter had a potential cleft lip and palate when we went to find out if she was, indeed, a she or not.

  • Teachers wanted for cleft lip and palate research study

    4 Nov 2016

    Pre-school, primary school and secondary school teachers with experience of teaching young people with cleft lip and palate are being invited to participate in a research study.

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.