Cleft Lip And Palate Association

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is a small charity working to improve the lives of people born with a cleft and their families in the UK.

CLAPA's key functions are to:

- Organise local parent-to-parent support through its nation-wide network

- Run a specialist service for parents and health professionals seeking help feeding babies with clefts

- Develop support for children and adolescents affected by clefts at school and in social settings

- Encourage and support research into causes and treatment of cleft lip and palate

- Represent the interests of patients and parents, influencing policy on future treatment of cleft lip and palate

- Conduct educational seminars for health professionals and the general public

- Raise funds in the community for equipment, literature and services

- Publish and distribute a range of information leaflets, increasing public awareness of the condition

- Support projects in countries where cleft treatment is limited or unavailable