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CLEFT has secured spots in the 2010 Royal Parks Half Marathon to be held on 10 October 2010
Email us at fundraising@cleft.org.uk to register your interest. |
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With the proceeds from our successful 2009 Royal Parks Half Marathon, CLEFT has agree to fund four exciting new research projects that will improve the care of patients with cleft lip and palate.
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| CLEFT is a charity which aims to research the unanswered problems in improving care for children born with cleft lip and palate. We aim to push the boundaries of conventional treatment by funding research into improving operating techniques and by looking at the underlying reasons for cleft deformities. |
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| Registered with the Charities Commission in June 2007, it has been set up by the North Thames Cleft Lip and Palate Centre, based at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the St. Andrew’s Centre, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex. |
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- 75% of funds raised will promote research into the causes and treatment of cleft lip/palate and related conditions
- 25% will be used to support the team’s overseas activities in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Uganda and Ghana
- £250,000 will fund a study of the muscles which lift the palate and stop air from going into the nose during speech, and food during swallowing
- £150,000 will fund a two-year study of the growth of the upper jaw in patients who have had cleft palate repair
- £15,000 will fund a study which may show how we can reduce hearing problems in children with cleft palates
- £40 will pay for a month’s cleaning in a Bangladesh hospital
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Founding supporters of CLEFT includes several famous names:
- Alexander Armstrong
- Marcus Brigstocke
- Giles Coren
- Tess Daly
- Richard Hammond
- Pat Jennings
- Vernon Kay
- Patrick Kielty
- India Knight
- Juliet Stevenson
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