Dr Raouf Chorbachi, Consultant Audio-Vestibular Physician

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Valentines Wine Tasting - ONLINE EVENT

This is another wonderful opportunity to enjoy a selection of South African wines under the tutelage of Gerhard Perold of Perold Wine Cellar.
New Year, New Breads - Online Event - SOLD OUT!!

Learn how to bake bread with professional baker Susan Hudson. Sue will show you how to make a Tiger Bread, a Malt Loaf and a Flat Bread during the course of this 3 hour interactive masterclass.
Two teams ran, cycled and walked to Bangladesh!

Two teams ran, cycled and walked the distance between London and Bangladesh in support of our overseas centres. This was a huge challenge and took 28 weeks to complete.
Bangladesh cleft clinic seeing patients again

The pandemic has been hard on everyone, especially so when patients are unable to be seen. With Covid levels low enough, the cleft team in Bangladesh has been able to resume clinic.

Dr Malcolm Birch, Medical Physicist

I first became involved with cleft patients here at The London Hospital, as it was then, back in the 90’s.
Dr Debbie Sell, Senior Research Fellow/ Speech and Language Therapist

Dr Debbie Sell is a Senior Research Fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital and until 2018, Speech and Language Therapist in the North Thames Regional Cleft Service.
Professor Phil Stanier, Research Scientist

I am a research scientist with a particular interest in studying the molecular and genetic basis that leads to a cleft of the lip and/or palate.
Mr Paolo di Coppi, NIHR, Nuffield Chair of Paediatric Surgery

Paolo De Coppi is the Nuffield Chair of Paediatric Surgery, the NIHR Professor of Paediatric Surgery and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the Head of Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Section, Developmental Biology& Cancer Programme at the UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Justhna Motlib

Radiographer
Mr Brijesh Patel

Consultant Orthodontist
Dr Emily Anderson, Clinical Geneticist

I first heard about the charity CLEFT through Mr Brian Sommerlad, who operated on my cleft lip and palate when I was a baby.
Helen Moreland

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Marie Pinkstone, Speech and Language Therapist

Speech and Language Therapist
Mr Paul Morris, Consultant Plastic Surgeon

I am a paediatric plastic surgeon with a specialist interest in cleft lip and palate surgery at Great Ormond Street (GOSH) for the last 8 years.

New Year, New Breads - Online Event - SOLD OUT!!

Learn how to bake bread with professional baker Susan Hudson. Sue will show you how to make a Tiger Bread, a Malt Loaf and a Flat Bread during the course of this 3 hour interactive masterclass.
Valentines Wine Tasting - ONLINE EVENT

This is another wonderful opportunity to enjoy a selection of South African wines under the tutelage of Gerhard Perold of Perold Wine Cellar.
New paper published in the Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Research that CLEFT funded shows how a pioneering surgical technique results in a very low rate of secondary speech surgery and very good speech outcomes in children aged 5 years of age, with less need for speech therapy.
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A trip to the roof of the world

A group of 12 adventurers, aged between 12 and 58 years old, left London in October 2019 for the challenge of a lifetime – to climb Mount Kilimajaro in Tanzania. Everyone had spent a year planning, training and fundraising for it and were ready for the challenges that lay ahead. CLEFT trustee and Kilimanjaro climber, Tracy Morris, tells us her story....
The Big Give Christmas Challenge Update

CLEFT took part in this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge for the first time. Thanks to our generous donors, we smashed our fundraising target.
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Bangladesh cleft clinic seeing patients again

The pandemic has been hard on everyone, especially so when patients are unable to be seen. With Covid levels low enough, the cleft team in Bangladesh has been able to resume clinic.
An interview with Brian Sommerlad

This is a wonderful interview where the children ask the questions.

Pay for new parts for the anaesthetic machine in Dhaka

The anaesthetic machine that was supplied by CLEFT to the hospital in Dhaka needs new parts. Donate now and help pay for the new parts to get this vital piece of equipment working again. Read more

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