Marie Pinkstone, Speech and Language Therapist

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Masterclass in Dog Grooming - ONLINE EVENT

We are really excited by this - our first masterclass this year will be held virtually. Expert dog groomer, Karen Horne, will be sharing her top tips with you as well as advice on how to care for your dog.
Hold an online coffee morning

An online coffee morning is the perfect way to catch up with your friends and family whilst raising vital funds for CLEFT.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge resources

We are applying to take part in the Big Give Christmas Campaign this year, the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign. We’re hoping to raise vital funds to pay for a research project into craniofacial clefts in Bangladesh.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge

We are applying to take part in the Big Give Christmas Campaign this year, the UK’s biggest online match funding campaign. We’re hoping to raise vital funds to pay for a research project into craniofacial clefts in Bangladesh.

Rosie O'Malley

I am a busy working mum of 3 (plus dog).
Dr Raouf Chorbachi

Consultant Audio-Vestibular Physician
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
Mr Norman Hay, Consultant Orthodontist
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.
Dr Tracy Morris

Being married to cleft lip and palate surgeon and trustee Mr Paul Morris means that daily life is engulfed by everything cleft!
Kaye Knowles

I live in West London with my husband, Peter. We have two sons, David & Andrew.

Masterclass in Dog Grooming - ONLINE EVENT

We are really excited by this - our first masterclass this year will be held virtually. Expert dog groomer, Karen Horne, will be sharing her top tips with you as well as advice on how to care for your dog.
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....
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Kamrul

Kamrul was born with a craniofacial cleft in 2018. Follow his amazing progress here.
Moriam

Moriam was born with a unilateral, single sided cleft of lip and palate. Her parents explain why receiving treatment at the cleft centre in Dhaka was so important.
Soft palate muscles research

A project to better understand the way the muscles of the soft palate work to see if improvements can be made to surgical techniques and reduce the need for further operations and speech therapy.