10k for 10k - Manchester

Join Team CLEFT in Manchester this May and take on a 10k challenge to help improve cleft care worldwide. Registration fee: £50 Minimum fundraising target: £500 Limited to 5 charity places Read more
10k for 10k - Bristol

Join Team CLEFT in Bristol this May and take on a 10k challenge to help improve cleft care worldwide. Registration fee: £50 Minimum fundraising target: £500 Limited to 5 charity places Read more
10k for 10k - Birmingham

Join Team CLEFT in Birmingham this May and take on a 10k challenge to help improve cleft care worldwide. Registration fee: £50 Minimum fundraising target: £500 Limited to 5 charity places Read more

Take part in a charity fundraising event

Take part in one of the many fundraising challenges with CLEFT. Make a team and go running, cycling, golfing or even mountain climbing, or sign up on your own and go for your personal best. Achieve something amazing and raise money to help improve treatment for children born with clefts and to fund research into the causes of clefts and treatment techniques.

All the events we are currently registered with are at the bottom of this page. If you would like to hear about new events please sign up to our mailing list.

Join an event using your own place

If you are lucky enough to have your own place in an event, you can still join our team and help raise money for CLEFT. You'll get all the same benefits and support but you won't have a minimum fundraising amount to meet.

Get Involved

We also have many suggestions for fundraising that can be done from the comfort of your own home. Whether it is setting up a birthday fundraiser, holding a bake sale, using online charity shop Thrift+, selling on Ebay for CLEFT or even taking part in our very own Come Dine With Me, there are many ways you can have fun whilst supporting CLEFT and raising some much needed funds.

Get Involved

Just click the button above for inspiration on how you can get involved.

Did you know you can set up a fundraising page on the CLEFT website?

Not only does this allow new people to find out about the brilliant projects we are involved with but it also means that we receive more of the money you raise for CLEFT as we do not need to pay fees for 3rd party fundraising sites.

Set up a fundraising page

Fundraising events

Team up with CLEFT to raise funds to improve cleft care worldwide!

Run the World: We've partnered with Realbuzz to offer spots in incredible races around the globe.

Run for Team CLEFT

Dive into Action: Join Skyline and take the ultimate leap—freefalling from a plane!

Skydive for CLEFT

Push your limits, join Team CLEFT, and make every step, jump, and dive count!

Latest

Javid's 10k Fundraising Run

My son Elvin was born with a cleft lip in 2024. But thanks to the NHS, we got world class care and the result was unrecognisable. Sometimes we remember the fact that he used to have a cleft and we miss his huge carefree cleft smile. But unfortunately not every child has access to the same professional support. It is Elvin's 2nd birthday this week, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to run 10k fundraising for CLEFT - to help other children across the world, bridging the gap.
LF1 Cleft Charity

We are raising money with the LF1 division of the Cleft Charity at Charles University, Prague, to support sustainable, long-term improvements in cleft care. Through fundraising and awareness initiatives at LF1, we aim to contribute to the main UK Cleft Charity’s mission of improving access to cleft treatment, multidisciplinary care, and support services for patients and families both in the UK and internationally.
London Marathon 2027

1.33 million people applied for the London Marathon 2027. For the first time ever CLEFT has a guaranteed place. We are looking for someone incredible to run the London Marathon for CLEFT. Could that person be you?
Sarah’s 10K for Cleft UK

I am raising money to provide long-term, sustainable ways to improve cleft care both in the UK and overseas.

Donate to CLEFT

You can make a one-off donation today or sign up to giving a regular monthly gift. All donations, small or large, will help us to improve the lives of those born with cleft lip and palate both now and in the future.
National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery

We are working with Bangladeshi specialists at the new National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery to create a sustainable centre to treat children with cleft lip and palate.
Our mission

CLEFT was established in 2007 with one aim, to help improve the lives of children born with cleft lip and palate, either by funding research into the likely causes of the condition or by helping support teams in lower and middle income countries.
Nawrin and the C-Arm

This important piece of equipment was supplied by CLEFT and is used to see moving images of the cleft palate. Nawrin is a 13 year old girl who was experiencing speech difficulties and needed the C-Arm to show the cleft team if further surgery was required.
About us

CLEFT was established in 2007 by cleft surgeon Brian Sommerlad - based at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, together with a former patient and a patient's grandmother.
The genetics of cleft lip and palate

Investigations into the genetics of cleft lip and palate to understand more about why cleft lip and palate occurs.
Brian Sommerlad, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Chair of Trustees

For over 40 years, I have been involved in operating on babies, children and adults who have been born with cleft lip and/or palate.
Our research vision

At CLEFT, our vision is of a future where clefts are preventable. Until we get there, we want to improve the lives of those born with cleft lip and palate.
Trusts and Foundations

Today, 1-in-700 babies in the UK are born with a cleft lip and palate, the most common form of birth defect. The impact on a child’s life as they grow is profound. Typically, they will need at least four operations. They may also require ongoing tests, treatment or therapy. It will affect the way they look but also their speech, hearing and dental development. It can leave deep psychological scars.
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10k for 10k - Manchester

10k for 10k - Bristol

10k for 10k - Birmingham

Take part in a charity fundraising event

Join an event using your own place

Get Involved

Did you know you can set up a fundraising page on the CLEFT website?

Fundraising events

10k for 10k - Birmingham

Dublin Half Marathon

10k for 10k - Bristol

10k for 10k - London Queen Elizabeth Park

10k for 10k - Manchester

Great North Swim

Cardiff Half Marathon

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Oxford Half Marathon