CLEFT Trustees' Meetings

This is a restricted access area for CLEFT trustees.

Useful reading about the role and responsibilities of the trustee (& more available on the HMRC website):

HMRC Trustee Welcome Pack.pdf

HMRC Due Diligence for Trustees.pdf

The_Essential_Trustee.pdf

Making Digital Work

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The success of the Student Ambassadors

The new CLEFT student section was six months in planning and eventually launched in September 2021. We celebrate their enthusiasm and contribution here,
Ashley Davies

Vice Lead and speech and language therapy student, Birmingham City University
Edition 110

6th January 2022
Edition 109

1st December 2021

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Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery

We are working with Bangladeshi specialists at the new Sheikh Hasina 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.
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.
Donate

You can donate or sign up to a regular donation to help us plan for the future.
Student section

Our University team mimics those who care for cleft patients. We are made up of a multidisciplinary student team including medics, dentists, speech and language therapists, nurses, midwives, and physios.
Volunteer

If you would like to volunteer, please complete the short form below and we will get back to you within 24 hours to discuss how you can help.
An interview with Brian Sommerlad

This is a wonderful interview where the children ask the questions.
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.
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 and I subsequently became a trustee in 2012.
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.