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We are very excited to announce plans to expand both our research and overseas arms. CLEFT Chairman, Brian Sommerlad, explained on live Facebook stream what these changes will be. Read more
Sulaimania's troubled past means that there are many children and adults with untreated clefts or with clefts that have been operated on inadequately. Our new film by Paul Whittaker shows what the situation is there and how the team copes. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
We were very lucky to have head chef Gemma Doherty run our Christmas Menu masterclass on Friday 4th December. Read more
This is a wonderful interview where the children ask the questions. Read more
We held our first online wine tasting event on Friday 13th and in spite of a technology glitch half way through, it was an enjoyable evening. Read more
Australia's best-selling children's author reads three of her books for CLEFT, including her number 1 book 'Possum Magic'. Read more
We held our first virtual masterclass at the end of August with Karen Bellis instructing 23 participants in the art of dog grooming. Read more
The American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal reviewed literature on palate re-repair for the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and cited the Sommerlad Protocol and Palate Repair technique of VPI as being very beneficial to patients with an 84% success rate. Read more
An online coffee morning is the perfect way to catch up with your friends and family whilst raising vital funds for CLEFT. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
We are delighted that the website [email protected] is now available. Read more
Early on in his career as plastic surgeon, CLEFT Chairman Mr Brian Sommerlad realised that operating techniques could be improved upon and in 1993, he started to use a microscope for surgery. Read more
A USB stick containing 7 complete lip or palate surgical procedures is available on request and FREE to surgeons. Read more
Alannah is a lovely, normal teenage, born in 2006 with 22q11 Deletion Syndrome. Her mother tells her story here. Read more
Kamrul was born with a craniofacial cleft in 2018. Follow his amazing progress here. Read more
“Pole pole”. These were the words drilled into our heads during the seven days we spent soldiering on in pursuit of the snow-capped peak. Read more