Every day in Britain, three children are born with a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate.
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FORTHCOMING AND PAST EVENTS
“CLAPA-Cambridge AGM
With light refreshment , Sunday 25 April 2010 (12-3.00pm)
£5.00 per adult on the day would be appreciated
At the Hexagon Hall, Frank Lee Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
“CLAPA-CAMBRIDGE SUMMER EVENING PARTY” - for adults and 16+ REPLY SLIP
Saturday 12 June 2010, Abington Hall, Granta Park, Great Abington CB21 6GP
Fork buffet, £25.00 per ticket (6.30pm to late)
Join us to celebrate the branch’s achievements and help us to raise the valuable funds for a set of an audio visual equipment for speech recording used by the SLTs at Addenbrookes (£2,000 approx). This event will also give us an excellent opportunity to raise the awareness of Mr Hall and other medical volunteers amazing work in India with Operation Smile. To reserve the place, you will need to send the slip with you payment to CLAPA c/o Cleft Team at Addenbrookes (RSVP 30/05/2010, Mary Newbold, nm.newbold@ntlworld.com). Invitations with the slip and more information will be available soon.
“HARRY POTTER THEMED DAY” - for age group 7 to 11, organised by Addenbrooke’s Clinical psychologists- July 2010 (to be advised)
‘CLAPA SUMMER PARTY— Sunday, 5 September 2010 (1-4pm)
‘CLAPA WINTER WONDERLAND PARTY’—Sunday, 12 Dec 2010 (1-4pm)
At the Hexagon Hall, Frank Lee Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Site
For events held at Frank Lee Centre, use car park P, on Keith Day Road, off Robinson Way Entrance to receive free parking.
PAST EVENTS
“2009 WINTER WONDERLAND PARTY” - Sunday 13th of December 2009, 1 - 4pm Frank Lee Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Site, Please use car park P, off Robinson Way on Keith Day Road . Please down load the slip and send it to CLAPA c/o Cleft Team, Addenbrooke’s or email it to clapacambridge@googlemail.com . It was another fantastic day and it was so lovely to see many new and
familiar faces having lots of fun. Many thanks to Mr Tariq Ahmad (Consultant Plastic Surgeon) for being a santa and supporting the branch as always!!. The committee would also like to thank Mr Hall for showing us a short video about Blue Peter Send A Smile Appeal and Operation Smile Amazing Work in Guwahati, India. A Special thank you to Dr Anne Harding Bell, Lead Speech and Language Therapist and Helene Somerville SLT, for helping out and giving us short talk about the audio visual equipment that the branch has purchased for Kettering SLTs who work with the Cleft Core Team.
BBC LOOK EAST WAS FILMING CARA AND JOSHUA AT THE CLEFT CLINIC - to raise the awareness of Blue Peter Send a Smile Appeal, and Mr Hall’s work with Operation Smile. Wednesday 21st of October 2009
2009 SUMMER PARTY - another successful and lovely party was supported by so many of you. Thank you all for coming and we hope you had as much fun as we did. Everybody had so much fun when Mr Smarty Arty led several of the children in a medical drama where they turned table on their surgeon Mr Per Hall and performed various surgical techniques. Everyone was delighted at Mr Hall’s bravery in volunteering to become the patient at once. ‘(Pay back time ) ;-). The party was also an opportunity to have an informal talk to a member of the Cleft Team, meet other families and have a lovely day full of fun and laughter. SUMMER PARTY SPONSORS
With light refreshment , Sunday 25 April 2010 (12-3.00pm)
£5.00 per adult on the day would be appreciated
At the Hexagon Hall, Frank Lee Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital
“CLAPA-CAMBRIDGE SUMMER EVENING PARTY” - for adults and 16+ REPLY SLIP
Saturday 12 June 2010, Abington Hall, Granta Park, Great Abington CB21 6GP
Fork buffet, £25.00 per ticket (6.30pm to late)
Join us to celebrate the branch’s achievements and help us to raise the valuable funds for a set of an audio visual equipment for speech recording used by the SLTs at Addenbrookes (£2,000 approx). This event will also give us an excellent opportunity to raise the awareness of Mr Hall and other medical volunteers amazing work in India with Operation Smile. To reserve the place, you will need to send the slip with you payment to CLAPA c/o Cleft Team at Addenbrookes (RSVP 30/05/2010, Mary Newbold, nm.newbold@ntlworld.com). Invitations with the slip and more information will be available soon.
“HARRY POTTER THEMED DAY” - for age group 7 to 11, organised by Addenbrooke’s Clinical psychologists- July 2010 (to be advised)
‘CLAPA SUMMER PARTY— Sunday, 5 September 2010 (1-4pm)
‘CLAPA WINTER WONDERLAND PARTY’—Sunday, 12 Dec 2010 (1-4pm)
At the Hexagon Hall, Frank Lee Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Site
For events held at Frank Lee Centre, use car park P, on Keith Day Road, off Robinson Way Entrance to receive free parking.
PAST EVENTS
“2009 WINTER WONDERLAND PARTY” - Sunday 13th of December 2009, 1 - 4pm Frank Lee Centre, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Site, Please use car park P, off Robinson Way on Keith Day Road . Please down load the slip and send it to CLAPA c/o Cleft Team, Addenbrooke’s or email it to clapacambridge@googlemail.com . It was another fantastic day and it was so lovely to see many new and
familiar faces having lots of fun. Many thanks to Mr Tariq Ahmad (Consultant Plastic Surgeon) for being a santa and supporting the branch as always!!. The committee would also like to thank Mr Hall for showing us a short video about Blue Peter Send A Smile Appeal and Operation Smile Amazing Work in Guwahati, India. A Special thank you to Dr Anne Harding Bell, Lead Speech and Language Therapist and Helene Somerville SLT, for helping out and giving us short talk about the audio visual equipment that the branch has purchased for Kettering SLTs who work with the Cleft Core Team.
BBC LOOK EAST WAS FILMING CARA AND JOSHUA AT THE CLEFT CLINIC - to raise the awareness of Blue Peter Send a Smile Appeal, and Mr Hall’s work with Operation Smile. Wednesday 21st of October 2009
2009 SUMMER PARTY - another successful and lovely party was supported by so many of you. Thank you all for coming and we hope you had as much fun as we did. Everybody had so much fun when Mr Smarty Arty led several of the children in a medical drama where they turned table on their surgeon Mr Per Hall and performed various surgical techniques. Everyone was delighted at Mr Hall’s bravery in volunteering to become the patient at once. ‘(Pay back time ) ;-). The party was also an opportunity to have an informal talk to a member of the Cleft Team, meet other families and have a lovely day full of fun and laughter. SUMMER PARTY SPONSORS
HARRY POTTER THEMED DAY- 14 March 209, Cambridge
The Cleft Lip and Palate Team (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) in partnership with Changing Faces organised an excited day for 7 to 11 years old children with a cleft lip and/or palate .This workshop was designed to enable children with a cleft lip and/or palate to develop confidence and self-esteem,enrich their social skills for managing other people’s reactions to and questions about their cleft lip and/or palate, make friends, meet other children and share experiences, and most of all to have LOTS OF FUN. We would like to say a very special thank you to Dr Anna Zeffertt, Dr Beth Mosley, Dr Charlotte Allen and Ms Giselle Zabban, Child Specialist, from ‘Changing Faces’ for giving us their time and organising such a great and fun day for children. Dr Mosley will be doing write-up/review of the day to make available to CLAPA/Changing Faces and that information will be uploaded on the web. Giselle Zabban, Child Specialist, Changing Faces provided all the content/Harry Potter resources and supported the Cleft Team in organising and running the day. At the end of the day one 8 years old boy said: ‘THAT WAS THE BEST FUN DAY EVER’ Heart 103 Cambridge radio station for their kind and generous donation of £750.00 towards Harry Potter Day, your support is greatly appreciated. www.heartcambridge.co.uk
Addenbrooke’s psychologists and Changing
Faces volunteer at the Harry Potter Day.
Faces volunteer at the Harry Potter Day.
2009 Summer Party, Operating on Mr Hall,
2009 SUMMER PARTY
Mr Ahmad (our lovely santa) and Dr A Zeffertt
Sam and Fiona Sanders-Hewett presented the cheque of £3,975.00 to Dr A Harding Bell & Helene . Fantastic effort, well done !!