Cleft New Zealand would like to thank the sponsors of the Face It launch.  Len Brown and Manukau City Council, NZ Lotteries Commission and Nautilus Wines.  Everyone contributed to the success of the event.

Sandy Mahoney, Thoughtfields Design Ltd, Paragon Design Ltd,Kenny Ardouin, Susan Frear, Ryan Mansfield and all those individuals who contributed their ideas, images and stories to the new website and brand, Cleft NZ would like to thank you for your contributions to the success of this project.

Around 70 people came to celebrate the launch and whether you were a young person born with cleft, a parent, or a professional, Face It had a positive personal meaning.  This is a really tangible way for Cleft New Zealand to show what our vision means to us.  We will face cleft seriously, but with positivity, a light heart and hope for a fantastic future. Our own personal life stories are the inspiration to those starting out.  Our future looks fantastic.

We believed it was time to stand back and take a look at the way we view the kind of future we want for upcoming generations of New Zealand children and teens born with cleft. We wanted to bring a fresh new optimism and outlook to how we present our organisation to our children, families, teens and adults, and to the larger community. (more…)