Christmas raffle 2023

Enter today and you could be celebrating Christmas £5,000 richer!

Welcome to Moorfields Eye Charity's Christmas raffle

By entering our Christmas raffle, not only could you be up to £5,000 better off, but it will also mean a brighter future for those living with sight loss - it’s a win-win! Throughout its history, Moorfields has been at the forefront of important developments in eye care and our work aims to support the next breakthroughs.

In 2021, our raffle raised over £75,000 to support this aim, and we would love your help to make this figure even greater for 2023. Whether it be used to fund the next research breakthrough for sight loss treatments, improve the experience of Moorfields’ patients, or to help educate the next generation of eye care specialists – your entry will make a massive difference.

Enter now for a chance to win one of our fabulous prizes:

1st prize = £5,000
2nd prize = £750
3rd prize = £125 x 10 winners

Plus if you enter before 2 November 2023, you will automatically qualify for a chance to win our ‘early bird’ prize of a £125 M&S voucher!

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How to enter

Entering the raffle couldn’t be easier, simply click this link or go to the “enter now” tab at the top of this page.

You can buy up to 40 tickets for yourself, each one giving you an extra chance to win one of our amazing prizes.

The prizes are fabulous, and the cause is important – so what are you waiting for!

Closing and draw date

The closing date is Tuesday 12 December 2023 and the draw takes place on Thursday 14 December 2023. After the draw, we’ll contact you if you’re one of our lucky winners and announce the winning tickets online.

What is it like to win?

Previous winner

I was a patient at Moorfields from 1969 to 1997, and during that time I had a corneal transplant. The treatment and outcome were so marvellous that I’ve always kept Moorfields in my mind from that point on. Over the years, I’ve come to understand that Moorfields is a special place where many people have come from far and wide to receive treatment with wonderful results, not just myself

I was in hospital for five weeks when I had my operation, and now you’re in and out on the same day. The progress made has been remarkable, and it makes me incredibly proud that I have contributed to this by supporting Moorfields Eye Charity. It is the only way I can begin to thank Moorfields for what they’ve done for me. The original transplant is still there and hasn’t needed to be changed once. Over fifty years, you can’t grumble at that can you!

When I found out I had won a prize on the raffle I thought “wow, that’s amazing!”. I couldn’t believe it, I’ve never won anything like it before so I was delighted. I shared some of the money with family and friends, but also treated myself!

To anyone considering entering the raffle, I’d say have a go! It’s a great cause and the money is never wasted. All people with eye conditions benefit from the work being done at Moorfields, and you could even be a winner like me!

Wendy Edmonds, former patient at Moorfields

How your support could help

By entering today you could be supporting world-leading research taking place at Moorfields and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. The research below is taking place right now thanks to supporters like you.

One step closer to treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

One of the most important parts of our eye is a layer of cells behind the retina called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The RPE barrier performs essential tasks that are needed to keep the retina alive and allows our light-sensing cells to function. However, when the RPE stops working properly we know this can lead to diseases such as AMD.

Vital to the function of our RPE is a molecule called Dbl3, and our researchers believe this could be key to establishing what causes the RPE to stop working properly. The work we are funding looks to further our understanding of the mechanisms behind this crucial part of our vision. Once we know more about Dbl3's role in the RPE, our researchers hope to develop a gene therapy to stimulate Dbl3, and help slow down the progression of vision loss in people with retinal diseases such as AMD.

We already know that gene therapy has been effective in reducing vision loss in other settings, so our researchers are incredibly excited about this project. There is currently no treatment for dry AMD, but work such as this could bring us one step closer – and it’s all thanks to the generosity of our brilliant supporters.

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