Sleep Awareness Month ends on a high with 20 lucky CPAP, Non-invasive Ventilator Patients and Snorers winning prizes totalling over £2,500, kindly donated by several manufacturers. The raffle will be drawn on Monday, 4th April and winners announced shortly after.
All winners will also receive a Hope2Sleep Charity Face Mask Covering to protect yourself and others, and at the same time raise awareness of the charity - plus a Medical Alert Card.
Thanks to everyone who supported our charity raffle, including the manufacturers who donated the prizes. We are astounded and grateful to have raised £1,344 in raffle sales (less payment charges) and a full list of prize winners including the live raffle draw is on our website on this link Raffle Results.
Updated on Wed, April 6 2022, 9:13 PM
Thank you so much for supporting our raffle.
With 6 days to go we've gone just over the £1,000 mark which is fantastic, and we're looking forward to giving good news to the 20 winners next Monday (4th April)
Good luck everyone!
Updated on Tue, March 29 2022, 8:23 PM
The Hope2Sleep Charity raises awareness of Sleep Apnoea, which is very common in snorers and is believed to affect around 8 million people in the UK (936 million worldwide), but sadly at least 80% remain undiagnosed. This unfortunately leaves the sufferer at a risk of heart attacks, strokes and many other linked medical conditions it causes or exacerbates.
1 in 3 children also suffer from sleep apnoea and often get wrongly diagnosed with ADHD or labelled as 'lazy' or 'naughty.'
We are a unique Charity, in that we support patients with all kinds of sleep disordered breathing, such as:-
Hope2Sleep has been raising awareness and giving free support since 2009, and we have walk-in charity premises in Hull for one-to-one support and sell a range of CPAP, comfort and snoring products at the charity and on our online shop, which is our primary source of funding the charity.
An Atom Pro Battery has kindly been provided by Powapacs for our raffle for powering CPAP and non-invasive ventilators when camping, during power cuts and off grid.
A Night Shift Sleep Positioning Device has kindly been donated by Advanced Brain Monitoring, the USA manufacturer. We've recently added the Night Shift Sleep Positioner to our website, and as well as training people with positional sleep apnoea and snoring to minimise back (supine) sleeping where sleep apnoea and snoring are usually worse, it also includes a free app and computer software to show evidence of the position you slept in. Due to it being a new product to the charity, we look forward to hearing how the lucky prize winner gets on with this.
An eXciteOSA has kindly been donated for the raffle by Signifier Medical. The eXciteOSA is a new therapy to get 'excited' about as it's the first clinically proven daytime therapy to target the root cause of snoring and even mild obstructive sleep apnoea via Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES).
Click to see more details on our website
New to the market is the Zeus for snorers - kindly donated to our raffle by the UK manufacturer, Morgan IAT. Zeus is a sleekly designed anti-snore device developed in partnership with leading sleep doctors especially for throat snorers. Comfortable and unobtrusive, Zeus gently stimulates the tongue muscles to open airways - so often the root cause of snoring. (Zeus is also due to undergo trials for obstructive sleep apnoea).
More details can be found on their website https://zeussleep.co.uk/#about
2 lucky winners will receive either a JoyceOne Full Face Mask or a JoyceOne Nasal Mask and Lowenstein Medical have also kindly sent one of their cute bedtime cuddly lions for each winner of the masks too.
The JoyceOne are unique in that they are a one-size-fits-most mask and for information click here to view the Full Face JoyceOne or click here to view the Nasal JoyceOne
The Evora 'CapFit' Nasal CPAP Mask has also been kindly donated by Fisher & Paykel, and they've sent the Fit Pack version with all the cushion sizes to make sure of a good fit for the lucky winner. It really is very easy to fit - literally like putting on a cap (hence it's name). Of course, most people appreciate being able to wear glasses too with the more minimalistic masks!
This Brevida Nasal Pillows Mask is one of three masks that Fisher & Paykel have generously donated us for the raffle, and the lucky prize winner will get the 'fit pack' version so that both sizes of the nasal pillows cushion can be tried for the best fit. It also has a washable diffuser to cut down on noise.
Fisher & Paykel have kindly donated a Vitera Full Face CPAP Mask with both medium and large cushions. This mask is of their usual high quality with superior 'Venti Cool' headgear, and 3 out of 4 reviews on our own site are 5 stars which is encouraging.
2 lucky winners will receive a Philips DreamWear Full Face Mask and these are the demo packs which not only contain all the 4 mask cushion sizes, but also the 3 different sizes of the frames to get that perfect fit.
Click here to see the DreamWear 'Fitpack' Mask on our website
We've had this popular DreamWear Under-the-Nose Mask donated to us so have included it in the raffle, and whilst it does have the original headgear which has since been improved, this is an opportunity for a prize winner to try the mask as it comes with all the cushion sizes. The newer headgear can also be purchased separately if required.
This Wisp Nasal Mask with an easy-to-clean silicone frame is a popular mask for nose breathers who want to avoid the nasal bridge area and wear glasses. All the 3 sizes of cushions come with the mask so the prize winner will be able to choose the best fit.
The Dual Band Chinstrap may help both snorers and CPAP users where other chinstraps have failed, due to its vertical lift to prevent the jaw from receding further back, as it defeats the object of wearing a chinstrap if the jaw is pushed backwards. Knightsbridge Sleep Solutions have kindly donated two Dual Band Chinstraps for 2 prize winners and the size and colour can be chosen.
Click to see more about the Dual Band Chinstrap on our website
Dom Joly, patron of our charity and himself a severe sleep apnoea patient, has kindly sent us a Signed Book of his 'The Hezbollah Hiking Club: A short walk across the Lebanon'.....a challenging hike across Lebanon, from the Israeli border in the south, along the spine of the country's mountain range, all the way to the Syrian border in the north.
We've put together a travel kit, comprising of the CPAP Hose Lift and CPAP Bedside Holder which are both made by Arden Innovations and collapse for ease of travel, along with a CPAP Luggage Tag with Pen as it's so important to have identification on your machine's bag in case you lose it.
All can be found in the travel section of our website for more details
2 winners will receive a CPAP Hose Lift to keep the hose out of the way and is great for travel too, a tube of CPAP Moisture Therapy Cream for any mask skin irritations and a pack of XyliMelts to prevent dry mouth which can be used during the night.
We've put together a comfort set, comprising of a CPAP Hose Cover, Mask Neck + Cheek Cover and 2 pairs Mask Strap Covers (1 in single thickness and the other pair in double thickness for that extra protection). There are 16 colours/designs to choose from.
Click to view the Hose Covers showing choices of colour for the prizes