Fund Hope for Stu: More Time for a Quiet Hero

Stuart Lockwood is 39: a quietly strong Yorkshireman, a husband, and a loving daddy to five-year-old Hattie. In early 2025, he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive bowel cancer that has now spread to his liver and abdomen. NHS treatments have sadly failed, and his cancer is now considered incurable. We're raising funds for surgery, specialist therapies, and options that offer Stu the hope of more time with his wife and daughter.

❤️ Help Us Give Stu More Time

Hello, and thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

My name is Ailsa, and I'm writing this on behalf of my brother-in-law, Stuart Lockwood — a 39-year-old Yorkshireman, husband, and daddy to a joyful five-year-old little girl named Hattie.

Time is of the essence. In January 2025, Stu received the devastating news that he had stage 4 signet ring cell colorectal cancer — an aggressive and rare subtype of bowel cancer. Doctors discovered that the disease had already spread to the omentum and abdominal lining at the time of surgery.

He underwent a right hemicolectomy and partial omentectomy, followed by four cycles of CapOx chemotherapy, the standard NHS treatment. Despite this, scans in May confirmed that the cancer had spread further to the liver and returned to the peritoneum, during chemo — a devastating sign that it is likely chemo-resistant.

His cancer has also tested KRAS mutant and mismatch repair proficient, which sadly means he is not eligible for immunotherapy, and has no obvious "targetable" genetic options.

Despite this, further testing is underway, including referrals for next-generation tumour sequencing, molecular MSI testing, and participation in the TARGET clinical trial in Edinburgh.

We now face the reality that Stu's cancer is incurable — but it is not untreatable. With access to more personalised treatment options, he could gain valuable time.

✨ What We're Fundraising For

We are raising money to provide Stu with access to every possible avenue — some available privately in the UK, others requiring travel — to buy more time, reduce symptoms, and maintain the best quality of life possible with his young family.

This includes:

Some treatments have clinical evidence, others are exploratory — but we want to pursue everything with integrity, care, and guidance from experts.

‍‍❤️ Who Stu Is

If you know Stu, you know he's quiet, calm, kind — the kind of person who quietly holds everyone else up.

A Yorkshireman through and through. Not one to make a fuss. Logical. Gentle. Loyal.

Funny, in his own perfect way. A man who has helped so many of us out of a thousand tight spots, now facing one of his own.

He’s surrounded by the love of his parents, his brothers, his Rally family, his Island family, and all those fortunate enough to have him in their lives.

Stu and my sister, Iona, were married just last week, after 15 years together. It was a day filled with warmth and love, and a quiet understanding of how fragile and precious time truly is.

And of course, there is Hattie — their daughter. Bright, sensitive, and the centre of their world.

✨ What Your Support Means

This is about time. Time to be together. Time for bedtime stories. Time to watch Hattie grow. More cuddles. More memories.

And a chance to try everything, to leave no stone unturned.

If you can't donate, please share. Every act of kindness helps.

Thank you for standing with us in hope ✨

Ailsa xx

x On behalf of Stu, Iona & Hattie x

❤️ Donation Goal

We are hoping to raise £40,000 to fund private surgery, sequencing, specialist therapies, and associated expenses. Every single penny will be used to support Stu's treatment and care.

✨ Medical References

Cleveland Clinic Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma

KRAS Mutation – American Lung Association

New Scientist Rise in Colorectal Cancer in Under