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This project successfully funded on 16th August 2025, you can still support them with a donation.
Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) care support
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Aim
Helping Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) access urgent care and therapies to manage and ease symptoms
This Crowdfunder has been launched in response to the many messages from friends, fans and supporters around the world who’ve asked how they can support Keith in some way.
Keith McIvor (JD Twitch from Optimo) has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour (glioblastoma), and we’re incredibly grateful for everyone's kindness and messages of support — it means the world to us. We don't expect anything, but if you'd like to contribute, you could make a big difference for Keith and his family.
Some people have already set up other ways to raise money and we've asked them to hang on to funds until they can donate centrally here. If you want to do something similar, in your own way, please contribute here and leave a message so everyone can see how the funds were raised.
Professional second opinions about Keith's diagnosis have been sought and while suggestions for medical interventions or alternative therapies have been gratefully received, it's important to stress how advanced, inoperable and untreatable this particular tumour is — and that we can't be raising false hopes.
Keith now requires 24-hour nursing care. His condition has affected his speech, his mobility and his independence. While he’s managed to take a few supported steps, he’s extremely vulnerable and needs constant assistance to do so safely. Referral by the NHS to a hospice in Glasgow would make everything much simpler. However, his symptoms are not currently advanced or severe enough to justify a successful referral, nor is it easy to predict when this might be the case.
We’re still seeking further advice and carefully considering whether staying in the nursing home or finding accessible accommodation with a full care package works best for Keith. While we’re keeping all options open, setting up temporary private accommodation with the necessary adaptations and care support has proven extremely difficult, time-consuming, and stressful to coordinate.
With time being limited and having already faced major obstacles navigating NHS and social care routes — including rejected hospice referrals and a social work case mistakenly closed — we made the decision to move Keith into a private residential nursing facility for now. This gives him a safe, supportive environment while we continue to explore the best long-term setting for his care.
For now, respite care provides Keith with the best route to stay within the NHS and care referral system while accessing better living conditions while it matters most to him. This decision has been made with the full support of Keith’s GP, who agrees this is the most appropriate setting for him at this time.
While Keith's condition is extremely serious and likely to progress quickly, he's not currently in pain, can communicate well with patience, and is still present as the Keith we know and love. He can now connect to those most important to him in a better environment – with a determined group of friends and family around him, ready to do whatever we can to help him with what he wants and needs.
This new living environment is unlikely to be necessary for a long time, but obviously we can't know exactly how long it will be at this stage. We still hope that Keith can look forward to many happy days ahead, in comfort and with his loved ones, to live out the remainder of his life in dignity and conscious of all the support and good vibes flowing toward him for as long as possible.
Navigating this situation has been incredibly hard for Keith's family — especially his wife, who lives with serious long-term health issues that affect the care she’s able to provide. She’s also had to cancel major surgery of her own to be present for him during this critically limited time.
However, we know we're fortunate to even have private care as an option and realise this is a very privileged position to be in. We’re painfully aware that access to safe, appropriate end-of-life care is often out of reach for so many families — and we believe this is a failing of the system, not of those needing care.
We've held off to examine all options, but now believe this Crowdfunder is the best way to channel people's goodwill in a concrete, transparent way and show them they can make a direct impact. It's also the easiest route for us to keep everyone regularly updated about Keith's progress, as we focus our energies on doing the best for him that we can in the remaining time that he has left.
Thank you for helping us make sure Keith is looked after with dignity and love.
Immediate plans for funds raised
These are the most urgent needs and will be prioritised first:
- private residential nursing care — where Keith is currently receiving respite, with his GP’s full support;
- additional support services — including physiotherapy, speech & language therapy and counselling — where access via the NHS or charities is limited;
- ongoing transport and palliative care essentials — such as accessible transport, equipment and comfort care, to support quality of life.
We're still exploring alternative options while Keith is in respite care; some plans will depend on his condition and how well he responds to the current setting.
Possible future plans
These may be actioned depending on Keith’s evolving needs and if funds allow:
- exploring non-NHS treatment options, if any viable therapies become available;
- accessible accommodation and essential equipment to support Keith at home or in a more personalised setting;
- a full private care package, if Keith is moved into alternative accommodation that requires more support than NHS care alone can provide;
- ongoing funding for the private nursing facility, if this setting continues to be the best option for Keith and time is short.
Please note that donations to this individual cause will incur income tax at 20%, as well as fees of 2.4% + 20p plus VAT per donation; this isn't organised through a registered charity, so you can't claim Gift Aid.
Reaching our target should cover 8-12 weeks of respite care, additional support services and palliative care essentials, once all fees and tax are factored in.
We'll keep you regularly updated with any developments here, and are committed to using the funds responsibly and in line with Keith's wishes and wellbeing, with full transparency over how funds are spent.
If we're lucky enough to raise more than we need, the remaining balance will be divided equally among the following causes that Keith supports:
Glasgow NW Foodbank
Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER)
Brains Trust
Taki’s Shelter, Crete
Keith thanks you for all of your kind words and support, and we'll continue to strive to do the very best for him at every stage, as he moves forward in his journey.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made