A fundraiser that is aiming to raise £500,000 to send a two-year-old to Singapore for life-saving cancer treatment has received a flurry of celebrity backing.

The Save Our Stan appeal was launched after Stanley Dalton was diagnosed with cancer for the third time.

The toddler was in remission from T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in February but his parents, Lee and Georgia were told in June that it was back.

Stanley was just 16-months-old when he was first diagnosed in March 2019 and spent more than 217 nights in hospital during an 11 month period as he battled the disease twice. He underwent two bone marrow transplants in the space of a year and was given a trial drug. In February, he was discharged from hospital when he entered remission.

When his parents were told last month that it had returned they were told to take him home and make memories. However, Georgia couldn’t sit by and do nothing.

This is why they decided to launch the justgiving page to raise the money to take him to Singapore for the life-saving treatment.

Since the page launched last month more than £320,000 has been raised and has now received backing from Strictly Come Dancing’s Kevin Clifton, Jamie and Harry Redknapp as well as Manchester United players including Juan Mata.

In his video Juan Mata said: “I wanted to say on my behalf and my team mates and my club Manchester United, we are all right behind you and we would like to encourage everyone to help you so you can get your treatment and you get well real soon.”

Harry and Jamie Redknapp appeared in the video together sending out a joint message.

They said: “We just wanted to say lots of love and hope Stan’s doing well and staying strong. I know you guys are doing a great job looking after him.

“We are thinking of you all the time and we know that Stan is going to get there so stay strong and we’ll support you, good luck.”

Strictly Come Dancing’s Kevin Clifton urged people to back the appeal in his video. He said: “This is a message of support for the Save our Stan campaign.

“Stan is a young lad that really needs our help at the moment. We need to raise some money to get him over to Singapore for life-saving treatment.

“I couldn’t help but want to get involved in this, he really needs our help.”