A Lanarkshire volunteer is celebrating after receiving a Duke of Edinburgh gold award.
Jayne Copland is a Co-Captain at 1st Allanton Ladies Brigade and was previously at 1st Wishaw.
A delighted Jayne was invited to Holyrood to select up her well-deserved award, which took months of arduous work and dedication.
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To attain gold, Jayne needed to full a five-day expedition, a residential, a interval of volunteering and develop bodily and sensible expertise.
She travelled to the Trossachs for her expedition and frolicked at Dumfries and Galloway youth management competition for her residential.
Jayne informed Lanarkshire Dwell: "My gold DofE was speculated to take 18 months as that is all I had left earlier than I used to be too previous to do it, however attributable to points with my expedition I received an extension of six months.
"I began to organize the minute I made a decision to do it and began strolling extra to prepare for the problem.
"My first expedition truly ended with me falling down a drop and ending up in hospital.
"I assumed that my journey was over at that time however because of the superb workers at Ladies Brigade Scotland and DofE, I used to be capable of full my award.
"My second expedition was superb in addition to powerful as a result of I used to be already injured however my group was phenomenal and all of us made it to the tip.
"I acquired a lot of outside expertise that I did not have earlier than together with map studying, pitching tents and cooking outdoors.
"I additionally discovered First Support and received the prospect to boost the BSL expertise I have already got."
Jayne added: "Total, my expertise of DofE was a tricky one. It was bodily and mentally difficult, however it helped me as an individual and I could not be extra proud that I accomplished it."
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