A group of young amputees have scaled new heights to abseil 80ft off a towering city building.

Ryan Gregson and Liam Brown, who lost their limbs at a young age, ventured over the edge of Glasgow 's Atlantic Quay office block on Friday.

They were raising funds for the charity that has helped them both to adapt to life without the use of hands or feet.

"I was nervous to do it but excited too," says 11-year-old Liam, who had his leg amputated at the age of three and says he loves playing football, climbing trees and doing parkour.

"If you just think of it as achieving then it's not as scary," he says.

The boy were part of a team of eight amputees from the Finding Your Feet charity, set up by quadruple amputee Corinne Hutton, who lost her own hands and feet to pneumonia and septicaemia three years ago.

"I have abseiled before and I admit it's terrifying," says Corinne. "You're completely reliant on the team who've rigged up the ropes and harnesses."

For some of the amputees, she says, there is also the added fear of having no hands to lower themselves down or no feet to feel the wall beneath them.

"Most of the young people here today are braver than ever though, they can do anything," says 24-year-old Becca Sellar, one of the team members completing the abseil.

"I know to other people this may seem like a huge challenge but amputees have already faced so much, that this is nothing," she adds.

"I want to remind people that sometimes things are not as impossible as you think they are."

Becca, who studied bio-medical science in Edinburgh, lost her lower leg as an infant and says she struggled enormously with her confidence until the Finding Your Feet charity introduced her to football.

"To put it simply, this last year has been the most difficult yet during my life as an amputee," says Becca, from West Lothian.

"It turns out that as childhood amputees hit their adult life, it isn't uncommon for them to start developing hip, back and other joint problems.

"This unfortunately hit me like a freight train within the last year, and I most certainly had no idea this was coming."

Becca has since managed to bring most of the pain under control, partly through the right medication and largely, she says, through the support of Corinne and her team.

Since meeting them, Becca has gone on to try rock climbing, amputee football, swimming and movement therapy.

"Going through any tough experience will be totally shaped by what sort of mindset you go through it with," she says.

"It's never easy to stay positive 100% of the time no matter who you are. But being surrounded by people who have an understanding of what you're going through is an incredible up-lifter."

As well as help from the charity, many of the amputees have a strong family of supporters behind them too.

Niamh McDevitt abseiled down the building for her little brother, seven-year-old Daniel, who was born with part of his arm not fully formed.

"I was a bit nervous because I've never done anything like it before," says Niamh, who adds she wanted to do it to raise money for Daniel's charity and "to make him proud".

"It helps him with his gloves so he can do football with other people and table tennis," she says.

Finding Your Feet has received the backing of a host of A-list celebrities including Mel Gibson, Gerard Butler, Robert Carlyle, Vinnie Jones and Andy Murray.

The charity, which aims to show losing a limb should not limit the opportunities available to anyone, also has initiatives under way which include movement therapy, climbing, amputee football, swimming and social ampu-teas.

"They've got me involved in climbing and football," says 10-year-old Ryan, who has an upper arm deficiency.

"The only advice I have for anyone else trying to abseil is don't look down."