A Commonwealth Games gold medal winner is back in the water to inspire the next generation of swimmers.

Duncan Scott, who bagged a total of six medals at the Gold Coast games, first learned to swim at Troon Swimming Pool in South Ayrshire.

Scott, 21, has now returned to the pool in his role as an ambassador for the Learn 2 Swim initiative.

The programme is aimed at children from birth to 11 years old and teaches participants how to become competent and confident swimmers.

Scott said: "My dad would take myself and my sister to the pool in Troon every Sunday where he would teach us how to swim.

My first club was South Ayrshire and I joined because my sister did.

"My earliest memory is of my dad teaching my sister and I how to float on our backs, the very basics of backstroke.

"I loved learning how to swim."

South Ayrshire is one of 22 local authorities and leisure trusts that have signed up to the Scottish Swimming National Framework for Learn 2 Swim.

The initiative is also supported by 160 aquatics clubs around the country.