Weekly dementia-friendly walks have been launched on Prestwick beach.

This follows Ayrshire beach being awarded a Scottish Beach Award for cleanliness by Keep Scotland Beautiful.

The first organised walk along the seafront was held as part of Dementia Awareness Week, but now the walks have been made a weekly event.

Julie Twaddell from Dementia Friendly Prestwick said: "It's great to have the beach back to its best and our walks with people living with Dementia will help to support them to get back out into their own communities.

"We want to remove barriers which prevent people from enjoying things they used to do and as older people can feel the cold more significantly than younger people, we'll be offering the use of specially heated clothing to make sure people enjoy the experience."

The walks will be held every Monday at 11am.