A man who organised a north-east village dinner-dance has helped raise more than £1,600 for diabetes research in memory of his wife.
The event at Invercairn Community Hall was organised by retired ice cream salesman Robert Tait, 84.
Mr Tait’s wife Irene was blinded by diabetes and died as a result of the disease seven years ago at the aged of 75.
Now Mr Tait says it is important to raise awareness about a “silent killer”.
He said: “I believe as many as one in five people in Scotland has diabetes, but no one talks about it.
“As far as I can see, you don’t know where it will strike and people don’t realise how dangerous it can be.”
The fundraiser brought together members of the local community for an evening of traditional dancing.
Guests, whose donations raised £1,678 for Diabetes Research Aberdeen, enjoyed waltzing after a hearty meal of lemon sole followed by ice cream.
Mr Tait, who used to own the award-winning Peter’s Ices ice cream parlour in Cairnbulg, added: “We try and host a fundraising dinner-dance around this time of year and we try to do it for different causes. You get some very generous people here in the north-east.”
Diabetes UK estimates there are 3.2 million people who have been diagnosed with the disease across the United Kingdom, and a further 630,000 who are living with the condition but do not know.