A Shetland fish and chip shop has served up a jumbo donation to the Archie Foundation.
Staff at the award-winning Frankie’s Fish and Chips compiled a charity calendar in aid of the charity, after being inspired by the artwork created by local children.
The team visited the primary schools to teach children about the diverse sea life both swimming around their island and being fried up for their tea.
Afterwards, the children sent in their doodles of some aquatic creatures and Frankie’s owner Valerie Johnson thought they were too good just to stick on the fridge.
By putting the fishy portraits into a charity calendar, Mrs Johnson managed to raise a total of £400 for the Archie Foundation.
Mrs Johnson said: “The Archie Foundation and Anthony Nolan were chosen as the beneficiaries of our calendar fundraising because of the vital work they do in supporting children in need of specialist health support, some of them from Shetland.
“The calendar idea came to us after we had been running the Frankie’s Fish Course.
“The course involves going to primary schools and doing a presentation on types of fish and holding a hands-on session with the children, allowing them to see and touch for themselves a range of round fish such as haddock, whiting, cod, ling and monkfish, flatfish such as lemon sole, megrim and plaice, and shellfish such as crabs, scallops and mussels.
“After the course, we leave behind sheets for the children to draw fish and return them to us.
“They were so good that we decided to turn them into a calendar to raise money for charity. Our charity fundraising is an important element of what we do at Frankie’s – we are more than just a fish shop.”
The Archie Foundation’s acting head of fundraising for Grampian and the Northern Isles Claire Bush said: “This is a wonderful gesture from Frankie’s Fish and Chips.
“The children of Shetland have not only learned a great deal about life in our seas but have also helped to make a real difference for sick children in Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, which also serves the Northern Isles.”