Great Scots from across the country were invited to Downing Street this week for a special reception to mark St Andrew’s Day.
Representatives from business, the arts, military and sports world all attended the event.
Among those honoured were winners of the prestigious Points of Lights awards, including Aberdonian Commonwealth Games hero Jennifer Thomson and Connie Hutton, the first woman to climb Ben Nevis after losing four limbs.
First established by President George H W Bush in 1990, over 5,000 US Points of Light have been recognised.
UK Points of Light was launched at Downing Street in April last year, and hundreds have since been awarded.
Ms Hutton, from Renfrewshire, lost her hands and legs below the knee due to septicaemia and set up the charity Finding Your Feet which has raised more £200,000 to help others facing limb loss.
She is due to make history later this year by becoming the UK’s first recipient of a double hand transplant.
She said: “To meet David Cameron was an honour and to see inside Downing Street and meet so many inspirational people was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
Meanwhile Ms Thomson was also a guest after winning her award for volunteering at both the 1970 Edinburgh
Commonwealth Games and again at the 2014 Glasgow games.
She said she was delighted to attend the event, adding: “It’s not every day that one gets the opportunity to visit such an important address. It will be a proud day for all in Scotland, and I am honoured to be “flying the flag” for my fellow Scots.”
Speaking at the event, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the group of “amazing people” gathered, and said the eveent was about celebrating Scotland’s “past, present and future”.