One of Aberdeen’s most iconic buildings will be lit up in gold later this year in a striking tribute to children battling cancer.
Marischal College will take on the new appearance throughout September, as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Aberdeen City Council’s headquarters will join some of the world’s most famous locations including Niagara Falls and Times Square in New York.
The move came about after a request from city centre councillor Michael Hutchison following a request from a local woman who lost her son to the disease.
He said: “This is something that’s very important to her and will, no doubt, be important to many people across our city.
“Lighting up Marischal College will not just help raise awareness of childhood cancer and encourage people to wear a gold ribbon themselves, but will hopefully help increase the public support for charities such as Clic Sargent who offer cancer support for the young and their families.
“I can’t imagine how difficult it is to fight childhood cancer or watch a loved one suffer from it. I have no doubt that support at this time will make a massive difference and the groups that provide this support deserve our thanks.”
Fellow city councillor Graham Dickson said it was a very worthwhile project.
“I think this is a cause that everybody in the city would want to get behind,” he said.
“Michael has done a power of work to get it to this point.”
In November Marischal College was lit up in the colours of the French Tricolore in honour of the victims of the terror attacks in Paris.
A book of condolences was also available for people to sign in the townhouse.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil and both the London Eye and Wembley Stadium were among the landmarks around the world to be lit blue, white and red in tribute to those killed.