Gordon Brown has followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming more involved in a Fife charity’s work.
Mr Brown this week took over as honorary president of Fife Society for the Blind on a visit to its Kirkcaldy centre.
“It is a huge honour to be asked to get involved with the Fife Society for the Blind, and I look forward to supporting its crucial work in the months ahead,” he said.
The former Prime Minister lost the sight in his left eye following an injury sustained playing rugby and undergoes annual check-ups.
The Rev John Brown Mr Brown’s father was a member of the charity’s committee while minister at St Brycedale Kirk in the early 1960s and his mother supported the Kirkcaldy ladies’ committee.
Mr Brown received an old photograph showing St Brycedale Kirk, the former Kirkcaldy High School and the society’s former office, along with a reproduction of an early annual report featuring his parents.
For his wife Sarah, he was presented with Braille jewellery, together with Braille chocolate for his sons, products from the society’s FSB Enterprises team.
Society chief executive Alan Suttie also briefed Mr Brown on plans for the organisation.
Society chairman Richard Godfrey-McKay said, “As a champion of those less fortunate in society, and as someone who is proud of his local roots, we could not find a better person to take over from Jim Adamson and to follow in the tradition started by Sir Michael Nairn.”