A Scots schoolboy is asking the Government to pay for blood donations.
Sixteen-year-old Andrew Dannet, 16, has submitted a petition to the Scottish Parliament Petition Committee calling on them to do something about the low numbers of donors.
He developed his proposal after studying the blood donation system as part of a school project.
Andrew and his Alness Academy classmates Ben Jones and Aidan MacKenzie, both 16, decided to develop a new system after discovering only two percent of Scots make donations.
They decided the most effective way to increase the donor numbers in line with other Western countries would be to pay for every donation made.
Andrew said: "Blood donation is quite an important topic - it is something we've always struggled with in Scotland.
"I have been to France and there is a much higher level of awareness around blood donation. Paris is plastered in adverts for giving blood.
"In Germany they pay 20 euro for every blood donation and over six per cent of the population gives.
"I would like to change something with this petition , I'm not sure if they will accept the idea of a monetary reward but it'll get people talking about it.
"We need to do something to encourage people to give more blood.
However, the idea has been dismissed by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.
Officials say the only way to ensure donations are safe is to retain a free, voluntary service.
