Young offenders who have been working to clear pavements in Fife will meet the Justice Secretary.
Kenny MacAskill will speak to criminals who have been carrying out their community service in Dunfermline.
The youngsters have been put to work at a sheltered housing complex in the town as part of their punishments.
Speaking before his visit, Mr MacAskill said: "This is a great example of a council responding quickly during this unprecedented cold spell.
"They immediately put their community service squads to work clearing the pavements around the homes of the elderly before Christmas."
He said similar work is being carried out across the country.
Community service squads are in Glasgow, North and South Ayrshire, the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and the Highlands, clearing pavements for elderly people and around hospitals and schools.
Mr MacAskill said: "In Falkirk, offenders have been helping deliver an essential service to the elderly and in Lanarkshire they are helping ensure delivery of aids and adaptation equipment goes ahead."
Finance Secretary John Swinney will make a statement at Holyrood on Thursday about how Scotland has been coping in the freezing weather.
