AN East Renfrewshire schoolboy has won a prestigious award after walking 100 miles in memory of his gran.

Nine-year-old Fraser Cameron scooped the Young Heart Hero accolade from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as a reward for raising more than £3,000 for the charity’s lifesaving research.

Last summer, Fraser joined his dad Ewen on a trek along an ancient cattle trail, stretching from Skye to Perthshire, after his grandmother, Janette Cameron, died from heart disease.

Ewen walked the full 200-mile route, while Fraser joined him for the last 100 miles of the two-week trek, with the duo also raising £3,000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance.

Fraser told the Barrhead News: “My granny was kind and respectful. She took care of everybody.

“She taught me how to bake and I now bake – that’s how I remember her. Doing the walk was important to me because my granny died of heart disease.

“I was surprised when I found out about the Heart Hero Award and it’s really nice to have won but I didn’t do it to get an award. I did it to raise money for research to help people like my granny.”

Ewen, of Giffnock, added: “My mum would be very proud of Fraser and the amount of money he has raised for the British Heart Foundation.

“I was so impressed he could walk that distance with me.”

Now in their third year, the BHF’s Heart Hero Awards were held virtually last week to celebrate people of all ages who have shown strength in the face of adversity or made a significant impact in helping those living with heart and circulatory diseases.

James Jopling, head of BHF Scotland, said: “Fraser is one of those amazing fundraisers who makes us so proud and is thoroughly deserving of his Heart Hero Award.

“Taking on this challenge at such a young age is a remarkable achievement and to have raised so much money along the way is outstanding.”