CHARITY volunteer Bobby Pollock was a baton bearer on one of the final stages of the relay.

And the accolade crowned 30 years of voluntary work in his home city.

Bobby, 58, of Croftfoot, Glasgow, who retired recently after 40 years working in housing, 20 of them with the Maryhill Housing Association, carried the baton in Castlemilk where he was a city council housing officer for many years.

Bobby has been volunteering since 1984 when he started with the Children's Panel, where he served for 17 years, and is now a valued member of Victim Support Scotland's Glasgow team of volunteers.

He said: "I was a witness to the stabbing of a friend when I was 18 and since then I have always been interested in crime and its effects on victims.

"When I retired I got the chance to increase my voluntary work and Victim Support Scotland was exactly what I wanted to do. I applied, did the training in the autumn of 2013 and I thoroughly enjoy it.

"I'm a great believer that you get a lot out of helping people and I have certainly got a lot out of my 30 years of volunteering."

Bobby and wife Jill have been married for 37 years and have two sons Craig, 27 and Ross, 23. He said: "It's a humbling honour to know I am representing the Queen and carrying this baton."