A much-loved toddler who was born three months premature has helped deliver funds to the hospital that cared for him in the early week's of his life.

Young Alfie Morris joined his mum to present a fundraising cheque of £1,500 to the Special Care Bay Unit at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy last week. The Dunfermline lad who was born in March last year spent the first 11 weeks of his life in intensive care and hasn't looked back since.

His mum Emma who wants other parents to have the same experience she had said: "When I was in with Alfie over Easter the staff were brilliant. My partner and I were given an Easter card from Alfie whilst my daughter was given an Easter egg.

"It was all an effort to make things feel a bit more normal while Alfie was in hospital and I'm told the staff make the same effort on other special days such as Christmas and Mothers day.

"The money we raised will go towards funding more of these lovely gestures and help give others the same positive experience we had."

Emma and her partner Christopher raised the money for the unit through cake, bake and craft sales and their funding total was matched by the Pitreavie branch of Nationwide, where Alfie's gran, Nancy McDonald, works.

Senior Nurse on the Special Care Baby Unit, Lynn Kuz, said: "We would like to thank Emma, Christopher, Nancy, the Nationwide and everyone who made a kind donation to this fundraiser. Every single donation we receive goes towards improving patient care and making the hospital a less daunting place to come for young children."