NORTH Ayrshire pupils are invited to join the Scottish SPCA’s first ever primary and secondary school film competition.

Scotland’s animal welfare charity visits schools every year to deliver their free Prevention through Education programme, encouraging pupils to become responsible animal citizens.

The programme links in with many areas of the Curriculum for Excellence and aims to encourage empathy and compassion towards animals.

Primary and secondary schools have been invited to submit a short film that educates the public, and in particular their peers, on key animal welfare issues.

The details can be found on the Scottish SPCA website at scottishspca. org/education/.

The winning films will be announced in June 2019.