Messages of support from across the country have kept Amanda Kopel determined to ensure that Frank’s Law becomes a reality.
She has pledged to fight to her last breath not just in her husband’s memory but for the people of Scotland.
The widow of Dundee United legend Frank Kopel saw her childhood sweetheart struck down by dementia and Alzheimer’s aged just 59 too young to receive free care.
Her battle for a change in the law has taken up the last two and a half years of her life and outlasted her beloved husband, who died in April of last year.
She admitted there had been dark days when she had questioned whether she would continue the fight, but said the continued support of Scotland’s people had steeled her will every time.
The latest gesture of support has come from the Snug Bar in Dundee already home to Dundee United supporters’ group Frank Kopel’s Travelling Shindig which is to dedicate its lounge to his memory.
Amanda said: “It doesn’t matter where I go, people speak to me about the campaign and tell me ‘Keep going, Amanda’.
“In the weeks after he died I could have given up the campaign and there are days when I feel as if the powers that be really don’t want to make this happen.
“There have been so many people who have messaged me, sent their support and told me that they are going through the same thing.
“The more people talking about the campaign, the more the Scottish Government will have to listen.
“I think the Government has lost sight of the fact that this is age discrimination, pure and simple.
“I remain very hopeful and I will fight to my last breath, not just for Frank but for everyone in Scotland.”