A scheme which provides free swimming lessons for primary school pupils is to get a further £500,000 funding.
The Scottish Government is providing additional cash for the scheme, which aims to help youngsters learn to swim before they leave primary school.
A total of 14,400 children across Scotland have already benefited from the Top Up swimming programme, which has received £1.2 million from the Government since it started in 2010.
The latest funding will go to councils, who will decide how best to use it to improve services in their area.
Sporting bodies sportscotland and Scottish Swimming will then work together to help achieve this.
Sports minister Shona Robison said: “To give children the healthiest start in life and help guard against the risk of problems later in life, it’s recommended that youngsters participate in 60 minutes of exercise a day.
“Swimming is one of the best forms of physical activity and it also gives young people confidence in the water, and most importantly, swimming can be great fun.
“That’s why we are continuing to invest in the Top Up swimming programme, we want to give children the opportunity to learn to swim, a skill that they can take with them to adult life.”
She added: “With the Commonwealth Games just over a year away, we want to make sure that we can leave a lasting legacy by building on the good work already done in schools.
“The Top Up programme will give every child the opportunity to learn to swim, whether it’s in their school or local community.”
The initiative is managed by the national sports body sportscotland, whose chair Louise Martin said: “It is excellent news that the Top Up swimming programme is being extended as it helps provide our children with vital life skills while taking part in an active healthy lifestyle.”