Inspired by her older brother, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, a woman has spent more than two days living inside a glass box in a bid to raise money for an autism charity.

Ms Meg Jones, 21, spent 50 hours living, eating and sleeping inside the box, positioned in the entrance hall of a busy Tesco supermarket in Dundee.

The inventive fundraiser hoped her efforts would raise £2,000 for autism charity Cauldwell Children, but was pleasantly surprised to rake in over £3,250 by the end of her challenge.

“I thought there would be people banging on the glass but people were nice and wrote notes of support,” she said.

“It’s been really surreal having everyone looking at me but it has been good because everybody has been asking questions about what I have been doing.

“I’ve had so many people writing messages of support on the wall – I’ve been really touched.

Ms Jones decided upon the glass box idea after being inspired by Cauldwell Children, who believe that a glass box acts as the perfect metaphor for autism and the condition’s many surrounding difficulties, such as isolation, communication barriers and feelings of entrapment.

“I have felt quite apart from everyone, which is the main thing with autism and speaking through glass makes it more difficult to communicate,” she said.