“Do The Right Thing”
2025

“Do The Right Thing” is an annual interactive one day event that returns to the Academy in October and will be delivered to all S3 pupils on

Thursday 30th October, 2025

The aims of “Do The Right Thing” are to:

Provide an interactive event during the course of a day aimed at raising awareness of local issues and problems faced by young people in their communities

Provide a learning environment for young people to learn and gain knowledge to enable them to make the right choices in their lives

Supplement work being carried out through Health and Wellbeing classes in Secondary Schools

Deliver some outcomes on Health and Wellbeing as outlined in the Scottish Executive’s Curriculum For Excellence

Allow schools to gain from the benefit of partner agency services

Deliver on some aspects of the single outcome agreement and the Police Community Promise

The day itself consists of a number of activities and workshops to make it a positive learning experience for the S3 pupils. Workshops will be delivered by our partner agencies on the following topics:

Substance Misuse –Delivered by Police Scotland; Substance Misuse Coordinator
Consent – Rape Crisis
Sexual Health – NHS
Smoking/Vaping – delivered by NHS School Nurses
Domestic Abuse – delivered by Women’s Aid
Hate speech –LGBT Scotland
Misogyny – Youth Work
Mental Health – Delivered by NHS School Nurse Team

Do The Right Thing was undertaken for the first time in 2009 by both Stranraer Academy and Douglas Ewart High School. Feedback received from schools, partner agencies and, more importantly, the pupils was extremely positive. The project gained national recognition and was shortlisted for the Community Involvement Award by the Crown and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland in May 2010. As a result, most schools in the Region now participate in this annual event.