Community Projects and Charity Work

At The Academy we pride ourselves on the amount of effort our pupils put in to help the community at large. Below are some examples of their activity.

In 2008, Academy pupils and parents raised about £35,000 for a wide range of charities.

In 2007, once the exams were over and the Sixth Year could relax, they turned their thoughts to some physical labour. Over the course of a few weeks a small area of the grounds at Milton School, a school for children with special needs, was converted into a sensory garden. Money raised from a Rock Concert helped with landscaping costs.

In the now annual 24-hour sports marathon, at the end of September, Senior pupils raised £1910 for KIND Scotland.

A sponsored “practice-a-thon”, organised by the Music Department, raised over £2000 for CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for children.

The Prep School supports a wide range of charities every year. Not only does this help those in need, but it also fosters a sense of social responsibility within the children. Two of the most eagerly anticipated events are the 'Children 1st' sale and the collection of shoe boxes filled with gifts for 'Operation Christmas Child'. The 'Children 1st' sale is a table-top sale on a mammoth scale which raised over £3000 pounds last year for this very worthy cause. 'Operation Christmas Child' aims to provide needy children in Africa and Eastern Europe with precious Christmas gifts which they would otherwise not receive. The Prep School pupils become particularly excited about this way of giving as they know that the box they have prepared will go to one particular individual.

The Theatre Choir, composed of pupils and staff, raised £739 for Quarriers, Caring for People in under two hours during one of the busiest Christmas shopping days of the year.