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Transition year students taking part in the one-week Mellon Educate transition year programme arrive in South Africa. During the week students […]

  Nutun CX announces groundbreaking corporate social responsibility initiative: ‘One Agent – One Child’ to tackle literacy: “81% of children […]

Mellon Educate Building Blitz is Back! On this historic 20th anniversary of our charity’s Building Blitz week, we are returning […]

Mellon Educate UK is proud to be one of this year’s London to Brighton Cycle Ride charities. This is the […]

Niall Mellon and the Mellon Educate charity are saddened to hear of the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We wish […]

We are thrilled to announce that the Mellon Educate Building Blitz is back in our calendar. It will be 20 […]

Whilst we were unable to hold a volunteer building blitz in 2021 due to Covid 19 thankfully due to the […]

Once again, we find ourselves in the very sad position of having to cancel our 2021 Building Blitz.  We are […]

As you all know we held our very first Fitblitz fundraiser in 2020 and what an amazing success it was. […]

We are thrilled to share with you all that we have now completed our adapted Cover-19 Building Blitz project at […]

VENUE: SUNNINGDALE GOLF CLUBDATE: OCTOBER 14TH 2021 Dear Friend, Thank you for your interest in Mellon Educate and for your […]

Usually at this time of year volunteers from Ireland, the UK and the USA are heading off for Mellon Educate’s […]

We are delighted to now share with you photographs and video (to follow) of the most recently completed school at Malmesbury, which is situated about 70km north east of Cape Town and has 1355 students.

Thanks to everyone who have registered for the Mellon Educate FitBlitz. So far over 350 people have joined the FitBlitz in helping […]

Walk / Run / Wheel 100km with us during the month of August to help support the vital work of […]

Mellon Educate staff in South Africa explain how Covid-19 has been impacting townships and how Mellon Educate has been responding to the crisis.

Extract from the South African Chamber of Commerce website on Mellon Educate’s Covid-19 response.

Mellon Educate have received a letter of thanks for work carried out during the Covid-19 crisis from Debbie Schäfer, Minister of Education, Western Cape.

Mellon Educate deliver food parcels for the local community in Manzothombo during the Covid-19 lockdown. Last year 300 Mellon Educate volunteers from across Ireland and the UK helped building works for  Mfuleni Primary School and Manzothombo Secondary school. We continue to to work helping communities during these difficult times.

Message from Niall Mellon Dear Volunteer We hope that you are safe and well during this unprecedented and challenging time in all of our […]

During the coronavirus pandemic Mellon Educate will be providing food parcels for vulnerable families in South Africa. Volunteers will be […]

Highlights from the 2019 Mellon Educate Building Blitz was held in Mfuleni primary and Manzomthimbo Secondary School in Cape Town. […]

Highlights from the 2019 Mellon Educate Teaching Blitz. Qualified teachers from the UK & Ireland traveled to work alongside local […]

Our 20th June Mellon Educate UK Gala Fundraiser surpassed all expectations judging from the countless messages of praise and thanks […]

With under 5 months to go before we’ll be touching down in Cape Town, we are delighted to share the […]

We were thrilled to see so many veteran volunteers as well as new faces for the inaugural London Mellon Educate […]

Building Blitz 2018 is only days away! It promises to be a truly life-changing experience during which we will complete […]

The briefing meeting for the 2017 Mellon Educate building blitz took place yesterday. A packed house full of excitement and […]

written by volunteer teacher Clare Lawlor Sunday 30th July Team Silversands arrived in Cape Town. All were thrilled with the […]

Mellon Educate’s inaugural teaching blitz is underway with 50 qualified teachers from the UK & Ireland travelling to South Africa to […]

This year we are back in Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest township. A sprawling mass of shacks situated just a stone’s throw […]

Festive colour spreads the streets, Towns and cities that never sleep, Windows filled with lights and boxes Advertised by trampolining […]

        The return of the blitz. One week on – The smiling faces of children not gone. The smell […]

The foundations were set, the plans were laid, the weeks of momentum caused no delays, The plethora of names arriving […]

Experience the energy, vibrancy and colour of the Mellon Educate annual building blitz. Sit back and enjoy our photo collage of […]

” Volunteering is one of the best things you can do to feel good and make a difference to someone […]

You come and paint the school and we provide a second coat of passion. This was today’s quote from the […]

Entering the township of Khayletisha is not something that can be described in a word or a story. It’s a […]

Our team are on the ground in Cape Town making final preparations for the arrival of 270 volunteers this weekend […]

And so, the countdown begins….. The packing commences and the boots are in. In the words of one of our […]

Veteran Mellon Educate volunteer Hughie McGuinness participated this weekend at the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle wearing his custom designed yellow […]

Khayelitsha was the location of our biggest ever blitz in 2008 where some 2,000 volunteers mucked in to build hundreds […]

A Change is as Good as a Rest! Our volunteers don’t rest on their laurels, and neither does their charity. […]

260 volunteers transformed Ukhanyo primary school in just 7 days, travelling to South Africa and toiling tirelessly dawn to dusk […]

Volunteer of 6 charity building blitz projects in South Africa, Valerie Finnegan Cahill deserves the plaudits. She & her sister […]

Today, we’re celebrating 6,000 followers on facebook. Thank you to each and every one of you for supporting Mellon Educate […]

Ukhanyo Primary School in the Masiphumelele township of the Cape Town suburb of Fish Hoek is the location for this […]