Anne Scanlon, head teacher, and Louise Keegan, assistant teacher, from All Saints Catholic Primary School in Sale, Cheshire, have just finished raising £8,000 for the Niall Melon Irish Township Trust, which aims to build quality social housing for impoverished families living in shacks in the townships of South Africa.

The two teachers organised a final fundraising event at St Mary’s parish centre as part of this year’s 2010 Levenshulme Festival which helped them reach their target. The trust helps build homes in the poverty stricken shanty townships of South Africa.