Brick Club South Africa

12/05/2026

What a privilege for Brick Club to form part of a creative and future-focused learning experience today! 🧱✨

Our LEGOⓇ parts were used during a Strengthening Innovative Library Leaders (SILL) Academy session, where library leaders explored innovation in a very practical and playful way.

The session was facilitated by René Walker and Malusi Radebe, Area Heads at Library and Information Services, and focused on helping participants move from ideas to action.

The LEGOⓇ building activity paired perfectly with the session’s reverse thinking and vision board activities. Teams first challenged old ways of thinking, then used LEGOⓇ to build their future-fit library ideas before turning those concepts into bold visual stories.

It was wonderful to see how simple bricks could help unlock big conversations about library spaces, community needs, user journeys and the future of libraries.

At Brick Club, we believe play is powerful — and today proved once again that creativity, collaboration and building with your hands can help shape new ideas for the future. 🧱🌟

Future-fit leaders do not wait for change. They build it.

*Photos and write up provided by René Walker 🐥

27/04/2026

Have fun and build with LEGO®️ at Somerset West Public Library 🐥❤️

Remember to register for the Brick Club session next Saturday, 2 May 2026: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfoFTiM7kXajgYG2f3REm4LunMgxYT7E-d_NZjqhjv-U9mcg/viewform
Brick Club South Africa

16/04/2026

Tuesday was an exciting and big day as we shared Brick Club SA with our partners.

Our Homeschool Club Leaders, Anneke, Lorinda, Pienky, and dedicated Youth Volunteer William, hosted a special homeschool Brick Club session for our guests. We wanted it to be a genuine experience so there was no speeches or fanfair. Just the kids playing and our guests observing. Before long they were sitting with the children and joining in the fun themselves.

We were honoured to host Brent Hutchenson from Care for Education, Karen from Educational Orientation at Care for Education, Henco Walker from Nazareth Care Africa, and Amé Landman Regional Wellness Coordinator from Nazareth Care. Also with us were Barry Kay from SAFOLs - South African Fans of LEGO and BCSA Director, Deon from The Blockery and BCSA Director, Chantal Steward Exco from Cape LUG - the Western Cape LEGO User Group, Milnerton Public Library Club Leader Thembi and Mr. Naidoo, and our liaison with Cape Town libraries aka our Mama Duck, René. A big thank you to the parents who made time and brought their kids to this special session.

The children’s imaginations and pure enjoyment of building created an atmosphere that was both energising and meaningful.

What stood out most was the strong alignment between all partners around growing this initiative. There is clear enthusiasm to expand Brick Club SA into more inclusive community and neurodiverse spaces.

We are thankful for support and partnerships like this as Brick Club SA continues bringing free creative and joyful sessions to children and families in the community.

❤️🐥

14/04/2026

Lansdown community meeting 🥳

✨ Brick Club SA @ Lansdowne Library – Join Us! ✨

Join us on Friday, 17 April 2026 at 15:00 for an afternoon of building, creativity, and pure fun. 🎉

Bring your imagination and enjoy an hour filled with LEGO-inspired play and teamwork! 😁

✨ Spaces are limited — book your spot today! 📞

14/04/2026

Durbanville meeting 🥳

Registration is now open for our next Brick Club gathering at Durbanville Library on 18 April 2026. Come and join in the fun with your siblings and friends. Please sign up by completing the Google Form https://forms.gle/to9GrMrCbVRySL5i7.

Important Reminders: All supplies are generously donated, and volunteers are here to assist with building. Each child is limited to using one minifigure and one baseplate during playtime. Please ensure these are returned to the volunteers before you leave.

A library membership is encouraged. Please bring a valid ID and proof of residency if you need to register or update your membership.

14/04/2026

Holiday Program at Retreat Library 🥳 lots of little builders from a local creche playing with both System and Duplo 😍

14/04/2026

Had a brilliant time at Retreat Library with so many little builders. Thank you for having us!

13/04/2026

Brick Club SA 🐥may still be growing, but partnerships like this make a real difference. Our partnership with Friends of Nazareth and Nazareth Care Africa means we’re turning new and pre-loved genuine LEGO® into Club Boxes for the community locations that host and run our free meetings.

More bricks mean more creativity.
More pieces mean more possibilities.
And most importantly, more children get the chance to build, imagine, and connect.

This partnership will also directly support something very important to us: the growth of our Neurodiversity Club and our ability to reach more children in more spaces.

At Brick Club, we believe in keeping it simple:
Play first.
Create freely.
Build together.

Our host locations open their doors, and the Club Boxes fill those tables with creativity, imagination, and shared opportunity.

We are truly grateful for this partnership and for every donation that helps more children gather, build, and play. Growing our vision - Every Child, Every Brick, Every Possibility.

If you have new or pre-loved genuine LEGO® bricks to share, please consider donating at any Nazareth House. Each donation becomes part of something bigger and helps place more bricks into the hands of children across our communities.

📍 Drop off at Nazareth locations in Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, or Harare

🎟️ Every donation goes into a raffle to win a special prize

To qualify for the raffle, for group drop offs or inquires please email Chipo with your name, contact details, drop-off venue, and date of drop-off: 📧 [email protected] or at 📞 076 910 6510

08/04/2026

Our imaginative and fun Homeschool Club Leaders Anneke, Lorinda, and Neurodiversity Club Leader Pienky are brilliant. These are the kinds of ideas and engagement we love to see.

At Brick Club meetings, we suggest a theme to help spark ideas. Children can build with the theme or follow their own ideas and create freely. The purpose of each meeting is play and social connection across wide age groups of peers.

Take a look at what they will be doing next week.

The ground shook, buildings rattled… and every bridge in Brick Club City is gone!
This wasn’t just any earthquake - deep cracks are still spreading, and it’s too dangerous to rebuild.
Brick Club City is now split into scattered zones, with builds separated across the land… and no way to cross.
That’s where YOU come in.

Become an Elite Tower Builder. Build tall, strong towers and send zip lines high above the danger to reconnect the city.
⏳ Time is running out.
🌍 The ground is unstable.

Can you help save Brick Club City? 🐥🏬🚧

31/03/2026

We’ve been busy refreshing Club Boxes at our existing locations.

Each box has been cleaned, dried, and reissued with around 10kg of genuine LEGO® parts. That’s about 2kg more than our first round, along with roughly 40 minifigures per site. With around 30 kids at a session, having more variety in parts and colours changes how they build. Different pieces lead to more ideas. The builds ate endless, and the kids keep going because there’s always something new to work with.

Libraries are also starting to make it their own. Themes are changing, some are linking into existing reading and holiday programmes, others are just letting the kids make the experience their own. Each location is finding what works for their community, which is exactly how it should be.

René, Area 6 Head Librarian, who gave us the spark right at the beginning, has been issued a Brick Club experience box. She’ll be using it for team building, communications meetings, and community events. We appreciate how she continues to carry Brick Club into new spaces and conversations.

The smiles from the librarians say everything. There’s a kind of joy in knowing their kids get to sit down, build, and just play.