Last chance to enter Brand the Bus 2025 competition

Carousel Buses has issued a final appeal to enter its inaugural Brand the Bus charity competition, as it revealed 30 good causes have entered so far.

The competition offers people the chance to nominate their favourite local charity or good cause to be branded on a double-decker bus, and the deadline to enter is 1st March. 

The competition’s first prize is worth a bumper £60,000, thanks to partnerships with Wycombe Wanderers FC and Wycombe Sound, who are providing advertising packages to the winning entry.

 It is the first time Carousel Buses is operating Brand the Bus following the success of an equivalent competition run by sister company Oxford Bus Company since 2018. All charities and good causes with a presence in Buckinghamshire or the nearby surrounding area that benefit the local community are eligible to enter.

Luke Marion, Managing Director of Carousel Buses, said: “We’re thrilled to have received such a big response to our Brand the Bus competition in Buckinghamshire.

“The number and quality of the entries is inspiring and we’re looking forward to working through them with our judging panel and going through the difficult task of selecting a winner.

“I’d encourage as many people to get involved as possible to help raise awareness of good causes doing valuable work in the county.”

The top 10 charities from the public vote will be shortlisted and go to a judging panel who will decide the Brand the Bus 2025 winner. The winner will be announced in June, with the branded bus unveiled and put into service in the autumn.

Charities and good causes can enter this year’s Brand the Bus competition by completing an online submission form via www.carouselbuses.co.uk/brand-the-bus.

The winning prize will be awarded to the entry that has, in the panel’s opinion, fulfilled the brief to the highest standard. The winning organisation will be invited to work with Carousel Buses on the design.

Carousel Buses, a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group, operates buses in High Wycombe and the wider South Buckinghamshire area. It also serves Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Windsor, Hemel Hempstead and Uxbridge and carries more than five million passengers each year.