'Your Bus' Competition 2022

Published date: 
Monday, 23rd May 2022

A number of Transport for Greater Manchester’s current Yellow School Bus fleet are due to be decommissioned in July 2022, and once again, in line with TfGM's commitment to sustainability and giving back to the community, they are opening up an opportunity for community interest groups or schools to apply to be gifted one of these vehicles.

You can apply between Monday 23 May and Friday 24 June 2022.

To be considered you should complete the form on TfGM's website, demonstrating how you propose to use the vehicle and the expected benefits of your proposal.

Applications will be judged on several criteria, including originality, creativity, and benefit to the community. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered and the winners will be announced in July 2022.

The competition has been relaunched again following the success of similar schemes since 2018.

In 2018, Transport for Greater Manchester donated a previously decommissioned yellow school bus to Greswell Primary School in Denton. The project proved to be a massive success as the school successfully bid for lottery funding and used it to transform the bus into an outdoor library. The facility is used by both students and the wider community and has had an inspirational impact on many.

Last year, Rochdale AFC Community Trust received a bus. The donation came after Community Director, Angus Martin, wrote to TfGM asking for the bus on the basis that it would be used for catch-up education and 1:1 intervention programmes aimed at supporting vulnerable and at-risk children and young people in the area.