Brand the Bus entrants have just two weeks left to enter and win £100,000 prize package

There are just two weeks left for local good causes and charities in Oxfordshire to enter a popular competition with a prize package worth £100,000.

Nominations for the Brand the Bus competition, run by Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel, will close on 31st March.

The bus companies have already received more than 20 entrants since nominations opened on 2nd March, and good causes in the county are being encouraged to enter before the deadline to be in with a chance of winning the bumper prize.

Nominations can be completed via a short online form, with the competition process then moving swiftly into a public voting period between 1st and 30th April.

With the support of partners Get Radio and Oxford City Football Club, Brand the Bus will again deliver a £100,000 prize package for the winner.

This includes a year-long full-wrap advertisement on an electric double-decker bus, free advertising on board Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel vehicles, radio advertising on Get Radio, and being named Oxford City’s charity of choice for the 2026/27 season.

Hamish Law, Commercial Director at Get Radio, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting Brand the Bus again this year, giving even more Oxfordshire charities the opportunity to win a truly game-changing level of exposure across the county.

“Brand the Bus 2025 was a tremendous success, and we’re excited to build on that this year with our fantastic partners at Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel and Oxford City Football Club.”

Chris Williams, Head of Partnerships at Oxford City FC, said: “Oxford City FC are proud to be invited to be part of Brand the Bus once more.

“So many charities do such incredible work across the Oxfordshire community, and this is a fantastic way to help spread the word all around the county.

“We have built a strong partnership with last year’s winners, One-Eighty, and we look forward to doing so again with this year’s successful charity.”

Once the voting period is completed at the end of April, the top 10 charities and good causes will be reviewed by a panel of experts, and a winner will be selected.

The winning organisation will be invited to work with Oxford Bus Company on the design, with the branded bus expected to launch in the autumn.

In addition to the winning prize package, there will be a runner-up package worth £5,000, which includes on-bus digital advertising.

Prizes will be awarded to entries who have, in the panel’s opinion, fulfilled the brief to the highest standard.

Last year saw children’s mental health charity One-Eighty chosen as the winner, while Helen & Douglas House, the world’s first children’s hospice, became the competition’s first ever runner-up. 

Previous winners of the Brand the Bus competition include Girlguiding Oxfordshire, Home-Start Oxfordshire, Blue Skye Thinking, Restore, SeeSaw and Oxford Hospitals Charity.

For more information, please visit: oxfordbus.co.uk/brand-the-bus-2026