Calling all primary schools! Take part in our electric bus competition
Pupil's are invited to write a poem, expressing their ideas on why electric buses are an exciting and positive addition to the city of Salisbury.
March 03, 2026 17:57
If you'd like to see one of your pupil's designs become a real-life bus rear or read their winning poem on stage at our electric bus launch, read on!
To welcome our new fleet of 30 electric double and single decker buses, we're excited to launch a competition to give local primary schools the chance to be part of a special launch event.
Salisbury Reds and Wiltshire Council have, together, made a significant investment of more than £15m in our new zero emission electric buses for Salisbury and the surrounding areas.
This, alongside funding from the Government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) 2 scheme, is allowing us to bring 30 brand new UK-build electric buses to the region - 18 double deckers and 12 single deckers. The new vehicles will join the three single decker buses which already serve park & ride here.
We would like primary schools to be involved in the future of bus travel in Salisbury - so we are launching a competition, giving them the chance to be part of our launch event in Market Square on Friday 20 March.
How to enter
We'd love for local school children to write a poem about why electric buses are so important for the future of travel. Any budding artists at primary school can also get involved by coming up with a design to promote these zero emission buses.
Entries should be submitted by Wednesday 11 March - with winning schools notified on Friday 13 March.
Bus rear competition
Simply download our bus rear template here and get creative! Email or scan the artwork back to Salisbury Reds at lucy.humphrey@gosouthcoast.co.uk.
The winning illustration will take pride of place on the back of one the new buses!
Poetry competition
Pupil's are invited to write a poem, expressing their ideas on why electric buses are an exciting and positive addition to the city of Salisbury.
We'd love the winning author to read their poem on stage during our special event. The whole class will also be invited to come along and join in with all the fun.
Send your electric bus poems back to us at Salisbury Reds at lucy.humphrey@gosouthcoast.co.uk.
We know there is much talent and support for sustainable transport in our local schools, and we are very much looking forward to seeing the entries.
The electric buses launch event will take place between on Friday 20 March at Market Square, Salisbury with the winning pupils invited to perform on stage at 1pm.
Good luck!
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