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Brand a Bus

Painting a Greener Future with Translink

Translink’s Brand a Bus competition is calling on young artists across Northern Ireland to help us visualise a cleaner, greener future. 

If you've ever imagined your artistic creation on a bus, now’s your opportunity to bring it to life! We’re looking for creative young minds to show us how public transport could contribute to a net zero future for our region, with a selection of winning artworks showcased on one of our double-decker buses and travelling across Northern Ireland!

What is Brand a Bus about?

We’re inviting children and young people from schools and community organisations to design artwork that shows what a sustainable, climate-friendly future looks like.

The winning designs will be featured on a fully wrapped Ulsterbus, revealed at a special event at Belfast Grand Central Station before touring across the province. And if that wasn’t enough, winners will be awarded a £200 art pack to keep the creativity flowing!

Get on the right track! To get you started, think:

How can buses and trains help make Northern Ireland greener?

Think about how public transport can reduce pollution and help our planet.

What can we all do to help tackle climate change?

Maybe you want to draw how we can reduce waste, use less plastic, or take action to help nature.

What does a healthy planet look like to you?

Show us your green dream! Maybe it’s a world full of trees, clean rivers, and happy animals.

Judged by Local Artist Rory Quigg

We’ve teamed up with Northern Ireland artist and illustrator Rory Quigg to help pick the winning designs—so give it your best shot!

Don’t miss the bus! Make sure to have your entries in by 20th June 2025.

A photo of a young boy in front of a Translink bus, holding an artist's pallet

How to Enter

  • Create Your Artwork:

Get creative and use any materials you like – pencils, paint, markers, or even digital tools. It’s your vision, your way.

  • Include Your Details: 

Don’t forget to include your name, age, and school organisation! We want to make sure we know who the talented artist is behind the creation.

  • Scan Your Masterpiece:

Once your art is ready, take a clear photo or scan it.

  • Send Your Creation

Click here to submit your artwork 

Alternatively, please send your entry to info@grayscommunications.com

You can also download our Info Pack.

Let’s Brand a Bus and build a better future together!

The logo for the Brand a Bus competition, showing a paint brush on a green background with text saying 'Painting a greener future'

Terms and Conditions

  • The Brand a Bus competition is open to children in Northern Ireland aged 14 and under. Entrants must be submitting artwork through a school, youth group, or community organisation, or with the support of a parent or guardian.
  • All artwork submissions must be received by 20th June 2025. Any entries submitted after this date may not be considered.
  • Entries must be submitted via email to info@grayscommunications.com. Each submission must include the artist’s name, age, and school or group name. 
  • By submitting artwork, participants (and their parent/guardian) grant Translink the right to reproduce, display, and publish the artwork in future PR and marketing materials. The winning designs may be modified to fit the dimensions of the bus wrap.
  • Winners will be selected by a panel that includes representatives from Translink and Northern Ireland artist Rory Quigg. The judges’ decision is final. Winners will be announced in autumn 2025 and awarded an art pack worth £200.
  • Personal information collected will only be used for the purposes of administering the competition and will be handled in accordance with current data protection laws.
  • For any questions about the competition, please contact info@grayscommunications.com.