Change of Direction
for The School Bus Project >>>>>>>

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As 2021 moves on, we are all experiencing the challenges of CoVid19, which has limited our options for activism, fundraising and more.

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In March 2021, our Trustees and team agreed that it is time to refocus our work less on direct delivery and more on three strategic priorities for Refugee Education Support

1. Awareness raising, through our SchoolFriends and UNIfied work

2. Solution proposals: our vision for Centres of Refugee Education

3. Partnership work to share funding and resources wherever possible

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We hope to take many of our wonderful supporters with us on this new journey - click on the links above to read more and find out how you can help us to help refugee communities close to home and further afield...

The School Bus Project was set up in 2015 by educators &  community activists. We provide expertise &  capacity for refugee education programmes,

serving as an umbrella for a number of learning programmes & partnerships.

SBP is a UK charity with a small project team: click here to meet some of them!.

...everyone has a right to an education.

If you can't go to school, then maybe school can come to you.

The School Bus Project supports children and young people in continuing their education. We also work with adult learners.

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• We design & support mobile learning provision for refugee projects.

• We provide expertise, training, resources + moral and financial support.

• We highlight the agenda for migrants, refugees & displaced people.

• We work with some amazing individuals and partners, including those here.

• We do our best to reflect Article 26 of the UN  Declaration of Human Rights.​

250+ volunteer educators have worked with The School Bus Project

15 mobile schools set up to meet refugee needs

UK support network of schools & Universities

2020 onwards

Supporting refugee 

learning & rights

in the UK

& in Europe

2019-20

Early Years 

& adult skills 

programmes 

in Greece

£100k+ raised since 2015

to support refugee learning

2015-2020

Early years,

childrens services & adult education in France

2021

Centres of Refugee Education
website launched

as test of concept for future provision 

In an average year, we raise around £30,000 and we do a lot with it.

We are a standalone charity, with no central administration costs:

This is thanks to practical and financial support from CSNET

and to the free time given to project management by our Trustees.

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In the last five years, The School Bus Project has supported:

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• 15+ mobile schools for refugees in indoor and outdoor settings

• Up to 500 learning contacts every week when working in the field

• Up to 150 learners a day in our programmes 2016-2020

• Over 250 volunteer educators involved in SBP programmes 2015-2021

• Research, media coverage and policy development 

• Partners planning and delivering education projects in Europe and beyond.​

#Calais2017 Declaration

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The following statement was written by one of our refugee students

working with us on the Big Yellow Bus in November 2017. 

We will never forget this.

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"I go to school, because I want to be a politician.

My dream is to be a politician because I want to give peace for my country.

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That is why I'm choosing a political career.

People will vote for me because I’m honest and I will give a better life for them.

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If I was a leader,  one law I will make is:

Everyone has a right to have school, to go to Education – whether poor or rich.

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Education is the most important thing for life.

Without education life is not good.

Education is a key of life.

For example, if someone asked you to read this letter and you can't, you feel ashamed.

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If I know how to read – first I help myself, second I help those who need it."