The Unstoppables: Stories of Hope from India’s COVID-19 Lockdown – Ashwitha’s Story.
The Unstoppables Stories of Hope from India's COVID-19 Lockdown.At a time when the world is facing an unfamiliar and fatal virus, what can actually work to keep us afloat? It’s a belief that there is light at the end of the tunnel. With that&
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Introducing the Magic Bus UK Advocates
Magic Bus UK is proud to announce our partnership with some of the UK’s renowned actors, academics, sports people and influencers, including: Actors Seeta Indrani, Mamta Kaash, & Goldy Notay Comedian Shazia Mirza Celebrity Make-up Artist Dimp
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Coronavirus Update 09/04/20
As you may have seen in the news recently, the Indian government has announced a lockdown of the whole country in order to try and stop the virus, and Magic Bus is complying by bringing a halt to all our adolescent & livelihood programmes and helpi
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We’re in the Top 5!
Magic Bus has been named one of the top five charities working in India, supporting the education and skills development of underprivileged children and young people.
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Magic Bus @ The Rugby World Cup
To celebrate the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, Magic Bus and Société Générale partnered up to send seven kids from our programme to Japan to take part in the Société Générale Rugby Spirit Festiva
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Amazon Smile
With Amazon Smile, supporting Magic Bus has never been easier! All you have to do is follow the link below, login to Amazon Smile with your Amazon account and start shopping. When you checkout, 0.5% of the purchase price of every eligable purchase is&l
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The International Children’s Peace Prize
Magic Bus was thrilled this year to have two of our participants nominated for the prestigious 2019 International Children’s Peace Prize. The prize, formally won by such notable young campaigners as Malala Yousafzai and March for Our Lives, is aw
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Team South India: Champions!
They did it! Team South India are the 2019 Street Child Cricket World Cup Champions! The first team to win this special competition, Shama, Bhavani, Irfan, Mani and their teammates from Chennai, will be written into the history books for their amazing
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Meet Team South India!
Meet Team South India, a team of street-connected young people competing for glory at the 2019 Street Child Cricket World Cup in London.
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Magic Bus & Surrey County Cricket Club
Magic Bus is delighted to announce a brand new funding partnership with Oval Cricket Relief Trust, Surrey County Cricket Club's charity. A grant of £45,000 over 3 years will allow us to continue working with 1400 young people living in 4 comm
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Support Magic Bus @ The Street Child 2019 Cricket World Cup
Magic Bus is proud to be taking part in the 2019 Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC). Taking place in London and Cambridge ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup, the SCCWC will see 10 teams of street-connected children from around the world
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We’re Moving House
On the 4th of March, Magic Bus UK is going to be moving house. We're only going to be a hop, skip and a jump away from our old office, but our address is going to change. If you want to get in contact with us by post or plan on giving us a visit af
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#5000Miles2Mumbai – Crossing The Finish Line!
They did it! In just 5 months, Joe & Verity cycled all the way from London to Mumbai. On the 25th of January, our magic cyclists crossed the finish line in Mumbai where they were met with a hero's welcome by our colleagues at Magic Bus I
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Visiting Kolkata
Today I visited the Panchantala cluster located in the Dhakuria community of Kolkata. It is in this community where Magic Bus runs a Manchester City’s Cityzens Giving project. Today’s session was facilitated by the Community Youth Leader,&a
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#5000Miles2Mumbai Update
Joe & Verity's Journey So Far Click To Expand A little over 3 months after setting off, Joe & Verity are quickly catching up on the half way point of their epic journey cycling the 5000 miles from London to Mumbai. All along their route the
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#TransformALife
This Holiday Season, from the delights of Diwali to the carols of Christmas, Magic Bus UK is raising money to transform the lives of girls living in poverty in India. Girls like Sita... 12-year-old Sita* lives in the slums outside Delhi in a mak
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Cycling 5000 Miles for Magic Bus
This is the plan for Joe and Verity, two passionate cyclists who are taking on the ultimate challenge: cycling all the way from London to Mumbai. They're doing it to raise money for Magic Bus, to help promote the importance of education, and to see
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Magic Bus UK Cricket Hospitality Day @ The Oval – England vs India Test
Join Magic Bus UK for a fun day of international cricket action and luxury cricket hospitality from some of the best seats in the house! Magic Bus UK is thrilled to announce our Charity Cricket Hospitality Day at the KIA Oval on Sunday, 9th September 2
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Manchester City Young Leaders’ Summit 2018
As a giving partner of Manchester City FC's "Cityzens Giving" initiative, Magic Bus was delighted to once again be invited to attend their annual Cityzens Giving Young Leader Summit for 2018. In attendance were Amar, Rojina and Jinat from
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The Magic Bus Journey – An Animation
Join 12 year old Seema as she starts her journey from Childhood to Livelihood. This is not an easy journey, one with many challenges and obstacles, but Magic Bus is with her every step of the way. This wonderful animation, narrated by our founder Matth
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Ross’ India Travel Blog – Part 4
Click Here to Go Back To Part 3! Hello Magic Bus supporters! At the time of writing I have left Mumbai and am now travelling by bus from Delhi to Jaipur. As I take the opportunity to explore more of India by myself, I thought I'd write...
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Ross’ India Travel Blog – Part 3
Click Here to Go Back To Part 2! Hello Magic Bus supporters! This entry has turned out to be even longer than the last (I had a particularly busy Day 4!) so lets just dive right in! Day 3: Most of today was spent at the Magic Bus office, giving...
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Ross’ India Travel Blog – Part 2
Click Here to Go Back To Part 1! Hello Magic Bus supporters! I want to prefece this part of my blog by saying that it's a little long. I tried editing it down, but there's too much I want to say that I don't want to take out. So heads up!..
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Ross’ India Travel Blog – Part 1
Hello Magic Bus supporters! I’m Ross, Magic Bus UK’s Information Coordinator. If you’ve ever looked around our website, read our seasonal newsletter, or just seen a Magic Bus UK post on social media, then you will have seen some of my
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The Sad News of Tessa Jowell’s Death
Everyone at Magic Bus was extremely saddened to hear the news that Tessa Jowell had lost her fight against brain cancer over the weekend. Tessa was a great friend to Magic Bus and visited many of our programmes in India on a number of occasions. She wi
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Brentford FC Fan Zone 2018
Back in April Magic Bus UK was invited to the Brentford FC Community Sports Trust Fan Zone 2018 and Programme Volunteer Jenson Rajkumar and Fundraising Director Jane Backlog were on hand to take part. On a beautiful spring Saturday in West...
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Destination TOMS
TOMS UK hosted its annual Destination TOMS training experience in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin. In the London and Dublin events, Magic Bus, as one of TOMS’ 90 Giving Partners worldwide, were invited to talk about the role of one (Giving
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Ladies First
Magic Bus UK is proud to announce our official partnership with the short documentary film Ladies First. Ladies First, created by Uraaz Bahl and Shaana Levy-Bahl, tells the story of Deepika Kumari, one of India's leading athletes and one of the gre
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Thomas Cooke, Marathon Man!
We're totally thrilled that Magic Bus UK is going to be reprsented in the 2018 London Marathon by Thomas Cooke! This will be Tom's second marathon and his first for Magic Bus UK. It means so much to us that Tom has decided to take on the ultima
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