Partnership

Magic Bus firmly believes that as an organisation we must add adequate value in the community to sustain our activities from local resources. We believe in ‘involvement by partnership’, to the extent that the community is our key stakeholder. Magic Bus aims to increasingly provide a robust, effective need-based product, good governance and effective consolidation of key partner relationships. The responsibility of the community thereafter will be to take ownership of the very survival of the organisation and the children it serves. This transference from dependency to independence is core to our values.

We are proud to be involved with a number of key partners.

Sport for Development | Development | Corporate | Government | South South Exchange

Sport for Development Partners

 •    Premier League
The Premier League selected Magic Bus as one of its first grant partners of its international development strategy in 2007 and made a three-year commitment to fund the programme and support other initiatives for the organisation in its journey towards sustainability. more...

•    Laureus Sport for Good Foundation 
Laureus has been a partner of Magic Bus since 2003 and supported our community project in Dharavi. In 2008 we became a Strategic Partner of Laureus who are now supporting us in a number of our growth areas. more...

•    UK Sport
UK Sport has been working with Magic Bus since 2006 funding our BMC schools pilot programme, our capacity building exchange programmes in Africa, training programmes and more recently our monitoring and evaluation.  In 2008 we were selected as technical advisors in a UK Sport driven programme: International Inspiration. more...

•    UNICEF
Magic Bus is working in partnership with UNICEF on a programme called International Inspiration.  As technical assistants, Magic Bus is training master trainers and community sports coaches in sport for development, across three states in India. more...

•    IDS/Comic Relief
For the last two years Magic Bus has been involved in a research project funded by Comic Relief and run by IDS to understand the impact of sport on communities and individuals. more...

•    FIFA & Streetfootballworld
Magic Bus became a recipient of FIFA funding in 2007 and went on to become a member of Streetfootballworld in 2008. more...

•    KNVB
Magic Bus has been supported for the last two years by KNVB, who have sponsored travel for Magic Bus staff to visit The Netherlands and take part in subsidised C Grade coaching certification.  Magic Bus is also now providing KNVB consultancy support and our Senior Programme Manager: Ajay has conducted two Training of Trainers courses in Vietnam. more...

•   The Australian High Commission
The Australian Sports Outreach Programme has supported Magic Bus since 2007.

Development Partners

•    Ashoka Foundation 
Matthew Spacie our Founder was awarded an Ashoka fellowship in 2002. We have won various awards and received a number of grants from them over the years and are now actively involved in supporting Ashoka with its Youth Venture Challenge.

•    Global Fund For Children
Global Fund for Children first supported Magic Bus back in 2003 and have been a loyal partner ever since. We won their Sustainability award in 2005 and are now receiving funding for the pilot of our youth employability programme: Connect.

•    Kadoorie Charitable Foundation
The Kadoorie Charitable Foundation were the first funders to support the construction of the Magic Bus Centre for Learning & Development and have continued to support the organisation as ambassadors for our work, making frequent visits to the programme.  

•    Rangoonwala Foundation 
The Rangoonwala Foundation supported Magic Bus in 2005 with funding to build the M.A. Rangoonwala Resources Centre at the Magi Bus Centre for Learning & Development. Each year over 200 children from Rangoonwala projects take part in sport for development programmes at the centre.

•    Savitri
Savitri Waney Charitable Trust have supported our programme in the David Sassoon school since 2005.

•    UN Year of Sport and Physical Education  
Magic Bus played an active role in the UN’s International year of Sport and Physical Education in 2005.

Corporate Partners

Magic Bus corporate partnerships involve mutli-year commitments from companies who give us  financial, pro bono and in kind support. Their staff may take part in impact days and volunteer their time on the programme, or fundraise for Magic Bus through staff challenge activities. Magic Bus runs engagement days for graduate induction programmes.  A number of companies have also become clients for staff development programmes at The Magic Bus Centre for Learning & Development

• Ashok Leyland
• Barclays
• Bloomberg
• Cox & Kings
• Deutsche Bank
• GE
• Goldman Sachs
• Highlight Films
• HSBC
• Indian Advisory Partners
• KPMG
• Nomura (former Lehman Brothers Foundation)
• Pharmalink
• Stemcor

Magic Bus is also grateful to a great many companies who have contributed in the past including: AFL, Ashurts, BDO Stoy Hayward, Bombay Duck, Canara Bank, Cipla, Cleartrip, Clifford Chance, Deloitte, Edelweiss, Garden Varelli, HDFC, Hero Honda, JP Morgan, Linklaters, Mahindra, Mastek, Netik, ONGC, Orange, PWC, Rabobank, Raymonds, Reuters, Tata, Thomas Weisel, UBS etc.
 

Government Partners

Magic Bus is grateful for the support it has received from the following government organisations:

•    Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sport
•    Sports Authority of India
•    BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation)

South South Exchange Partners

•    MYSA Kenya
Magic Bus programme staff have now visited MYSA twice and MYSA have visited Magic Bus in India and conducted a training of trainers programme for young staff. more...

•    Score, South Africa
Magic Bus was funded by UK Sport to visit Score in South Africa and share best practice and experiences. more...

•    Vietnam Community Football Programme   
Magic Bus has conducted training programmes in Vietnam of community sports coaches and the organisation has also visited Magic Bus in Mumbai.