We’ve all been there. It’s 2am, you’re cold/lost/penniless and there’s no way of getting home without walking for an hour in the rain. Before, there were always your parents or friends with a car as a last call. In Oxford? We have the SAFETY BUS!

The Safety Bus scheme is a volunteer run welfare service for staff and students at both Brookes and Oxford University. Our main priority is to take vulnerable students home – but we will also transport any other students when we have the time to do so. Basically, that means that if you’re alone and/or in a bad way you will be picked up first, followed by whoever else has called!

To use the Safety Bus, simply call us when you need us on 0771 44 50 50 – any time between 9pm and 3am (1am on Sundays). We will pick up and drop off anywhere within the Oxford Ring Road (And Harcourt and Wheatley whenever the U1 bus isn’t running) and all we ask for this is a voluntary donation of £1!

So who will be picking you up? Just like you, our volunteers are staff and students from both universities who give up their time to help you get home safely. The bus can only run when we have volunteers to staff it – so we are always looking for more drivers and co-drivers to add to the safety bus team! Want to know more? Email obsu.safetybus@brookes.ac.uk for more details and get involved!

Your views...complaints, suggestions & comments

Got something you want to say? Need to make a complaint? Let us know what you think about the Safety Bus and the service it provides. The only way the Students' Union can improve the Safety Bus service is by your help...don't hold back, let us have it!

Email: obsu.safetybus@brookes.ac.uk 

Visit: Activities Office, Helena Kennedy Student Centre, Headington Hill, Oxford, OX3 0BT