Activities for Team Building Events

Why Do Team Building Activities?

Team Building Activities for Work

In recent years, businesses have realised the importance of effective team activities and ideas to support the development of staff.

Since being established in 2007 our team building company has sourced and developed many activities for away days. Many of the events develop teams with a variety of key soft skills, problem solving, communication and leadership skills.

Our range of group team building activities in the UK have blended collaborative tasks with communication and creative thinking to improve positive team dynamics long after your team away day.

Our Top Team Away Day Ideas

Looking for some exciting team-building activities? Then you've come to the right place! Check out our top team away day ideas below:

Do Team Building Activities Work?

Yes, they certainly are! Aside from the fact that we host team away days for hundreds of happy customers each year, team building activities for adults are effective if you have a clear idea of what you want to achieve out of your day. For example, do you have a brand new workforce that aren’t familiar with each other yet? Then an team activity that encourages lots of communication and problem-solving would be a great way to bring everyone together.

On the other hand, corporate team building activities are also a great way to reward your colleagues for all of their hard work. Perhaps you’re gearing up for a busy year ahead and you want to be comfortable knowing that everyone can take on the extra work… if that’s the case, then a team building activity that encourages participants to work on their adaptability and planning skills would be ideal.

How Do Team Building Activities Work?

Team building activities are designed to foster collaboration, communication, and connection within a team. By engaging in team building activities, team members learn to trust one another’s abilities and find common ground.

Through team building activities of storytelling, problem solving challenges, charades, or team sports, team members discover the unique strengths of each individual and the power of a collective team. Team building activities also create relationships between team members that go beyond simply being colleagues or co-workers.

A team that feels comfortable together will feel more confident about taking risks together and raising issues as they arise. Team building activities can be enjoyable as well; if done well, they leave lasting memories with every team member.

How to Choose the Perfect Team Building Activity

There are many things to consider when choosing the right team activities for your event, however following these key points will ensure a positive experience.

Why are you doing it?

This is ultimately the most important point to understand and make take some time to come to the correct outcome. Most companies fall into the trap of just thinking that they need to have a fun activity for their staff every year. This is a nice idea, but businesses can see greater results if they just spend more time thinking about why we need to do a team building activity.

What is the goal you are hoping to achieve with the team event?

If it’s a brand new workplace team and you’re hoping to break the ice and get everyone acquainted, then a fun more casual approach could be the answer. Or maybe, you are looking to create some competition between teams and departments as part of the sales strategy. Based on these two scenarios our event planners would suggest totally different corporate team building ideas.

So spend more time thinking about the goal you want to achieve to ultimately achieve more. Also, team away days are not free, they cost money, so there is a good chance that someone at the top of the corporate chain wants to see results. This comes to our next point, tangible outcomes.

Focus on the tangible outcomes you expect by doing the team activity

Team activities are more than just having fun, they are a mixture of exercises to help build cohesion and performance through a multitude of mutual group issues. They instigate discussions and are a brilliant educational tool that can be continued back at the office or workplace.

So how do you choose the perfect team building activity for groups?

Think of it as a recipe, where individual ingredients on their own can be bland and uninteresting, but when mixed up correctly with all the other ingredients create that beautiful dish. Start with the end in mind, take your time to clearly focus on the goals and outcomes and you will come to the right decision for your next team building activity.

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How to Save Money on Team Events?

Book Early – The earlier in advance you book, the quieter a venue's calendar will be and the most likely you are to get a reduced hire or food & drink package.

Use Experts – At Funktion Events, we have been established since 2007 and run 1000’s of team events, which gives us the buying power to get the best possible rates to pass on to your company.

Double-Up – Another great way to get more for your money is to book multiple activities at the same venue, as we could source a discount on the second team event activity.

Where are the Best Team Building Events?

Everywhere in the UK! When it comes to fun team activities, we have developed ideas that can come to any part of the country. These include all our best, tastiest, craziest, funniest, problem-solving and evening activities.

So no matter where you are based or want to hold your work away day, we can provide a good solution with the best team building activities.

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