Team Building Activities & Ideas

The Team Building Activities Work Teams Book Most

Because we run and track every event, we can see what teams actually book, not just what gets clicked. Treasure hunts are our most-booked format and our best value per head, with Pizza Making the single most-booked activity. Here is what tops the list, indoor and out:

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Treasure hunts and pizza making have stayed our top formats two years running, while tactical, TV-inspired games like The Betrayers are the fastest-growing category this year.

Our Biggest Team Days: Signature Challenges

When you want a full-day event that brings the whole company together and really makes its mark, these are the ones we build the day around. They take more planning, and they are worth it:

• The Crystal Team Challenge – mental, physical and problem-solving zones inspired by the famous TV maze. Our flagship full-day event.
• The Betrayers – a game of trust, tactics and betrayal, and the team challenge everyone wants since The Traitors.
• Challenge 100 – a hundred fast-fire challenges against the clock, easily scaled up to big groups.
• Corporate Sports Day – sack races, egg and spoon and house colours. Competitive, nostalgic and fully inclusive for large teams.
• Qubed – a fast-paced problem-solving challenge that gets everyone thinking and working together.
• Chain Reaction – each team builds one section of a giant contraption that has to work as one. Pure collaboration under pressure.

These suit bigger groups over a half or full day. Give us your numbers and we will scale the activity, staffing and venue to match.

What Every Team Building Event Includes

• We come to you – our event team travels to your office or venue anywhere in the UK, with all the kit and setup.
• A dedicated event manager – one point of contact who plans the day with you and runs it on the day.
• Free venue finding – if you need a space, we source the right one for your group size and location at no extra cost.
• Fully insured and ABTA-bonded (Y6501) – every event is covered and your booking is protected.

Find the Right Type of Team Building Activity

Jump straight to the type you are after, and its own page will show you the full range:

• Indoor team building activities – weatherproof and reliable all year round, for ten people or several hundred.
• Outdoor team building activities – sports days, inflatable games and active challenges for the warmer months.
• Team building treasure hunts – app-based city challenges with a live scoreboard.
• Food and drink team building activities – pizza and cocktail making, chocolate, bakeathons and paint and sip, at a venue or your office.
• Unusual team building activities – something different, from perfume making to crime scene investigations.
• Virtual team building – hosted online sessions for remote and hybrid teams.
• Company away days – a full, managed day out combining activities, food and free time.
• Christmas team building – festive team events for the busy December season.
• Charity and CSR team building – team days with a purpose, from charity bike builds to sleep-pod builds for a local cause.
• Evening team building – race nights, casino tables and gameshows for after the working day or alongside a team dinner.

“After helping plan thousands of team days, I know the hardest part is picking the right activity. Tell me your group size and what you want out of the day, and I’ll point you to the ones that fit.”

Izzie
Corporate Event Manager

How to Choose the Right Team Building Activity

Start with why you are doing it. The best team days are planned around a goal, not just booked because it is that time of year. A brand-new team that needs to break the ice wants something light and social. A team you want to sharpen up wants friendly competition or a proper problem to solve.

Then think about the practical points: how many people are coming, indoors or outdoors, the time of year and your budget per head. Those four answers narrow the list quickly.

One thing we have learned from running thousands of these: the activity people ask about most is not always the one that suits them best. The Crystal Team Challenge, for example, gets huge interest, but it is a big, full-day commitment, so we will tell you honestly whether it fits your group and budget before you book. Give us the goal and the group and we will do the choosing for you.

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