Charity Team Building Activities & Events
Charity team building turns a normal team challenge into something that gives back: your team takes on a hands-on build and, at the end, a real bike, sleep pod or meal goes out to a good cause. These charity and CSR events bond the team and give your business a genuine corporate social responsibility result it can report on.
Funktion Events has run more than 10,000 team building events since 2007, and our event team comes to you anywhere in the UK to set up and run the day. Some builds go to a fixed partner, like the Sleep Pod charity; for the rest we help you pick a cause close to your team.
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Activities
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Charity Sleep Pod Build
- Charity team event
- Sleep pods for the homeless
- Learn the mission
- Collaborative experience
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Charity Bike Build
- Teamwork for a cause
- Rebuild your bike
- Learn repair skills
- Create bike signage
Charity & CSR Team Building Activities
Each one runs for groups of a dozen up to several hundred and ends with a finished bike, sleep pod, meal or bird box going out to a good cause. Here is what teams take on with us:
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| Activity | What you do | Cause it supports |
|---|---|---|
| Charity Bike Build | Earn the parts, build and decorate real bikes, then donate them | Children and families who need transport |
| Charity Sleep Pod Build | Learn the mission, then build insulated sleep pods together | People sleeping rough, via the Sleep Pod charity |
| Charity Cook Off for Good | Cook a proper meal as a team that is then donated | Food banks and food poverty |
| Charity Furniture Restoration | Restore and upcycle donated furniture | Community charities and families in need |
| Skateboard Building | Build and finish skateboards to donate | Youth and children's charities |
| Beehive & Bird Box Making | Build bee hotels and bird boxes, installed outdoors | Environment, wildlife and ESG goals |
Whatever you build leaves with the cause. The bikes are safety-checked by an engineer and go to your chosen charity the same day, and you are welcome to join the handover; the sleep pods go to people sleeping rough straight after the event.
Not seeing the cause or format you had in mind? Tell us who you want to help and we will build the day around it, from the charity you already support to a one-off idea we have never run before.
Sustainability & Green Team Building
Giving back does not always mean a cheque. Some of our most popular CSR days are green ones: teams build bee hotels and bird boxes that are installed outdoors to house real pollinators and nesting birds. These sustainability and eco team building days suit a business with a green or ESG commitment, because the team leaves something living behind rather than landfill, and something they can point to months later.
Why Choose a Charity Team Building Event?
Charity and CSR team building does three jobs in one afternoon. The team bonds the way it would on any away day, your business gets a real, reportable contribution to its corporate social responsibility goals, and people go home having done something genuinely worthwhile. That is why corporate charity events tend to land hard: the win is a child getting a bike or a family getting a hot meal, so nobody has to be told it mattered.
They also fit modern teams. Because everything runs from your office or a nearby venue and ends with a finished result handed over, team building for charity works as well for a remote or hybrid team meeting up for the day as it does for a full department, and it gives you a story worth putting on your website and your ESG report. More and more of the businesses we work with are B Corp certified or working towards it, and a charity team day is a visible, reportable way to act on the community and staff commitments that come with it.
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.
Teams We've Run Events For
Most charity builds run indoors, so see our indoor team building activities for the full weatherproof range, or our outdoor team building activities for the warmer months. Still weighing up the format? All our most-booked team building activities are in one place.
“On the charity days you see people who barely speak in meetings taking charge of a build, because there is something real at the end of it. Tell me the cause you care about, or let me suggest one, and I'll match it to the right activity and sort a venue if you need it. You get your team day, and a bike or a hot meal reaches someone who needed it.”
Izzie
Senior Corporate Event Manager
How to Choose a Charity Team Building Activity
Start with what you want the team to walk away having made:
- Something that changes a life: the Charity Bike Build or Charity Sleep Pod Build.
- A meal for someone who needs it: the Charity Cook Off for Good.
- Something creative and lasting: Charity Furniture Restoration or Skateboard Building.
- A green, sustainability-led day: Beehive & Bird Box Making.
Tell us your group size, your date and the cause you want to back, and we will match the right build and organise everything from the venue to the handover.
Charity Team Building FAQs
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Planning a charity or CSR day for your team? Tell us your group size, date and the cause you care about and we will send tailored ideas and a quote, usually within 30 minutes.