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Team Building in Durham
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Activities
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Smartphone Urban Treasure Hunt
- Explore your location
- Self-run, start anytime
- Great value, app technology
- Team challenges & puzzles
- £15.00
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Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt
- Fully organised pub quiz hunt
- Self run – start any time
- Test general pub knowledge
- Hilarious team challenges
- £15.00
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The Ultimate Treasure Hunt
- The best of the best
- Exciting trivia & quizzes
- Huge variety of challenges
- GPS smartphone app
- £15.00
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Outdoor Escape Rooms
- Outdoor escape rooms
- Improves problem solving
- Interactive fun host
- Tasks, clues, Immersive challenges
- £15.00
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GPS: Spy School
- Spy themed challenges
- Self run – start any time
- Great value, latest technology
- GPS and image recognition
- £15.00
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Smartphone Christmas Treasure Hunt
- Pub quiz & bar crawl in one
- Self-run, so start anytime
- Great value, app technology
- Perfect for Christmas parties
- £15.00
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GPS: Space Survival
- Space-themed challenges
- Activity Co-ordinator
- Explore the city centre
- Fun & Competitive
- £15.00
Durham Team Building Ideas
If you are wanting to bring your staff out of the office and into a new experience, then team building in Durham will be a great way to do it! With some amazing indoor and outdoor experiences available you will be able to find the perfect activity for your staff. Whether you are after something creative that will improve soft skills or something a little bit more challenging. Everyone will benefit as it will increase morale and improve staff retention.
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Situated on the River Wear and just a 30-minute drive south of Newcastle, this historic Roman city is packed full of astonishing buildings and sightseeing spots. Durham is the perfect place if you’re looking for a small city packed full of character and charm without the buzz of the big city.
These workshops have soared in popularity as companies of all shapes and sizes across the country have began to recognise their importance when it comes to building and maintaining staff morale.
Not only that, but they’re a great way for your team to develop soft skills, improve employer/employee communication and are a brilliant way to break the ice, especially with newly established businesses.
Top 10 Team Building Activities in Durham
1. Crystal Challenge
Bond your staff in a unique way as they work in smaller groups battling it out against one another across a range of physical and mental mini games, with an unforgettable inflatable dome finish!
2. Treasure Hunts
Get your colleagues exploring Durham in groups by completing various challenges, puzzles and trivia against each other on a live leader board, using the latest smartphone technology.
3. The Escape Challenge
Inspired by escape room style games, this interactive activity will involve a story line, solving puzzles, cryptic messages and cracking codes from a tablet device with a live leader board!
4. Challenge 100
Put your group’s mental abilities to the ultimate test with a series of challenges, which you have a choice between. Each task is worth different points, so work together to earn the most points before the event is over.
5. Soap Box Derby
Creative and competitive, soap box Derby is inspired by the TV show and will see you design and build your own mini vehicle. Race against the others across the finish line.
6. Retro Showdown
Take your staff back in time as they split into smaller groups and go head to head in a series of memorable games based off old school gameshows such as Catchphrase and Wheel of Fortune.
7. Battle of Olympus
Gather your colleagues and get their adrenaline pumping as they battle it out against each other in a series of physically demanding activities such as tug of war and assault courses.
8. Stop the Clocks
Race against the clock and other groups in a series of fun and tasking challenges. You choose the order of tasks and how long it takes to buy time until the end of the session.
9. Masterpiece Challenge
Work in groups to paint a designated section of a large picture. However, you must communicate with others as you won’t get to see the bigger picture! Both creative and collaborative for a unique event.
10. Clap Happy
Clap your hands and create your own clapping orchestra with this fun rhythmic adventure. The perfect ice breaker for your colleagues.
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Are Food & Drink Activities Good for Mixed Groups?
By far one of the more popular categories when it comes to workshops. Not only are these activities entirely inclusive activities in which everybody can take part in, they are the perfect way for you and your team to try something completely new and out-of-the-ordinary.
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How Effective Are Indoor Team Building Activities?
If you’re unsure about the weather forecast, or you’re looking to take part in more problem solving activities that test mental agility and communication, then booking your next away day activities indoors is a brilliant choice. Suitable for teams of all sizes.
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What are the Advantages of Outdoor Activities?
If you’re looking to host a bigger event with a large number of members in your group, then booking your next away day activities outdoors is a great idea. This is the best option if you’re looking to host a more physical activity-orientated day for you and your company.
What Will Team Bonding Activities Achieve?
Not only do activities allow employees to develop skills and maintain morale, it gives the employer/management the chance to engage with their workforce outside of the normal work environment. Depending on what you want to achieve out of your away day, tailoring your activities to your specific goals is key.
Create & Innovate
Motivate your team and get their creative thoughts flowing with something fun like creative activities in or outside of the office.
Wellness & Well-Being
Looking after your staff wellness and well-being is important for all the other soft skills and development points, so open dialogue and get to know your team to create a safe and open space.
Positive Team Dynamics
Get your staff moving as one by developing positive dynamics within your whole team, and extinguishing any issues there may be to improve people’s happiness and work output in the work place.
Productivity
We know a business would fall flat without productivity, so make sure you’re consistently developing this skill across your staff with positive actions and activities.
Work Ethic
Effective and engaging means stronger work ethic, which then breeds productivity and in turn will create loyalty for the company within the work place.
Don't forget other key soft skills worth developing - Communication, Collaborative, Problem Solving, Loyalty, Leadership, etc.
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