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Team Building Activities in Durham
Team building activities in Durham are challenge-led: the Crystal Team Challenge is the single most-requested activity, which is unusual across our locations, with Challenge 100 and the Betrayers close behind. Funktion Events has handled corporate team building in Durham since 2007, part of a UK tally of more than 10,000 team building events, with a dedicated event manager planning it beforehand and our event team bringing the activity and the equipment to your Durham office or venue.
Durham is one of our North East locations. Whatever you go for, we size it to your group, and if you need a room our venue finding is free.
Not sure which activity suits your team? Tell us your numbers and get a quote in 30 minutes »
Activities
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Smartphone Urban Treasure Hunt
- Explore your location
- Self-run, start anytime
- Great value, app technology
- Team challenges & puzzles
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Chocolate Making
- Artisan chocolate
- Melt, dip and decorate
- Milk, white and dark chocolate
- Take your treats home
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Challenge 100
- Compete in many challenges
- Mental agility, common sense
- Scavenger hunt tasks
- Racing against the clock
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Chain Reaction
- Encourages team cooperation
- Design & build simple tasks
- Link chain sections together
- Produces a domino reaction
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Stop The Clocks
- Race against the clock
- Multiple skill challenges
- Lowest time wins
- Mental & physical tasks
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Corporate Sports Day
- Classic school sports games
- Small or large groups
- Sack race, egg & spoon
- House team colours
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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
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Cocktail Making
- Mix and shake cocktails
- City centre venues
- Learn the tips, tricks and techniques
- Great for groups
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Qubed
- Escape the cube
- Series of challenges
- Game show host
- Prize for the winners
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Race Nights
- Expert race night organisers
- Winning posts, fences
- Bet solo or in teams
- Witty, costumed race host
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Master of the Tasks
- TV show challenges
- Hilarious game material
- Tasks per group
- Prize for the winners
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The Betrayers
- Mind-boggling challenges
- Trust your gut!
- Secret competition
- Who will survive?
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Masterpiece Challenge
- Communication is key
- Paint & create a collage
- Fully inclusive activity
- Fantastic indoor activity
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Charity Bike Build
- Teamwork for a cause
- Rebuild your bike
- Learn repair skills
- Create bike signage
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Yoga Class
- Yoga at your location
- Tailored for all group sizes
- Boost staff wellness
- Ideal for events or offices
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Retro Showdown
- Variety of retro gameshows
- TV classics from the 80s & 90s
- Bulleye, Catchphase
- Million Dollar Drop finale
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Corporate Office Massage
- Fully qualified therapists
- Stress free experience
- Fully clothed massage
- Massage and Reflexology
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Mobile Cocktail Making
- Learn to mix & shake cocktails
- Professional bartenders
- Drinks, glassware, ice, etc
- Run in offices, hotels, venues
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The Ultimate Treasure Hunt
- The best of the best
- Exciting trivia & quizzes
- Huge variety of challenges
- GPS smartphone app
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Pub Olympics
- Indoor pub style games
- Air hockey, casino, darts
- Everyone involved
- Dry hire or event managed
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The Crystal Team Challenge
- Physical & mental tasks
- Large, full day event
- Compete in zones
- Crystal dome finale
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Battle Archery Tag
- Dodgeball but with arrows
- Battle against each other
- Bunkers and barriers
- Latest Archery Craze!
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Outdoor Escape Rooms
- Outdoor escape rooms
- Improves problem solving
- Interactive fun host
- Tasks, clues, Immersive challenges
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GPS: Spy School
- Spy themed challenges
- Self run – start any time
- Great value, latest technology
- GPS and image recognition
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Bonkers Games
- Inflatable fun!
- Games & challenges
- Competitive & physical
- Indoors or Outdoors
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I'm an Executive, Get me Out of Here
- Bush tucker trials
- Real snakes, spiders
- Kiosk Kev host
- Push the limits
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Battle of Olympus
- Olympic inspired event
- Variety of fun filled activities
- Head to head challenges
- Teams represents a country
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Wacky Wheels
- Earn sponsorship money
- Learn to design the car
- Build your wacky racer
- Mini head to head races
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Pilates Class
- Pilates at your location
- Certified instructor
- Boosts strength & flexibility
- Great for teams & events
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Tai Chi Class
- Tai Chi at your location
- Knowledgeable instructors
- Calms the mind and boosts immunity
- Great wellness event
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Sound Bath Class
- Promotes deep relaxation
- Soothing sounds & vibrations
- Unwinds body and mind
- Wellbeing event
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Life Coaching Workshop
- Prioritise self-care
- Time management strategies
- Boosting energy levels
- Great for team morale
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Nutrition Workshop
- Nutrition advice for modern challenges
- Solutions for busy lifestyles
- Led by expert naturopaths
- Practical, impactful workshops
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Dance Classes
- Variety of dance themes
- Fun choreographed routine
- Can build confidence
- Free venue finding service
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Commercial Teambreak
- Create an TV advert
- Good for team bonding
- Camera’s & props included
- Trophies to be won
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Krypton Factor
- Competitive fun activity
- Variety of challenges
- Brings everyone together
- Prize for the winning team
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Mission Possible
- Become secret agents
- Crack codes, diffuse bombs
- Variety of challenges
- Action packed team day
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Movie Madness
- Create your own movie
- Fun and engaging event
- Encourages people to think outside the box
- All equipment included
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Turbo Cricket
- Short Ten10 cricket match
- Bats, balls, stumps
- Event co-ordinator
- Scorecard
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TV Tastic Quiz
- Ultimate quiz event
- Classics & modern quiz shows
- Buzzers, interactive rounds
- Prize for the winner
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Zorb Bubble Games
- Classic games like bulldog, relay races
- Event co-ordinator
- Zorb Bubbles
- Fun forfeits to play
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Perfume Making
- Create your own fragrance
- Professionally run
- Choose from 21 blends
- Interactive & educational
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Conference Energiser - Haka Challenge
- Genuine Maori warriors
- Truly unique ice breakers
- New Zealand dance
- Team learn the moves
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Conference Energiser - Clap Happy
- Blast of colour, fun & energy
- Rhythm adventure
- Brings team together
- Amazing ice breaker
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GPS: Space Survival
- Space-themed challenges
- Activity Co-ordinator
- Explore the city centre
- Fun & Competitive
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Conference Energiser – Drumming
- Learn your rhythm
- Professional instruments
- Energetic instructor
- Icebreaker or event
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Den of Dragons
- Pitch to dragons
- Resident host
- Different idea stages
- Gain investment
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Wall Street Winners
- Buy, sell, build
- High pressure stakes
- Negotiation tactics
- Build your empire!
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Bakeathon
- Expert chef
- Variety of bakes
- Learn the basics
- No experience needed
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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
Popular Team Building Activities in Durham
Drawn from our own Durham enquiry data, this is what local teams ask about most, and it is a noticeably challenge-heavy mix. The full choice is in the grid above, or browse all team building activities.
| Activity | Type | What you do | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crystal Team Challenge | Problem-solving | Four zones of physical, mental, mystery and skill games, crystals won against the clock | Competitive, high-energy teams |
| Challenge 100 | Active | A hundred quick-fire mini-challenges spread across a room for teams to clear | Lots of short rounds |
| The Betrayers | Tactical game | A Traitors-style game of secret roles, missions and eliminations | Trust & strategy |
| Smartphone Urban Treasure Hunt | Treasure hunt | App-led hunt around the city solving clues and photo tasks | Getting teams out and about |
| Chocolate Making | Food & drink | Truffle and bar making with a chocolatier, all ingredients provided | Hands-on creativity |
Rather sort by format? Head into indoor, outdoor, food and drink, evening, treasure hunt and charity team building, set up a corporate away day in Durham, run it virtual for remote teams, or book Christmas team building.
Team Building Venues in Durham
Most Durham sessions run at your own office or a room you already use, with plenty happening in local hotels and function rooms around the city centre and the cathedral quarter, and treasure hunts and outdoor games using the streets and the riverside. We cover the whole of County Durham, so Chester-le-Street, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor and Consett are all within reach. No space of your own? Our free venue finding service sorts one for your numbers and location at no extra cost.
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 These For
AstraZeneca★★★★★“Everyone enjoyed themselves very much” KPMG★★★★★“It was fantastic, I'd thoroughly recommend” Scottish FA★★★★★“We had a great event, thank you!” Strutt & Parker★★★★★“We had a great time, thank you so much” LAKA★★★★★“It was superb, thank you so much!”
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“Tell me your numbers, your date and roughly what you are after, and I will sort the activity, the staff and a Durham venue if you need one, so all your team has to do is turn up.”
Izzie
Corporate Event Manager
Team Building in Durham FAQs
Yes. Our team comes to you across Durham and County Durham, including Chester-le-Street, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor and Consett. The kit for the activity travels up with the team.
Durham events usually run at your own office or a room you already use, and we also work in local hotels and function rooms, with treasure hunts and outdoor games using the city and the riverside. If you need a space, we will sort one.
Durham is distinctly challenge-led. The Crystal Team Challenge is the single most-requested activity here, unusual among our locations, followed by Challenge 100, the Betrayers, our smartphone urban treasure hunt and chocolate making.
Yes, free of charge. Our venue finding service sorts a room to fit your group and part of Durham, and because the venue settles the commission, you pay exactly what a direct booking costs.
The lowest-priced activities start at around £18 per person, with the final figure set by what you choose, your numbers and the length of the session. Send the details and a full quote follows, usually within 30 minutes.
Around two to three hours fits most, and sits well ahead of an evening. We can also grow it into a half or full day with a couple of activities.
From six through to several hundred. A small team runs one activity together; a bigger Durham group is split into rounds or run side-by-side, with the staff to keep pace.
A few weeks ahead is comfortable. The summer and December are our busiest stretches, so give those more runway, but late dates are often doable.
For a large Durham group, the Crystal Team Challenge and Challenge 100 both handle numbers well. Both rotate teams through stations or zones, so everyone is busy at once.
Yes. The Crystal Team Challenge, Challenge 100, the Betrayers and chocolate making all run indoors, so winter weather never changes the plan.
Yes. We have run team building for companies from AstraZeneca to KPMG, and as an ABTA-bonded business rated Excellent on Trustpilot, a Durham booking sits on the same record.
Fully Insured & ABTA Members (Y6501) – every event is insured and risk assessed.
Rated Excellent on Trustpilot with 2,811+ five-star reviews – your team is in safe hands.
Tell us your group size and a rough date, and we will come back with Durham ideas and a quote, usually within 30 minutes.
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Reviews for Durham
7th July 2023
We had an absolute blast! No injuries and lots of laughs. It’s going to be a hard one to beat next year!
27th June 2023
The event was a huge success. Paul and Alex were absolutely fantastic and all of the activities were a huge hit with our staff. We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone involved – especially Paul and Alex – on making this day a success. We highly recommend Challenge 100 to anyone wishing to bring teams together as there was something to satisfy everyone within the activity booklet.