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OUR 8 TOP CHARITY TEAM BUILDING EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Our charity team building events are all about bringing your team closer while doing something that really matters. They’re fun, hands-on, and give everyone the chance to make a genuine difference in people’s lives. Whether you’re packing care kits, building bikes for kids, or supporting a local cause, every activity is designed to be meaningful and memorable. It’s a great way to show your team’s values in action and boost your company’s social impact. And the best part? These events work indoor or outdoor, for groups big or small, whether there are 10 of you or over 1,000!
1. Charity Bike Build
Charity Bike Build team building activity is a great way to get out of the office and into the heart of a truly important cause. In this unique charity team building event, you and your team engage in fun challenges to earn the different parts of the bike. You will then start building your bikes from scratch using the tools, knowledge and skills from our workshop.
At the end of the event, your bikes will go through a safety inspection and will be sent to Africa through our partner charity Re-Cycle, to give children the freedom and fun they are struggling to achieve. Get creative by adding your own touch to the bicycle and personalise it with a bespoke message for the recipients!
2. Putt for a Purpose
Putt for a Purpose event is a mini-golf with a charitable twist – the perfect way to get creative and competitive with your team. To kick off the day, we will introduce the charity we are supporting. You and your team will then be tasked with creating your own mini-golf hole, using different household items that will later be packaged up and donated to charity. At the end of the event, all teams will play the full golf course in a fun and light-hearted competition. The team with the lowest score will be crowned the winners and get to celebrate with medals and bubbly.
After the charity team building day, the foodbank items will be donated to charity, providing support to individuals and families in need.
3. Sleep Pods
Everyone deserves a safe space to sleep, especially when facing the harsh weather. Working alongside our charity partner, Sleep Pod UK, we have created a brand-new charity team building event that aims to turn that belief into action and make a real difference in the community.
Sleep Pods charity team building activity is focused around participating in fun and dynamic team building challenges with a great purpose: earning the parts to build life-saving sleep pods. Each sleep pod offers a warm, comfortable shelter for those in need, protecting them from harsh weather conditions like rain, wind and freezing temperatures. The completed sleep pods will be inspected by our charity partner and then delivered to those in need.
4. Charity Bake Off
Team building charity events have never been so sweet! Our Charity Bake Off team building activity arms your team with an array of baking tools, ingredients and recipes, to go head-to-head in this fun bake off! Whether you’re an experienced chef or are brand-new baker, your dedicated Michelin-star-trained chef will guide you throughout the day.
The best part is, you’re doing this for charity! A sweet treat can really brighten up anyone’s day. But not everyone can afford this luxury. This is why you will come together with your colleagues in this team building event, to bake tasty treats for charity.
5. Charity Gift of the Gab
In Charity Gift of the Gab, you will be released into the city on a meaningful mission: collecting essential items requested by our charity partners. As donations rise and fall throughout the year, it is challenging for these charitable organisations to source certain items that individuals and families need.
With fun-filled and exhilarating charity team building challenges, Charity Gift of the Gab will test your negotiating powers to haggle the prices down on everyday items. As you and your team go against the other teams and race against the clock, you will be challenged to source as many items on your list as possible, within a set budget. Once the event concludes, the precious items will be boxed up and donated to our charity partners.
6. Operation Supply Drop
The Operation Supply Drop charity team building event will test your team’s skills while putting together care packages for those in need.
In this immersive charity team building activity, you enter a world full of hardship and needs, where you and your team have the chance to become the heroes. Get ready to create, pack and drop care packages over the nations that require your help! You and your team will face different games and challenges to test your knowledge, creativity and teamwork. At the end of this corporate charity event, the care packages you created will be donated to charity.
7. Paws for a Cause
Paws for a Cause is a thrilling charity team building activity supporting animals in shelters. With rising living costs, animal shelters struggle to provide everything their residents need. However, this interactive charity team building event gives you the chance to contribute in a hands-on way, building feeders and enrichment equipment for animals.
Our GOTO Events team will provide you with the tools and instructions necessary to create feeders and furniture for animals. These will then be safety checked and delivered to our charity partner.
8. Charity Garden Project
Step into a rewarding experience where teamwork meets purpose. Charity Garden Project is all about bringing your team together for a feel-good experience that really means something. It’s team building with heart, where fun and purpose go hand in hand.
Your team will design and build beautiful garden elements such as colourful planters, blooming hanging baskets, and custom-crafted trellises. These thoughtful creations are donated to community spaces like schools, care homes, and hospitals, helping to brighten lives and nurture wellbeing through nature. It’s a great way to connect, get creative, and do something that really matters. And the best part? You’ll walk away knowing you’ve helped grow something that makes a real difference.
The Charities We Work With
We partner with both local and international charities. After determining the purpose and requirements of these charities, we crafted unique and engaging corporate team building event ideas, to both help meet the charities’ specific needs and our clients’ team building goals.
Through our charity team building events, we support charities with important supplies such as food, household items, hygiene items, school supplies and even feeders and enrichment equipment for animals in shelters.
We are proud to support an array of charities through our team building events including Re-Cycle, Shelter, Sleep Pod and Alexander Devine.
Alternatively, if you have a charity in mind or one that you closely work with, we are more than happy to support a charity of your choice! Simply get in touch with a member of our team to find out how we can support your charitable efforts through one of our corporate charity events.
We are here to help you plan your next team building event
How to OrganiseA Charity Team Building Event
Pick a charity
Choose a cause that you and your team are passionate about to boost morale and ensure that you’re taking part in the charity team building event for the right reasons. Pick a charity from our partnership portfolio or a charity of your choice.
Get a free proposal
We will provide personalised recommendations and ideas to directly support your chosen cause. We will also support you through the entire planning process, including finding the right venue and securing it for your preferred date.
Make a difference
When the charity team building day arrives, no matter which cause you’re supporting, you’ll see you and your team making a direct contribution by creating something tangible that will later be delivered to the charity.
All Our Event Packages Include:
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All of our events include a complimentary venue-finding service, offering access to over 10,000 venues across the UK. Let us know your location preference and event goals, and we’ll get to work.
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Why Choose Us For YourNext Charity Team Building Event?
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With over 22 years of experience, and an outstanding 4.9/5 Feefo rating, we’re proud to be the UK’s leading provider of team building events.
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We offer over 100 fun team building events to choose from, guaranteeing something for all skills, group sizes and team personalities.
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The Benefits of Charity Team Building Events
Charity team building events provide important additional support for charities to meet the needs of their cause, by providing:
- Hands-on support with equipment for people or animals such as building emergency shelters for those experiencing homelessness, building enrichment equipment for animals in shelters, or building bikes for children in Africa.
- Food and essential item donations through team building events such as Putt for a Purpose, Operation Supply Drop, Charity Bake Off and Charity Gift of the Gab.
- Fundraising through different office activities.
Charity team building activities have a positive impact on participants, by improving:
- Awareness at an individual level on causes that are out there and in need of additional support.
- Motivation to get involved in charity work more often, either alone or with a team.
- The development of transferable skills out of the office, such as problem-solving, creativity, thinking outside of the box and social skills.
Charity team building activities impact your organisation’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts by:
- Supporting charity goals
With the rising cost of living, individuals are finding it increasingly difficult to afford food, shelter and other basic necessities. Through charity team building activities, you not only provide a fun activity for employees, but also support charities to provide these all-important resources for people in need.
- Connecting your organisation with the local community
By engaging in charity team building, you can learn more about your community and bridge the gap between your corporate world and the social environment you operate in.
- Showcasing company values
Research shows that only 40% of employees feel they know what their company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals, strategies and tactics are. By using charity team building events to bring employees together, companies are not only able to showcase their values to their internal staff, but also to their clients and the wider public.
- Boosting employee wellbeing
Taking part in charity corporate team building activities bring a fun and motivating change of pace, boosts employee morale and builds skills and rapport to take back into the workplace. Research from the British Council shows that employees want to work for more than just money. They want to work for companies that have a purpose and have a positive impact on the community.
Charity Team Building FAQs
Charity team building activities are team building activities with a charitable twist. These events typically include games and challenges that you and your team can engage in, with a meaningful purpose so you’re helping out a cause that means something to your organisation. We have a diverse charity team building event portfolio but most of our events can be turned into charity events. For example, you can take the number of points you accumulate during the Crystal Team Challenge event and translate them into actual money that is donated to charity.
Regular team building events are a great way to improve collaboration amongst employees, and a chance to step out of the office into a more interactive and fun environment. They also have been proven to boost morale and trust in the office, leading to improved workplace culture. Through the use of corporate charity events, you can take the effects of these team building activities one step further. We have found that when you bring teams together to support a charitable cause, they are significantly more likely to engage in the activity.
- Step 1: Speak to your team to find out which cause they would like to support.
- Step 2: Check out our charity team building events portfolio.
- Step 3: Get in touch for a free, bespoke proposal with ideas and prices in less than 45 minutes.
- Step 4: Book your charity team building event and let us deal with all the creative and logistics of the event!
We recommend interactive charity team building events such as Charity Bike Build, Sleep Pods, or Putt for a Purpose for an energetic day that supports amazing causes. However, the best charity team building ideas are the ones that support a cause close to your heart and help boost morale within your team, leaving you with smiles and energy that you can take back into the workplace.
At GOTO Events, our charity team building activities typically last between 2 and 3 hours, but the duration of the charity team building event depends on the activity chosen and the size of your group.
You can host your team building charity activity at your office or at any venue in the United Kingdom! We offer a free venue finding service, with a guaranteed venue found within 15 minutes of your office. We are fully mobile which means we will deliver a perfect charity event activity to any location in the UK.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an organisation’s goals or policies that demonstrate their commitment to supporting people and the environment. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become increasingly popular in the last few years. As countries struggle with societal and environmental impacts, it has become extremely important for businesses to have a greater duty towards society than just providing employment opportunities and making more money. Charity team building events contribute towards your organisation’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by supporting a charitable cause and raising awareness of important causes among employees.