What does your company do to benefit the environment, the local community and the overall society?
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is more than just checking a box. It’s a chance to show your commitment to the local community as well as helping to build a more sustainable future for all. Plus, research show that employees are more fulfilled at work when provided with opportunities to make a positive social and environmental impact. This leads to higher satisfaction, motivation, productivity and retention.
Our CSR team building events are a powerful way to boost your Corporate Social Responsibility. From charitable initiatives to environmental activities, we offer a wide range of CSR events designed to make a lasting impact and contribute to positive social change. Also, they’re fun and engaging, featuring immersive, hands-on challenges to help your team bond.
Below are our top 12 Corporate Social Responsibility team building activities designed to help your organisation give back to the community and the environment.
Types of CSR team building activities
Environmental team building activities
Make a positive impact on the environment while educating participants on eco-friendly practices. Examples:
Wellbeing team building activities
These activities promote relaxation, diversity and inclusion, have therapeutic effects and encourage employees to be present in the moment. Examples:
Charity team building activities
Strengthen ties with your local community and among your team by supporting a worthy cause. Examples:
1. Birdhouse Sustainability Workshop
Enhance your Corporate Social Responsibility with this unique sustainability team building activity. Get hands-on with your team through a series of fun challenges as you build birdhouses that can be installed in participants’ gardens or a shared office green space.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Gain a deeper understanding of environmental sustainability and the importance of bird conservation.
- Support bird populations by providing nesting shelters.
- Offer an inclusive activity for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
2. Bee Hotel Sustainability Workshop
Engage your team in a series of fun team building challenges with the ultimate goal of building unique bee habitats. These Bee Hotels can be placed in gardens or shared office green spaces, offering shelter for solitary bees, enhancing their conservation and boosting your Corporate Social Responsibility.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Help solitary bees by providing safe habitats for them to raise their young.
- Learn how to maintain your Bee Hotel and attract pollinators to your outdoor area.
- Promote awareness of environmental sustainability and wildlife conservation efforts.
- Offer an activity suitable for everyone to join in.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
3. Community Clean Up
Join forces with your team to help preserve and improve a local green space in London. Your group will be divided into teams to compete in light-hearted challenges while participating in hands-on gardening tasks like digging, planting, pruning, building bug hotels and litter picking.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Enhance the biodiversity of a neglected site.
- Create a beautiful natural area for local residents, giving back to the community.
- Learn from an expert horticulturist about how plants and trees support urban environments.
- Raise awareness and increase appreciation for the natural environment.
- Offer suitable activities for everyone to join in.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
4. Living Wall Sustainability Workshop
Collaborate with your team to create a stunning living wall of foliage and flowers that will enhance your office’s appearance and improve air quality. Your group will be divided into teams, participating in fun and light-hearted challenges to earn the necessary equipment for building the living wall.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Improve air quality in the office and enhance wellbeing.
- Reduce stress levels in the workplace.
- Foster environmental awareness and encourage eco-friendly habits.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
5. Living Art Sustainability Workshop
Participate in a therapeutic and immersive CSR team building activity where you’ll engage in fun challenges to create beautiful living art or Kokedama. Guided by our expert facilitator, you’ll be able to take your creation home or display it in the office.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Enjoy a relaxing gardening experience, reconnecting with nature and your team.
- Foster team awareness and appreciation for natural environments.
- Reduce workplace stress and enhance overall wellbeing.
- Inspire environmental awareness within your team, encouraging eco-friendly practices.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
6. Yoga Class
Immerse yourself in an interactive yoga session led by a certified yoga instructor, where you’ll learn essential yoga poses and breathing techniques. Choose between a more active or relaxing session, tailored to your audience and venue space. Regardless of the type of session, enjoy a truly rejuvenating experience of mindfulness, light exercise, stretching and breathing.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Promote physical health as yoga helps with flexibility, strength and posture.
- Enhance mental wellbeing by reducing stress, improving focus and emotional balance.
- Foster a sense of unity through a meaningful, shared activity.
- Encourage a healthy lifestyle.
- Offer various yoga classes suitable for all skill levels.
7. Sports Day
Get your team moving and promote physical wellbeing while having a blast with colleagues in an exciting sports day. Step into the Human Football Table, show off your skills on the inflatable volleyball course, or unleash your creativity and competitive spirit in the fun-filled Soap Box Derby corporate event. For a more relaxed and traditional experience, explore our Quintessentially English or Country Sports Events.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Promote physical fitness, improving cardiovascular health, strength and flexibility.
- Provide a fun and energetic way for employees to reduce stress and blow off steam.
- Enhance mood and boost overall mental health.
- Foster teamwork and communication, building stronger relationships and a sense of camaraderie among employees.
- Encourage a healthy lifestyle.
- Offer various activities suitable for all skill levels.
8. Charity Bike Build
Boost your Corporate Social Responsibility with a truly special team building event. In teams, embark on a series of fun challenges to earn all the components of a bike. Assemble these parts to create brand-new, functional and safe bicycles, which will be donated to underprivileged children after the event. Teams will also have the opportunity to personalise their bikes with a heartfelt message for the recipient.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Make a significant impact by giving back and improving someone’s life.
- Donate bikes to individuals in Africa to enhance access to education, income and healthcare.
- Enhance employee wellbeing, as contributing to charity is known to evoke positive emotions.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
9. Putt For A Purpose
Engage in a unique CSR team building activity where teams construct mini-golf holes using food bank items such as cereal boxes, canned goods and sauce jars. After building the holes, compete in a friendly mini-golf tournament against the other teams. Once the game concludes, the GOTO Events staff will dismantle the course and donate all items to charity.
Other CSR team building events with a similar purpose include Charity Gift of the Gab and Operation Supply Drop.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Make a significant impact by giving back and improving someone’s life.
- Donate food and household items to individuals and families in need.
- Enhance employee wellbeing, as contributing to charity is known to evoke positive emotions.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
10. Charity Bake Off
Under the guidance of a Michelin star-trained chef, you and your colleagues will be divided into teams and given a range of ingredients and tools. Engage in fun, competitive challenges to create delectable baked goods for a chosen charity. With all the health and safety measures in place, all items will be carefully packaged, stored and delivered to our partner charity, brightening the day of someone in need.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Make a significant impact by giving back and improving someone’s day.
- Donate fresh food to someone in need.
- Enhance employee wellbeing, as contributing to charity is known to evoke positive emotions.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
11. Sleep Pods Charity Team Building
Collaborate to conquer a series of dynamic challenges and earn the materials needed to assemble life-saving sleep pods. Guided by our expert facilitator, construct these pods using the acquired materials. Once completed, these pods will serve as emergency shelters for individuals experiencing homelessness during severe weather conditions.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Make a significant impact by giving back and improving lives.
- Assemble sleep pods to provide shelter for those facing homelessness in harsh weather conditions.
- Enhance employee wellbeing, as contributing to charity is known to evoke positive emotions.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
12. Paws for a Cause
Contribute to the welfare of animals in need by constructing feeders and furniture for local shelters. With guidance from the facilitator, get hands-on and craft essential equipment and enrichment items for the animals, ensuring both safety and functionality are prioritised. After each team completes their creations, all items will undergo thorough safety checks before being delivered to the shelters.
Corporate Social Responsibility impact:
- Make a significant impact by giving back and improving animals’ lives.
- Create enrichment equipment for animals in shelter.
- Enhance employee wellbeing, as contributing to charity is known to evoke positive emotions.
- Inclusive activity suitable for all skill levels.
- Boost morale with the “feel-good factor,” making participants feel like they're making a difference and fostering a sense of belonging.
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