Company fun days are a great chance to escape the work routine and bring your employees together in a fun-filled day of activities outdoors and indoors.
Company or corporate fun days are all about letting loose, having fun and celebrating the hard work of your team. These team building events are often organised as a way to boost morale, reward employees for their efforts and foster a positive company culture.
There’s always that one person who goes all in on the competition, but let’s face it, who doesn’t enjoy a little friendly rivalry? It’s all part of the fun, with opportunities to win prizes and earn bragging rights in the office.
In this article, we bring you 16 fun corporate event ideas in the UK, perfect for summer company fun days and suitable for any time of year.
1. Garden Party
What better way to enjoy a company fun day in the sunshine than with traditional garden games that spark nostalgia and encourage team bonding? Our Country Sports experiences offer the perfect opportunity to enjoy a relaxed party with classic English charm in beautiful garden settings. We offer a fantastic selection of games, including:
These activities can either be run as free play, or as head-to-head challenges where teams compete for a prize.
2. Summer Party
Make your next corporate summer party an unforgettable experience for your staff! Whether you’re organising a summer fete, or you want to add a touch of vintage style to your usual corporate summer party, GOTO Events offer a variety of summer team building activities that will keep your guests entertained all day. Get competitive in Soap Box Derby or Crystal Team Challenge and dive straight into the action. Whether you’re up for some high-energy fun or classic summer games, this is your chance to enjoy a great time and make some amazing memories with your team.
3. Inflatable Fun Day
Looking for a company fun day with a real wow factor? GOTO Events offers an exciting selection of outdoor inflatable games designed to transform your team building day into a high-energy company fun day. With a wide range of inflatable team building activities, including head-to-head competitions and multi-player obstacle courses, there’s something to suit every group, big or small:
4. Creative Challenges
Creative challenges are hands‑on team building activities that get people making things together. They invite teams to invent solutions, experiment with ideas and collaborate in ways they don’t normally get to. They’re fun, innovative and a bit competitive and you end up with something real to show for it: a film, a big artwork or simply a great story to tell back at the office. Here’s a list of games that’ll spark your team’s imagination and get them thinking outside the box:
5. Family Fun Day
Corporate family fun days are an excellent option for celebrating important milestones and rewarding employees in a fun and family-friendly environment. Including employees’ families in a company fun day promotes a supportive work environment, enhances work-life balance and demonstrates appreciation for employees’ personal lives, ultimately boosting connections and loyalty within the organisation. With child-friendly activities and games that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, infuse adventure and excitement into your next company family fun day with activities such as:
6. Giant Board Games
Transform your company fun day into a spectacle of colour and entertainment that everyone will remember with giant games such as a giant Monopoly.
Perfect for an outdoor company fun day in the sun, Teamopoly welcomes you into a competitive and oversized world. Watch your team become ruthless property gurus as they build their empire and thwart the competition. The aim of the game is to earn money, move around the board and grow your portfolio. All the favourites from the real game are included, such as chance cards, community chest and the famous houses and hotels.
7. Multi-Activity Day
Multi-activity days are a brilliant way to keep your audience engaged throughout a company fun day! At GOTO Events, we offer a wide variety of action-packed activities that will get your team energised and fully engaged. Choose from a selection of fun team building activities including:
- Off-road quad bikes
- Mini hovercraft
- Laser clays
- Axe throwing
8. Cookery Team Building
Cookery challenges are hands-on sessions where teams learn simple kitchen skills from a pro chef and enjoy a fun cooking experience together. Teams work against the clock, handle surprise twists like last-minute ingredient swaps and focus on taste and presentation. It’s a fun, slightly messy experience that ends with food everyone can enjoy together.
9. Sports Day
Remember the good old days of your school sports day? Why not relive the fun, the competitiveness and the glory with our School Sports Day and Olympic Sports Day team building events?
Dust off your running shoes and unleash your inner child with these ultimate company fun day experiences, where we transform your event into a hilarious, high-energy and nostalgia-packed celebration designed to reignite team spirit and create unforgettable memories.
All our games and activities are exactly how you remember, just without the grumpy teachers and the school bully. Activities include Tug of War, Swing Ball, Human Football Table, Badminton, Dodgeball and more.
10. Charity Team Building Events
Charity team building events offer the perfect opportunity to give back while fostering stronger connections within your team during a company fun day. These activities bring employees together around a common goal, creating meaningful experiences that leave a positive impact on both your team and the wider community. Some examples include:
11. Adventure Survival Games
Survival challenges are a great way to bring teams together. Our Survival Island and Let’s Get Ready to Jungle experiences drop your team into realistic survival scenarios that are all about teamwork, problem-solving and having a laugh along the way. Led by expert instructors, teams take on a series of hands-on challenges in an immersive outdoor setting. From building shelters and lighting fires to tackling jungle-style trials, camp challenges and fear-facing tasks, everyone needs to work together to succeed. With top-quality equipment, expert guidance and plenty of action, these experiences help teams build confidence and enjoy a memorable adventure together.
12. Gameshow-style events
Gameshow-style events are great for teams who want to boost morale, get people interacting and sharpen quick thinking in a fun, low-stakes way. These are always friendly competitions that encourage everyone to join in, cheer each other on and try something a bit silly. They also tap into nostalgia, bringing back happy flashbacks of favourite TV shows so teams bond over shared memories as they race, guess and perform together. Take a look at some of the most popular gameshow experiences we run:
13. Sustainability Workshops
Sustainability workshops are perfect for teams who want to reset and reconnect while doing something positive together. These calm, hands-on experiences support mental wellbeing by encouraging creativity and a break from day-to-day pressures. Working with natural materials helps teams relax, communicate more naturally and build stronger connections through shared purpose rather than competition. They’re collaborative and leave teams with a genuine sense of achievement, plus the feel-good impact of giving something back to the environment. Here’s an example of what we offer:
14. Group Energisers
Elevate your corporate away day or company event with a conference energiser designed to break up the day, lift energy levels and sharpen communication, collaboration and problem-solving across teams.
One of our most popular options The Haka, is a powerful, high-impact experience that leaves audiences feeling united and energised. Guided by performers of Māori descent, participants learn the movements, body language and meaning behind this traditional chant, building collective strength through synchronised movement. Alongside The Haka, we also offer exciting alternatives such as Boomwhackers, Junk Funk, Drumming Workshop and more, giving you plenty of ways to re-energise your audience and refocus the room.
15. Wellness Retreats
Wellness retreats create space for teams to pause, breathe and reconnect with themselves and with each other. Designed for company away days that go beyond the usual agenda, these workshops support mental wellbeing, reduce stress and help individuals feel genuinely looked after. Away from daily pressures and distractions, teams share calming experiences that encourage trust and empathy. The result is not just refreshed individuals, but stronger teams who return to work feeling valued and better equipped to support one another. Discover some of our wellness workshops:
16. Indoor Fun
Indoor events are a great fit for corporate away days that call for energy and a strong sense of teamwork. Built around problem-solving challenges, these activities push teams to think fast, communicate clearly and rely on each other to succeed. The buzz of working through tasks together creates instant momentum and helps people step out of their usual roles and connect in new ways. By the end of the session, teams leave with greater confidence in one another. Here are some of our most popular indoor options for your corporate away day:
Need help planning a Company Fun Day or Team Away Day?
Our event managers are on hand to work directly with you to create the perfect company fun day for your team in the UK. Contact us to speak to one of our friendly event professionals and get a bespoke proposal in less than 45 minutes!
