Top 17 Events & Ideas for Company Fun Days
Company fun days are a great chance to bring together employees and escape the usual office, or home office confines and reconnect over a fun-filled day of activities, or to simply just bask in the English sunshine!
They’re are all about letting loose, having fun, and celebrating the hard work of your team. These events are often organised as a way to boost morale and reward employees for their dedication and commitment. These events are a great way to build camaraderie and foster a positive company culture.
Of course there’s always the risk of getting a little too competitive and a few people ending up with a bruised ego, but that’s all part of the fun! But, who doesn’t love a little friendly competition and the opportunity to win prizes and bragging rights?
What is a Company Fun Day?
A company fun day offers employees the chance to engage in interactive experiences that take them out of their regular work environment and involve participation in a range of activities. Company fun days help to connect and celebrate employees effort and work as well as explore wider corporate objectives. However, the primary goal is to create a lasting impression that leaves everyone eager for more!
What different types of Company Fun Days is there?
We often combine our company aways days with business meetings, or corporate presentations. There are quite a few variations and types of corporate fun days.
- Conference / Meetings
- Summer Away Days
- Family Fun Days
- Fun Corporate Days
- Company Away Days
Can you provide a venue for the Company?
Simple answer is yes! We offer a free venue finding service with a wide portfolio of venues across the UK for both indoor and outdoor. We’ll help you find a venue with our free venue finding service that caters for all you need, so that you can book the full event experience without any hassle.
Top 17 Company Fun Days Events
1) Quintessentially English
Quintessentially English is a celebration of all things English, think English countryside, English garden party and typical gardens games!
You can either run this Company Away Day, as a free play, or alternatively head-to-head. Challenges typically include, Archery (venue dependent), Rounders, Lawn Games (croquet, boules etc), Giant Garden Games (Jenga, Kerplunk, Connect 4), Racket Sports, Garden Races, and a competitive Tug O’ War finale.
2) Family Fun Day
Let the fun begin! Family fun days are not just for kids. Infuse a bit of adventure and excitement into your next corporate family day. Businesses can use them to help celebrate important milestones and reward employees by throwing a party that is filled with fun and family-friendly activities.
It’s also a great way to foster relationships within the organisation and provide a break from the daily grind of life at the office. Plus, it might be just what you need to get the creative juices flowing on projects that seem stalled.
3) Company Festivals
Our corporate festivals are the ideal option to create an engaging environment that also guarantees smiles and laughter. We offer a variety of interactive entertainment for all types of events, be it a celebration, raising awareness, socialising, or simply developing those stronger working relationships! Our event specialists will offer ideas and advise to ensure your budget is allocated effectively and your aims expertly achieved.
From extravagant summer festivals to funfairs, carnival themes, or maybe a quintessentially English garden or full-blown beach party. Whatever the occasion, we provide you with the opportunity to transform your event into a memorable experience for all involved.
4) It’s A Knockout
Get ready for the wackiest team building activity of the year. It’s a Knockout is an amazing outdoor event that really brings smiles to your whole team. With crazy costumes, huge inflatable games and enough foam to fill an Olympic swimming pool you’re in for a great time!
Our full corporate version of the popular TV show, It’s a Knockout is designed for companies and teams where everyone can get involved in a highly energised team building activity that really brings smiles to the masses.
5) Totally Wipedout
Totally Wipedout is where adults get to let their inner child out and be wild, crazy and just plain silly. Inspired by the amazing TV show, we have created an incredible team-building event that brings to life all the amazing action and excitement you can get in a head-to-head inflatable bonanza!
There are some seriously big toys on this outdoor team building experience. From the famous big red balls with obstacles to inflatable assault courses, there’s everything here for every ability. Team members will compete against each other in a variety of unique games.
6) Corporate Summer Fete
Whether you’re looking for a summer fete that will keep your guests entertained all afternoon, or you want to add a touch of vintage style decoration to your corporate summer party, then look no further than our Corporate Summer Fete. This set up comes with bunting and banners in gorgeous vintage style designs. Perfect for your next event!
7) Inflatable Fun
Looking for competitive fun with a twist? Then we have the inflatable games you need to turn your group team building into one of the most fun and memorable experiences they have ever had. With a diverse range of head-to-head competitions and multi-player obstacle courses to choose from, we have something for every type of audience – whether it be small teams or larger groups.
GOTO have years of experience planning the perfect corporate event, with our Event Managers on hand to work directly with you to create the perfect event for your company.
8) Circus Themed Carnivals
Come and experience the thrills, spills, and excitement of the circus with us. A Big Top Circus will bring all the sights, sounds, and smells of the greatest show on earth to your venue. From guests’ arrival, they’ll be plunged into a world of breath-taking entertainment, stunning room décor and all the sights, sounds and smells which you’d expect from the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’.
From jugglers, acrobats, giant elephants and rabbits to limbo dancers, fire-eaters and more – we have something for everyone. Corporate events are our speciality.
9) Giant Garden Games
Party on the edge of your lawn! And make sure everyone remembers how much fun you had, with our giant garden games hire. With Giant Garden Games, your outdoor space is transformed into a spectacle of colour and entertainment. Inflatables, trampolines and climbing walls, we have everything you need to turn a day into an event!
10) Outdoor Adrenaline
Adventure is just around the corner in our Outdoor Adrenaline. Outdoor adrenaline is all about creating an exciting and memorable experience for your team. There’s something for everyone in this adrenaline-fuelled day of action and team building that will set your group on a path to success. Be prepared for anything with this exhilarating mix of activities that make the perfect day out.
11) GPS Treasure Hunts
A GPS Treasure Hunt is the most fun and engaging way to get everyone active. If you love adventure and treasure hunts, you’ll love our huge range of iPad-based treasure hunt games. These ultra-modern events combine technology with intrigue by placing teams from across your organisation in the centre of an incredibly engaging experience. Teams must keep their wits about them to move from location to location, guided by mapping technology. At every correct location they find, a mystery challenge will appear on the screen for all players to see.
12) School Sports Day
Remember the good old days of your School Sports Day? The fun, the competitiveness, and the glory! Why not re-live those days with our company sports day team building event. All our games and event ideas are exactly how you remember – just without the grumpy teachers and the school bully. This is your chance to take part in some competitive sporting activities with the aim of winning medals, prizes and pride.
Our company sports day team building event will be something that your colleagues will always remember. So, make sure you bring your kit and get ready for lots of fun, laughs and competitiveness.
13) Teamopoly
Is Teamopoly a board game? A live-action board game? An immersive experience? It’s all three, in one fun-packed day!
Step into the competitive world of Teamopoly as teams become ruthless property gurus to build their empire and thwart the competition. The name of the game is to earn money to play the board and build up your portfolio. All the favourites from the real game are included such as chance cards, community chess, and the famous houses/hotels.
14) Soap Box Derby
Soap Box Derby is a hilarious activity that brings out the best in people. The designs never cease to amaze us, neither does the desire to dress up as Dick Dastardly or Penelope Pitstop. It’s not all about speed (but it helps).
There are several heats all based around teams’ creativity and innovation. The design will earn you as many points as taking the chequered flag! After qualifiers, teams hit the design workshops where they can buy all manner of parts and materials to build and dress their racers. Everyone must compete in heats, and even pass an MOT before they take part in the final race.
15) Multi-Activity Days
Multi activity days are a brilliant event for the right audience. Activities include Rage Buggy Driving, Sheep / Dog Handling and more. Multi Activity Days are a great way to have fun with your colleagues, clients or employees and make them feel better about your brand.
This day is designed as an event that gives your guests the opportunity to take part in activities that they normally do not have access to.
16) Bear Grylls Survival
The iconic Bear Grylls Survival Challenge is the ultimate team building experience! Our outdoor team building events foster the central dynamics of team performance, such as communication, development, motivation, leadership, trust, and integrity. The dynamics can be subtly integrated or used as a specific platform to draw out natural talents to create high-performing teams. However, the most crucial element, which is always the backbone of any team building event, is fun!
17) HAKA Energiser
The Haka Energiser is a unique new gig that will leave your audience or team feeling fired up and ready to go, whatever their hobby or goal. Our performers are all of Māori descent, so you know you’re getting 100% authenticity and not just a gimmick or dance. Our chief and his tribe will take you on a journey to learn more about their history, introduce you to their core values of Unity, Family, Looking after one another and love. We can then tailor make this masterclass into either a fun yet informative exercise or go deeper into learning more about yourselves through the add on of an Identity workshop; where you’ll figure a little more about who you are, where you come from and knowing what you’re willing to stand for or against.