Our Build a Bike team building workshop is a unique group activity, combining a fun, interactive social activity with a charity element – you’ll be creating working bikes that will be donated to charity to make a real difference to people’s lives.
Our team building Build a Bike activity is empowering and exciting, engaging every participant in a collaborative challenge, designed to test your teamwork skills. Createa lasting legacy with a team event that promotes community wellbeing, demonstrates corporate social responsibility (CSR), and ends with a practical charity donation.
Just some of the charities that have received bikes from charity team building events run by Team Tactics in the past include Porchlight, the National Autistic Society, and London Early Years Foundation.
“Teams build real, working bicycles from scratch through a series of hands-on challenges, then donate every finished bike to a chosen charity. It’s a hybrid of proper team-building (communication, problem-solving, fun) and genuine CSR impact. This is a hugely popular team activity.”
Our Build a Bike team building event is a popular and proven way to put your team’s problem-solving skills to the test in a technical yet fun environment. Available as either an indoor or outdoor team activity, this interactive, practical challenge is a fantastic way to give back to the community and reward your team at the same time.
Support a charity of your choice, as you learn new skills, and enjoy some healthy competition. Build a Bike for Charity to make a real difference to someone’s life, before taking part in a series of 20-minute challenges like the Team Tyre Challenge and The Slow Race, where the slowest BMX rider wins the race.
At the end of the event, your host will ensure all of the bikes you’ve built are thoroughly checked, before they’re donated to your chosen charity.
Package includes
Pre-event management, including support via phone and email
Fun and engaging team challenges
Full event management from the experienced team at Team Tactics
Public liability insurance of up to £5 million
All equipment provided
Delivery of your completed bikes to our charity partners
What To Expect From Your Build a Bike Team Building Workshop
Here’s what you can expect during your charity bike building team building event:
1. Welcome & Intro
Your host for the day will arrive at the venue ahead of time to make sure everything is set up and ready to go when your team arrives. They’ll welcome everyone to the session and introduce what you’ll be working on together before you get started.
2. Test Your Skills
The event begins with a team challenge designed to put your skills to the test, as you fashion a working belt from an old (clean!) tyre.
3. Build a Bike for Charity
You’ll work together as a team to build a 3-wheel bike from scratch, before guiding it around a course. And there’s a twist – the cyclist will have their vision removed, making teamwork and communication more important than ever.
4. Go Head-to-Head
Your Build a Bike for Charity host will keep energy levels high with some healthy competition on the day. Teams will go head-to-head to remove and refit a tyre and inner tube in the fastest time, before competing to be crowned the slowest BMX rider of all – it’s much harder than it sounds!
5. Keep The Fun Flowing
After your event, you’ll have the option to continue the fun with drinks or dinner at a venue of your choice, so you can discuss your creations and cement team bonds further.
Why Choose Our Charity Bike Team Building Activity
Our Build a Bike team building activity is one of our most popular charity-focused events, providing teams with the chance to make a tangible difference to people’s lives. Choosing this event is an opportunity to give back to your team and the wider community as part of your corporate social responsibility strategy.
The Bike Build team building challenge is fully mobile, so we can come to you, and we handle absolutely everything, from planning to set-up and the post-event clean-up. Team Tactics looks after every little detail, so your corporate event or company social runs seamlessly from start to finish.
"I had the pleasure of participating in Team Tactics’ Build a Bike event, and it was an incredibly rewarding experience. The activity was well-organised, fun, and gave our team a meaningful way to give back to the community.
Knowing the bikes would go to children who might not otherwise have one added a real sense of purpose. The facilitators created a supportive, inclusive atmosphere and ensured everything ran smoothly.
A fantastic team-building experience that combines collaboration, enjoyment, and making a genuine difference."
Virginia, Check Marx
Bespoke Options
We can’t change many elements of this event as it’s so unique however we can design a fully bespoke day around your needs. Just get in touch with the team to discuss.
FAQs
How We Deliver Your Team Building Build a Bike Event
1. Initial Consultation
We start with an initial discussion to find out what you’d like to achieve from your event. We’ll also talk about your budget, potential dates, preferred venue, and number of attendees, so we can create an event tailored to your company.
2. Venue Sourcing
Our Build a Bike for Charity team building activity is a mobile event that can be delivered at your chosen venue, anywhere in the UK.
3. Planning, Logistics & More
Team Tactics takes care of all of the planning, logistics and coordination for your bike build team building event, including equipment, timings, and preferred setup, so everything can run smoothly on the day.
4. Event Setup
We set up every detail on the day, so you just need to arrive ready to get stuck in and have a good time.
5. On-The-Day Management
On the day of your event, your host will lead the activity and provide continued support, while keeping the energy up, and making sure everyone is enjoying themselves.
6. Clean-Up and Pack Down
We’ll clear everything away after the activity, so you can get on with the rest of your day without having to tidy up – it’s all part of the Team Tactics service.
Benefits of Our Charity Bike Build Team Building Event
1. Reward Hard Work
Show your people that you recognise their hard work with a day out of the office trying something different together as a team. Our Build a Bike team building event is a great way to kick off your team social, with the option to continue your celebrations elsewhere afterwards.
2. Test Collaboration & Communication
Clear communication is integral to our Bike Build team building charity event. Developing these skills out of the office means they’ll flourish when team members get back to the 9 to 5, benefiting day-to-day collaboration.
3. Improve Culture & Morale
The opportunity to share a memorable experience away from the office, cement team bonds, and take part in fun, competitive challenges can help to boost overall workplace culture and team morale.
4. Boost Confidence
Successfully completing our Build a Bike team building activity often gives participants a big confidence boost, as they recognise what their skills and teamwork can achieve.
5. Give Something Back
Our Charity Bike Build team building event is the perfect opportunity to give back to the community, as part of your company’s commitment to CSR.
Why Choose Team Tactics
30 years
Founded in 1996, we've supported teams through every high and low. With decades of insight, we know what truly works.
Family-run
As a family-run business, we bring a personal, friendly approach with deep-rooted values.
Rated Excellent
From planning to delivery, our team makes every step seamless. We're rated Excellent for good reason.
Award Winning
Our events don't just make an impact; they win awards. Trusted by industry experts and loved by attendees.
Positively Different
Our business is now B Corp Certified - delivering events that are as sustainable and ethical as they are memorable.
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Everyone did such a great job and I love the fact that its a CSR event but its different to what other companies offer. Anyone who is an animal lover will want to do this. I'm so pleased we were able to and just want to say a big thank you to everyone for making our event so amazing! Team Tactics team planned and delivered the day really well. Everyone agreed the day was particularly well-judged regarding the tone which was upbeat despite Pumpkin’s background circumstances. We came away feeling we had made a difference and achieved a great deal, as well as the team having bonded and worked together through the tasks. We were really impressed!Wheels for Walkies
The Team Tactics team were great in helping to organise this session in the limited timescales we have and with the flexibility to run this session from our office, in a shortened timescale. Ellie was a great events lead, bringing energy (as well as getting everyone to settle down where excited!) to our group who were definitely very pleased with the activity. The kick off was very seamless, and Ellie got us out the office quickly (as well as round up equally speedily), which was fantastic to enable us to take advantage of the shortened time we had for the activity vs. the standard.The Royal Quest
WOW WOW WOW!!
Bruce and team were sensational yesterday at our event.
Everyone LOVED them and I have never seen so many people smile and be willing to get involved with an activity before!
They blew us away with the Haka, the messages and information on their tribes and Bruce’s humour – just incredible!The Haka
Our team is largely remote which can mean organising events in person can be difficult as we're not always sure who will actually turn up! Team Tactics were patient with this and accommodating as we had to change the numbers a couple of times leading up to the event.
On the day it was great to have an event planner and the ipads tracking the opposing teams scores were fun but also slick.Yuletide Treasure Hunts
Great experience throughout from the planning before the event right the way through. Would highly recommend for any corporate team building exercise. The team LOVED the Wheelies for Walkies event. Thank you Abbie, Ellie and team.Wheels for Walkies
Thank you so much for two excellent events. The quality of equipment and new resources for super fun games have been amazing - super friendly staff too with great personalities adding to the fun. Everyone who has been involved in these events has thanked me immensely but I know all the thanks is for Team Tactics!London Game of Zones
Really happy with the event - Tim managed to get the entire team engaged and working together, and the 2 hours flew by. Would recommend this event to others looking for a corporate team building event (in fact, I have already recommended Team Tactics to someone at another company).Grab The Grinch
We had a great time yesterday – Ellie and Paige were fantastic. Thank you so much.Lucy
Just to say a huge thank you to you for putting together what most members of my team have called the best away day ever! We had a great time, I for one will be trying to recreate the meals & cocktails over Christmas. We are going to need to top this next year!!Cook, Eat and Be Merry
Huge thanks to you, Melissa, Tracey and the team for all your hard work in putting the Crystal Challenge together. Tracey and the girls were truly amazing yesterday and everyone really enjoyed our day despite the rain. I am pleased the event is over. It’s been a great experience though.
Once again, thank you very much! I look forward to working with you and the team in the future.The Crystal Challenge
The event itself was fantastically run. I’d arranged to have a telephone call with Jem the day before where we discussed exactly what I wanted to achieve from this workshop and how it would interlink with our main goals as a company for this year. It was nice to do something different which involved everyone taking part and working together as well as having some fun at the same time.Circus Skills Workshop
The event was A HIT!!! Everyone really seemed to love it! I’m so so thankful to you and your team for all efforts to make this happen (especially with the late notice). We’re still in the process of gathering formal feedback from the attendees, but so far it’s definitely one of the favorite portions of the programming.
I could not be happier with the result of the team tactics session! I’m so so grateful and I even mentioned to the girls at the event that I would be happy to share Team Tactics information for other admins (&/or event planners) in our company to reach out.
Thanks so much- I know we will work together again!Micki
It was a great day and what we all needed thank you so much for supporting us in making it happen. We will be in touch for the next one!Sati
Thanks to you and the full team for a great session! The team LOVED it!BAT
Thank you so much, we all had a great time on Friday. The weather obviously helped.London Canal Quest
We recently participated in a fantastic team event hosted by Team Tactics. It was an incredible experience for a worthy cause. This was our second time working with them, and once again, they did not disappoint. Ellie and her team were fabulous hosts, ensuring that everyone had a great time. Our team particularly enjoyed seeing the dogs, which added a special touch to the afternoon. We couldn't have asked for a better experience and look forward to working with Team Tactics again in the future.Sasha
I just wanted to say an absolutely huge thank you for making the Bupa Team Health Challenge at the London stadium in September such a success! We were absolutely delighted with the final output and the experience we created for our guests.
We have seen some incredible results with 100% of people saying the day increased their awareness of the benefits of a diverse workforce, 100% people rated the event 10/10 and we achieved an NPS score of 100.
These are remarkable results and you were a huge part of creating this magic! I was so busy I didn’t even get to really see you on the day which was a shame but I know what a truly amazing job you did! Thanks so much again.Samantha
Thank you for the follow up email. It was a great session, I wasn’t actually in the room at the start but I was walking back to the main room and I could hear roars of laughter as they guys were so funny and had captured the audience perfectly. Everyone left the event on a real high and I am very grateful for this.
Please pass on my thanks to Bruce, what a genuinely lovely person.Caroline
Employee feedback was that they enjoyed seeing other colleagues and the informality of being together. There’s an intrinsic value to that time together that’s often underestimated. Many of our colleagues don’t have an office environment or set working location, and for them it was especially enjoyable. We hadn’t held an event like this for three or four years, so Bigger Picture was a valuable team building opportunity not just post-merger, but post-COVID.Carl
From start to finish, working with Team Tactics was fantastic and the team were a joy to work with; they made the booking process very easy and were communicative and pro-active the entire time.
The actual event itself was amazing; a truly great event: the members from Team Tactics were superb, very fun and engaging and Helen and Vicky from the charity Broken Biscuits were wonderful (please pass on our thanks to them for coming and for joining in so much with the team) and how we ever let dear little Minnie and Zoe the dogs out of the building I’ll never know – they were fantastic!!Vicki
I wanted to pass on our thanks for the treasure hunt event. The team thoroughly enjoyed it and the photos are brilliant. The feedback across the board has been excellent too.
Additionally, I would say thank you to Rebecca and Seb. They did a fabulous job setting the teams up with their packs, explaining how the game works and wrapping it up at the end. Great job.Gary
We booked the sound bath for 160 team members (in two groups of 80) The feedback from the team has been phenomenal. Some colleagues were highly sceptical/curious about this type of activity. The staff, the ambience, the instructor - nothing to fault. Highly recommend.Alice
Paige and Marie-Louise were great hosts, they took the time to explain each session thoroughly and were friendly and bubbly throughout! My team took part in The Rat Trap and Around the World, which were great challenges that got my team thinking outside of the box and collaborating.
I would definitely use Team Tactics again!Khia
I wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts on the fantastic service we received for our group evening event, ""Around the World in 80 Minutes."" From start to finish, the experience was nothing short of exceptional.
First and foremost, the organisation and planning were impeccable. The team was incredibly attentive to our needs and ensured that every detail was taken care of, making the evening seamless and enjoyable for all attendees.Nichola
A great team building and bonding afternoon doing the Apprentice Treasure Hunt, I would strongly recommend. Many thanks to our event host, Paige, she was supper accommodating with our timings and a great help with sorting teams.Charlotte
The event was extremely successfully it achieved our objective of getting the teams to have fun and to bond as a team. I would highly recommend this team building activity to all business. A special thank you our facilitator Julie.Suzanna
Our Charity Bike Build team building event is fully mobile, so we can deliver the session at your workplace or another venue of your choice, either indoors or outdoors. We’re happy to travel across the UK, whether you’re based in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, or anywhere else.
Our Build a Bike team building activity is designed to last for 1.5 hours indoors, or 2.5 hours outdoors, making it an ideal length for a team social after work or to give your team an early finish.
Our Charity Build a Bike team building activity is suitable for groups of 20 up to 500 people, making it ideal for a company social, summer party, Christmas do, or away day.
All of our events can be adapted to suit every participant’s needs. Talk to us about any accessibility requirements during your initial discussion with Team Tactics.
Yes, the Build a Bike team building workshop can be customised with your company’s branding, or the branding of the charity you’re supporting. We can also run themed competitions on the day to make the experience completely unique. Talk to us about creating a bespoke event during your initial consultation.
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