Team building
Team challenges
Undertaking a Team Challenge at Hackney City Farm involves a group of employees completing a series of volunteering tasks at the farm on behalf of their company. The challenges take the place of a normal working day and are generally hands on practical tasks.
Team tasks could involve practical conservation work such as pond-building or path maintenance or more carpentry based tasks such as construction of compost heaps or animal pens. There are also opportunities to work with the animals , take part in decorating or maintain our tranquil garden areas.
As well as raising your company profile within the local community, these tasks can help to build relationships within teams, boost morale , and provide an opportunity for employees to interact with each other in a non-work setting. This in turn can have a beneficial effect on productivity as employees return to work feeling motivated and inspired. After completing a team challenge at Hackney City Farm your employees will go away with a sense of achievement and most importantly of all will have had a really enjoyable day!
The role of the Team Leader
To enable the team challenge to run smoothly on the day, Hackney City Farm encourages one of the team members to nominate themselves as Team Leader to oversee the planning and preparation of the challenge, act as point of reference between the team and the farm and co-ordinate their colleagues on the day of the challenge.
Team tasks can be arranged to suit the needs of your group, taking into account the number of participants and range of abilities.
If you would like to have more information about the team challenges contact:
Charlotte, volunteer co-ordinator on 020 7729 6391 or
‘We enjoyed the day … though
it was hard work!’ said team captain
Kate Rogers