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We have perfect events for your team!
2024 is the time to get colleagues in shape as a re-energised, motivated team! We deliver high quality outdoor events for many UK companies, and whether your organisation wants a mass engagement event for the wellbeing of thousands of employees, an unforgettable challenge for a group of achievers, or a company-wide charity fundraising initiative – we have an event for you – and we’ll tailor it to meet your objectives, match your values, and leave a lasting impact.
For 20 years we’ve organised challenge events in the UK, Europe, and Worldwide for groups, companies, and charities – and our events have helped to raise over £100 million for UK charities. We’ve devised & delivered some of the best corporate challenges for many top UK companies – with Tesco, British Gas, Marks & Spencer, Harrods, DHL, Blackrock, HSBC, PWC, Citibank, Dell, and Centrica being just some which have trusted us to stage world class events for their colleagues & teams.
So whether it’s a group of hikers bonding on one of our famous UK Ultra Challenge events, a bespoke multi day challenge that can really test & develop a leadership team, or even a mass engagement ‘virtual’ challenge to connect all your offices & people wherever they sit in your organisation – perhaps linked with fundraising for your special charity – we’ll craft the ideal event!
Bespoke packages
Unlike most event organisers, we have a full toolkit available to ensure that your challenge event will genuinely work for your company. Our experienced team will lead the way managing the development of your brief, handling any administration, creating registration platforms, building a bespoke challenge website to help drive recruitment, and a tailored App based participant communications journey. We also conduct the route & risk planning stages – and then full operational delivery of the event.
Our flagship mass participation challenges, with 14 events across UK each year, 30,000 or so participants tackling 25 km, 50 km, or even 100 km on foot whilst fundraising over £7 million for our charity partners. Many corporate clients have teams of all sizes taking part, some with extra hospitality packages, and all getting a top quality, accessible, risk free, great value event – without the hassle of organising their own!
If you want something unique, and shaped for your company from the outset – whether it’s hiking, running, cycling, swimming or a mix – in the UK, Europe, or overseas – for as few as 15 to a thousand colleagues – we’ve planned & operated hundreds of events for our clients, and understand the detail & energy needed to deliver low risk, great value, and unforgettable experiences!
We can create a Challenge App, or website, for a Bespoke Challenge, which houses all the info about the event, and will carry your company branding, and makes the whole participnt admin process & communication journey efficient and professional.
2020 ‘lockdowns’ enabled us to develop a class leading platform for operating any ‘Virtual Challenge’ – and the options are as good as your imagination! It could be individuals or teams, walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, head shaving, or whatever – with single offices or worldwide locations from 100 to 50,000 participants – and with a challenge ‘app’ to bring it all alive!
Virtual challenges are a fantastic and flexible way to engage large audiences – including suppliers & customers alongside colleagues. If paired with a parallel centrepiece ‘real physical’ event – there’s now an unbeatable ‘hybrid’ model available to really capture the imagination of colleagues!
We deal directly with over 500 UK charities – including all the major ones, and we fully understand how the sector operates – what works well as a fundraising challenge and what doesn’t – and how to go about getting all the details right first time.
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Overseas CHALLENGES
Harrods were looking for inspirational events for a mixed group of colleagues to take on as a motivational challenge – and to raise funds for their ‘charity of the year’ – which was a partnership with NSPCC. Two ‘classic’ challenges in consecutive years provided that unforgettable journey – and real-life group bonding experiences which can never be replicated in the conference rooms!
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BESPOKE CHALLENGES
Over 4,000 Tesco colleagues took part in the Land’s End to John O’Groats Relay via a meandering 2400 km route taking in many supermarkets & depots. We planned all aspects of the event, with our crews managing the risk, safety, hospitality, and operations for over a month on the road as the relay torch headed north, and brought it all alive with a bespoke website for registration, comms, and fundraising. The event raised over £1 million for British Heart Foundation & Diabetes UK, and also won ‘Challenge Event of the Year’ at the Business Charity Awards 2018.
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A FULL JOURNEY...
Our partnership started with a group Kilimanjaro climb for a group of 30 colleagues which included call centre workers. engineers, and the CEO – with fundraising for ‘Make A Wish’. The following year it was an epic 1000 mile round Britain cycle ride for 200 employees and suppliers – fundraising for GOSH. ‘British Gas Treks Britain’ followed for 2 years – where we delivered a series of regional events for thousands of employees with their friends & families. Participants signed up via a challenge website we produced – chose a 10 km walk, a half or full marathon trek, and to also join the lively ‘family fun days’ at the event hubs, and was part of a partnership with the charity Shelter, which raised over £750k.
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BESPOKE VIRTUAL CHALLENGE
An electric van was driven the length of Britian – Lands End to John O’Groats – visiting Centrica offices enroute, and teams of employees mirrored the route ‘virtually’ by clocking up miles walking, jogging, running, or cycling anywhere at anytime during the month. To make it inclusive & accessible – other non physical activities were awarded miles, so everyone could move along the virtual map – and help raise funds for the charity Carers UK.
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ULTRA CHALLENGE PACKAGE
A group of 50 or so Allianz colleagues took on the tough first 50 km of our Jurassic Coast Ultra Challenge – and had their own hospitality gazebos as part of a hospitality package. The year after – 125 of them took on the ‘accessible’ 25 km central London leg of our Thames Path Ultra Challenge – crossing 16 historic bridges with bespoke branded hospitality star tent marquees at the start & finish – and a great celebration atmosphere with medals & a glass or two of fizz!
More Case Studies
Looking for a memorable event to energise & motivate your Team, without the hassle & high costs of organising your own, or the risks with an unproven supplier? An Ultra Challenge® gets colleagues active & bonding on a fun, accessible, safe, high quality outdoors event – ideal for a wide range of ages & athletic abilities, and perfect to boost wellbeing, loyalty, and perhaps support your ‘charity of the year’. Teams can be of any size – take on a distance that suits them, at their pace – there’re 14 fantastic events to choose from, with optional extra hospitality packages available if you want to make it your own special event. Time to plan your team’s 2023 challenge!
100,000 adventurers have taken on an Ultra Challenge®, raising over £40 million for charities, and the 14 unique events make up the UK’s biggest & best series of treks & runs. Whichever challenge you choose, and whether you take on 10 km, 25 km, 50 km, or 100 km, you’ll get full support so you can set a new goal, enjoy the great British outdoors, and push yourself further on a high quality inspirational event.
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