Looking for team building activities Manchester teams will enjoy more than the usual pub quiz? This page brings together local suppliers and UK-wide providers who will run sessions at your office or at their venue. Pick from glass blowing, cookery, drumming, foraging, beekeeping, improv and more, for a team of six or a group of two hundred. Planning team building events in Manchester or one of your corporate away days? Use the filters to sort by in-person or virtual, type of activity and what it’s good for. Send your enquiry through EmEx and it goes straight to the provider. There’s no booking fee and no commission.
Want more ideas? Browse the full Something Different directory, see outdoor and nature team building, or compare team building in London. The CIPD’s guide to wellbeing at work explains why good team relationships matter.
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Escape Game Events
Solve puzzles together in a hosted escape room that we set up in your office or venue.
Moment to Paws
Therapy dog visits to the workplace for wellbeing days and team events.
Moonstone Murders
Solve a live murder case with professional comedy improvisers as your suspects.
Rage Room Events
Smash old printers, electronics and ceramics in a safe mobile rage room that comes to your venue.
Restocked CIC
Creative workshops on furniture reuse, repair and practical skills, run by a circular economy charity.
The Creative Society Manchester
Beginner-friendly art and craft workshops led by a professional artist, for team building and wellbeing
The Traitors Team Day
A high-energy Traitors-inspired team game ~ great for trust & communication.
Adventures with Flowers
Connecting people with nature and their gardens as the antidote to burnout
Art4Space
Repair broken pottery with gold, or make a mosaic together, in a hands-on arts workshop for your team
BADA Corporate
Your leaders practise communication and presence through actor-training exercises in workshops of up to 12.
Beat Goes On
STOMP-style body percussion & global rhythms for corporate team connection
Bees & Refugees
Try beekeeping, beeswax candle making and honey tasting with your team, at your workplace or our venue.
Bermondsey Street Bees
Your team learns beekeeping and tastes honey with a beekeeper and a Honey Sommelier, at your site or theirs.
Big Beat
Drum samba or play Boomwhackers as one band, from team days to conference openers for up to 1,000.
Bikeworks
Build bikes as a team, tackle fun challenges, then gift the bikes to charity.
Breakout Liverpool
Split into small teams and race the clock to solve puzzles and escape one of 8 themed rooms.
Calming Spot
Sound bath, breathwork and yoga sessions that help your team slow down and reset.
Clara Kintsugi
Mend broken ceramics together in a calm, screen-free kintsugi workshop.
Corporate Clown
Half-day or full-day clowning workshops on teamwork, leadership and communication, across the UK.
couch + cork
Interactive virtual wine and cocktail tastings, creative workshops and trivia for corporate teams.
Create Your Team Theme Song
Teams write original lyrics for their own theme song and take home a recording, led by a songwriter.