Team Building

Yorkshire holds an array of activities which will get your delegates a little hot under the collar, whilst turning your events and conferences into something your guests certainly won’t forget.

Yorkshire South

Incentives and ground breaking team building ideas are a specialty in Yorkshire South. From adrenaline filled adventures to the sedate and pampered, the region has an option for every conference organiser to add value to their event.

If your delegates have an interest in golf they can play during day or night in Yorkshire South. By night, Sheffield International Venues have introduced their innovative night golf package, where you are free to roam the picturesque grounds of Beauchief Abbey with its lit fairway and luminous balls.

For a little more adventure, take a personal training session with a GB Diver at Ponds Forge Sheffield, or take to the water outdoors at Rother Country Park. If getting wet or going head to head is not for you embark on an environmental day at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve home to the UK’s leading conservation charity or experience duck herding at magnificent stately homes like Chatsworth House.

Indoors, take a 150ft leap at converted Templeborough Steelworks – Magna, as part of the Awesome Foursome which combines a bungee jump, powerfan, abseil and zip wire activities for an adrenaline filled package. Learn to rock climb at the Doncaster Dome or ice skate at Ice Sheffield – you could even challenge your colleagues to Giant Ice Cube Curling and see how you fair. Continuing the competitive theme, the Olympic Training Centre English Institute of Sport Sheffield allow groups to thrash it out while playing mini ice hockey or going up against each other in gladiator style competitions with giant inflatables, obstacle courses, rugby and boxing. Alternatively, enjoy a snooker tournament at the World Snooker Academy hosted by one of the award-winning snooker greats – the tournament winner will receive the prize of all prizes when they play the host – a famous snooker legend.

If you’re looking for a tastier menu organise a special demonstration at the award winning gastro pub The Milestone and allow delegates to see how the professionals cook. Your guests will pick up tips from the experts before sitting down for a meal to remember. Alternatively, whet your appetitive and sip ice cold champagne as you explore the latest Tate and V&A collections at Millennium Gallery.


Conference Leeds

Harewood House, Leeds
The magnificent setting of Harewood House, the home of the Earl and Countess of Harewood provides a magnificent setting for a great range of activities. Harewood Hospitality & Events likes to encourage clients to mix a little business with leisure. Partnering up with the prestigious Yorkshire Outdoor Activities Management team the venue can offer a wide range of in-house teambuilding activities and programs.

This magnificent setting in the heart of Yorkshire can provide the backdrop for scenario-based events including adventure hunts and spy days tailor-made for Harewood, multi-activity events including puzzle solving, driving games, blindfold climbing and  bridge building,  'A Taste of Yorkshire’ - a classic day of country pursuits combined with Yorkshire style hospitality and catering or a variety of indoor activities including pottery, chocolate making, Salsa dancing and culinary treats.

Games lounge at National Media Museum – introduced late March 2010
The National Media Museum in Bradford’s Games Lounge is a brand new attraction where corporate event guests can plug into the history of videogaming, play classic, groundbreaking games in their original arcade or console formats and discover the story behind a global phenomenon.

Asteroids, Manic Miner, Frogger and Street Fighter 2 – once the height of new gaming technology – were the forerunners of today’s multi-billion pound industry of Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis. Located in the Museum’s main foyer, behind the stunning glazed frontage, the Games Lounge includes these seminal games, and more, many of them in authentic arcade cabinets.

For evening corporate events including canapé receptions and bowl food parties for up to 300, or seated dinners for up to 150; guests will be able to play their way through the titles that helped videogaming become one of the most successful entertainment industries in the world; from the sensational Pong (1972) to celebrated releases from the 1990s such as Super Mario Kart and 007 Golden Eye.

Guests will be able to track the history of videogames through a giant timeline as well as view the early computers and games consoles that turned a nation on to a new pastime.

Featuring 15 titles, the Games Lounge is also the first public gallery that draws on the collection and knowledge of the National Videogame Archive (NVA). Launched in 2008 as a partnership between the National Media Museum and Nottingham Trent University, the NVA records the vital role videogames play within the national heritage and the place they now hold in modern culture.

De Vere Oulton Hall
An incredible, mid 18th century mansion with beautiful gardens converted into a luxury hotel Oulton Hall has earned its reputation as one of the leading hotels in the UK.

Guests stepping through the impressive doorway of this beautiful hotel cannot fail to be impressed by the understated luxury and attentive staff. A De Vere property, the hotel boast luxurious bedrooms, award winning cuisine, champagne bar, fabulous spa facilities and golf club.

Delegates can choose to savour the atmosphere in the exclusive restaurant, realx in the spa or challenge each other in the Golf Fun Zone. Organised and run by the club’s golf professionals, Golf Fun Zone is a great ice breaker or team building activity and the games and challenges on both the putting green and the state of the art academy, are for all skill levels, golfers and non-golfers alike.

The Cooking School at Dean Clough 
With expert tuition at the UK’s new state-of-the-art Cooking School, whatever the level of your clients' culinary experience The Cooking School will be passionate about teaching them to cook within a relaxed, beautifully designed and welcoming environment in the heart of Yorkshire at the magnificent setting of Dean Clough in Halifax.

All courses are tailored to clients' needs and take advantage of 20 individual workstations within the contemporary training kitchen.  The Cooking School teaching team is headed up by Anita Cormac OBE and special master classes feature guest celebrities; James Martin, Gary Rhodes, Gino D'Acampo, Nick Nairn, Prue Leith, the Hairy Bikers and many more.

Hull and East Yorkshire

Carlton Towers
With over 2000 acres of Parkland and Farmland to play with, Carlton Towers near Goole can easily accommodate most outdoor activities such as game fairs, rallies and concerts.

As well as being a place to relax and enjoy peaceful tranquillity, the grounds also offer the opportunity for fantastic team building events including shooting, orienteering, quad biking and much more.

Game Shooting: Carlton Towers, a unique venue for English and French Partridge and Pheasant Shooting in Yorkshire. Carlton Towers believe that shooting is only part of the day albeit a very important one, excellent shooting combined with first class hospitality is what makes shooting at Carlton towers a red letter day for the game book.

An Introduction to Game Shooting: This package has been put together for the inexperienced game shot or the total novice. Designed to give an insight into game shooting in a safe and controlled environment. The day consists of clay pigeon shooting with one to one tuition, with a series of interludes throughout the morning, where a briefing of safety, etiquette in the shooting field and the history of game shooting is explained. The afternoon session will involve a number of small drives on live game, under the direct instruction of a shooting coach giving the customer a taste of live game shooting and the chance to take a brace of bird home for the table. Guns and cartridges are provided, along with hospitality and accommodation package if required.

Shoot, cook and eat: Along similar lines of the introduction to game day, but with the added extra of a demonstration and discussion in the preparation of game for the table, by a master butcher. This is a hands-on experience and a unique opportunity to taste the game from field to table.

York and Scarborough

York Brewery
As well as the Brewery Tour, York Brewery now offers Chocolate Tasting Workshops in association with local company Little Pretty Things. Also in development is the York Brewery Heritage Ale Trail, in association with Exploring York. This will incorporate a professionally guided tour around York. In June, the Brewery are holding an away-day afternoon for William Anaelay and their employees, which include a rotation of these three activities.

Team building huskies
If you are an animal lover, Pesky Huskies (www.peskyhusky.co.uk) offer a unique opportunity to meet and work with some of the worlds most charismatic dogs.

North of England Activity Centre
If you want to offer something for everyone, the North of England Activity Centre (www.noeac.com) is the premier venue for all a great range of team building activities such as Clay Pigeon Shooting, Karting, Quads, Gliding, Off-Road Driving - and much more!

Water sports at Allerthorpe Lakeland Park
Allerthorpe Lakeland Park (www.allerthorpelakelandpark.co.uk) is set in 50 acres of grounds and lakes and offer a variety of watersports ideal for a fun teambuilding experience such as sailing, waterskiing and windsurfing.  They also have their own campsite and cafe to complete the experience.