Corporate Volunteering and partnerships
Boost teamwork and wellbeing while supporting our community with Oxford City Farm’s Team Challenge Days.
Our much-requested Team Challenge Days offer a unique setting for team-building, corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and employee wellbeing.
Whether you choose a one-off team day or an ongoing partnership, you'll be providing vital support to our growing farm & community activities, while strengthening teamwork & camaraderie in your team. You'll even learn some new skills!
Why Choose Us?
Promote Teambuilding, Bonding & Communication: Strengthen your team dynamics through group activities in a unique outdoor setting.
Staff wellbeing: Nurture your employees’ physical & mental wellbeing with a combination of physical activity, interaction, and connection with nature.
Skill Development: Learn new skills related to farming, gardening, and environmental conservation.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Demonstrate your commitment to social responsibility and environmental stewardship.
Help our farm with vital time & funding: As a busy working farm, we'll always need help to achieve our goals, and you'll be helping get us there!
What people say about our sessions:
“Very enjoyable and informative”
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“Facilitated an excellent team building atmosphere”
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“The day was fun – hard work, but very rewarding”
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“Felt engaging and relevant to current climate situation”
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“Very enjoyable and informative” 〰️ “Facilitated an excellent team building atmosphere” 〰️ “The day was fun – hard work, but very rewarding” 〰️ “Felt engaging and relevant to current climate situation” 〰️
What We Offer
Given the dynamic nature of farm life, your activities will vary with seasons and group sizes. However, you always can expect an interesting mix of considered tasks; including gardening, DIY & animal care, all supervised and beginner-friendly. Inform us of any special requirements for tailored tasks.
Guidance from experienced farm staff to ensure a safe and enjoyable volunteering experience.
Flexibility in scheduling to accommodate your team's availability.
Various team challenge activities tailored to your team's preferences and abilities.
Planting seeds and bulbs
Animal care and feeding
Painting fences and varnishing picnic tables
Pond maintenance
Weeding and mulching plots and pathways
Pruning fruit trees and harvesting crops
Managing compost heaps
Selecting the right session for you
Please use the booking link below to specify your preferred session, and let us know any special requests which we can try to accommodate. We generally need at least two weeks notice to plan and organise a session but appreciate as much notice as possible.
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Half day sessions: Wednesday or Friday afternoons, all year round.
Full day sessions: Wednesdays or Fridays, all year round. Mondays and Thursdays during school holidays only.
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Up to 10 people: £350
11-20 people: £700
21-30 people: £1000
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Up to 10 people: £550
11-20 people: £1100
21-30 people: £1600
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12:30 - Optional lunch*
13:30 - Arrival and set up
14:00 - Health & Safety briefing and Farm Tour / meet animals
14:30 - Assigning and starting tasks.
16:45 - Clean up and debrief.
17:00 - Departure
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09:30 - Arrival and set up.
9:45-10am - Health & Safety briefing and Farm Tour / meet animals
10am - 12:30pm (Option for team meeting instead of morning activity/wellbeing yoga add-on)
10:am Splitting into groups and starting tasks (option for team meeting and/or yoga session)
12:30 - Lunch*
13:30 - Activities continue
16:15 - Clean up and debrief
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Option to either bring your own lunch, or arrange lunch with one of our OX4 Food Crew partners to cater some delicious food for your event.
Our recommended community catering groups/social enterprises, pricing from £10 pp (exclusive of VAT)
For group sizes over 20 we can offer a shared lunch option where part of your group will prepare salads and lunch items in our community kitchen facilitated by our Kitchen Lead on Wednesdays or Fridays.
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If you'd like an added wellness focus to your day, we can partner with local studios to offer yoga and movement sessions in our yurt, for groups up to 12 people. For larger groups we can rotate between farming & wellness sessions.
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We have a fully heated and electrified yurt available for meetings for group size 25 and sheltered outdoor meeting space for up to 40 people if you would like to incorporate business planning into your schedule while at the farm.
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Unfortunately we cannot provide refunds for poor weather. As a working farm, we need to tend to crops & our animals even when the weather is grizzly, and it can even be fun to get out in the elements! Lunch and team meetings can still take place under cover.
If the weather is extreme and we can't go ahead with the planned Team Challenge activities, we'll offer an alternative date.
Cancellations made within 14 days of the booking will be charged at 50% of the fee to cover the costs of staffing & admin, and compensate for the loss of other booking.
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Yes, get in touch for the general template used for volunteering sessions. This may be adapted if a specific or technical task is planned for your session such as fence post installation.
