Could a school provide the ideal team building venue?

The ideal team building venue: could it be your local school? 

Team building and corporate away days are a cornerstone offering of any business’s employee training & development – often making a positive contribution to morale & motivation, employee well-being and idea generation, galvanising your team(s) and bringing them closer together. As such, finding the ideal team building venue – somewhere that has the capacity, equipment & amenities, affordability and access – is essential to this event being a success. So, could your local school be the answer? 

Your local school could provide the ideal team building venue

Hiring school facilities may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the ideal team building venue! However, schools and their numerous – and often very generous – facilities offer a multitude of benefits to businesses looking to hose team building or corporate away days, such as: 

Affordability: schools often rent their facilities out at extremely reasonable prices to their local community, meaning that hiring out a hall for a conference or a classroom for a small team gathering is likely to work out as much cheaper than hiring a purpose-built space intended specifically for corporate use. 

Location & transport links: schools tend to be located in the very heart of a community and, as such, are not only easy to find and to get to, but are well-placed to local transport links – often within walking distance of a main bus route or train station. 

Parking & accessible spaces: what’s more, schools often benefit from off-road parking and, within this, offer accessible parking spaces. Alternatively, any schools – perhaps in more built up areas – that don’t benefit from their own, private car park and/or off-road parking will likely be able to provide your team with details of nearby off-road parking. 

Accessible toilets & other amenities: schools often benefit from accessible toilets and other helpful amenities such as break out areas, tea & coffee making facilities and kitchenettes, and tables and chairs, offering your team everything they may need to enjoy a comfortable day all in one place. 

Generous spaces and large capacities: by their very nature, schools cater for high numbers of people, offering generously sized spaces that can comfortably house entire teams; with some school halls able to take up to 180 people. This is especially relevant to organisation-wide conference meetings or away days.

Flexibility & multi-use spaces: school facilities also offer flexibility and spaces that can be used for various activities. A classroom, for example, can be easily used both as a presentation space or a lecture/meeting room for a motivational speaker. Typically, their size and equipment makes a school’s facilities adaptable. 

Ultimately, hiring school facilities for your next team building day makes sense! Schools offer affordable, flexible spaces close to public transport links with various other amenities to help make your next team building day comfortable and enjoyable for your employees. 

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