Team Away Days

Create stronger teams, clearer direction & lasting momentum

What does your team need most right now?

A successful team away day is about more than just bringing people together. It creates the space to strengthen relationships, address important issues, align around priorities and agree what happens next.

Yet many away days are planned around activities, locations and logistics without anyone stopping to ask what needs to be different afterwards.

The result?

A day that everyone enjoys, but one that has little lasting impact.

The most effective away days start with clarity on what the team needs, the outcomes you’re aiming for and how you’ll make the time together count.

What should your away day focus on?

Every team is different, but most away days are designed around one of four outcomes:

Strengthening team effectiveness

Improve collaboration, communication and ways of working to help the team perform at its best.

Designed for teams that want to tackle challenges, build trust, increase accountability and achieve better results together.

Recovery &
reset

Create space to pause, reflect and recharge after a period of pressure, change or uncertainty.

Ideal for teams experiencing fatigue, navigating transition, or needing to regroup around what’s most important moving forward.

Celebration & recognition

Take time to celebrate success, recognise achievements and strengthen team connections.

Perfect for teams that have delivered through a demanding period, reached a significant milestone or simply need space to appreciate and reconnect with one another.

Improving strategic alignment

Build a shared understanding of priorities, goals and direction so everyone is moving forward together.

Best suited to teams that need clarity, alignment and focus to deliver their strategy with greater confidence and impact.

Not sure what focus you need?

That is exactly why we created our free Team Away Day Assessment.

Answer 12 simple agree-or-disagree statements and receive a personalised report, based on your organisation’s current situation and priorities.

Your tailored guide will give you:

your recommended type of away day
a checklist to help you get clarity on what needs to be considered during the planning process
content ideas to help you to create an engaging and interactive event
recommended next steps to make sure you create lasting impact beyond the day itself.
Free to complete. Personalised results in just a few minutes.

Why getting the focus right matters

Most teams benefit from stepping away from the day-to-day. But stepping away alone is not enough.

When an away day has a clear purpose, it can help people:

strengthen relationships and trust
align teams around important priorities
improve collaboration and accountability
tackle issues that are getting in the way
renew energy, motivation and connection
leave with clear actions and shared ownership

Without that clarity, even the best venue and most creative activities can leave people unsure about what the day was meant to achieve.

A great away day should feel worthwhile on the day &
make a difference when everyone gets back to work.

Making your time together count

At Tandem, we design and facilitate away days that balance meaningful work with genuine connection.

We start by understanding your organisation, your people and what you need the day to achieve. From there, we create a bespoke experience that is relevant, engaging and grounded in the realities of your team. Our support can include:

Clarifying the outcomes

Defining what people need to understand, discuss, decide or do differently as a result of the day.

Designing the agenda

Creating the right balance of input, discussion, reflection, activities and practical action.

Facilitating the conversation

Helping people participate openly, explore important issues constructively and remain focused on the purpose of the day.

Turning discussion into action

Capturing clear outputs, commitments and ownership so the impact continues once people return to work.

Why choose Tandem?

We help organisations create team away days that are engaging, purposeful and memorable.

We do not begin with an off-the-shelf agenda. We work alongside you to understand your context, clarify your priorities and design an experience around what will be most useful for your people.

You can expect:

bespoke design tailored to your objectives
engaging and interactive content
skilled, independent facilitation
space for open and constructive conversation
practical outputs and agreed actions
support before, during and after the event

Through planning, team development and expert facilitation, we work alongside you to make sure your investment creates value beyond the day itself.

Team Away Day Facilitation from £1,950 + VAT

For teams of up to 20 people – speak to us is you have more participants

Every away day is designed around your objectives, audience and context. We’ll discuss what you want the day to achieve and recommend the most appropriate format and level of support.

What our clients say

"Tandem didn’t just facilitate our away day. They brought it to life. The time they invested to understand our business, our people and what we wanted to achieve made all the difference. On the day, everyone was engaged, not just the most outgoing. We left with practical actions, ideas, new connections and a real sense of team spirit. Their fresh perspective encouraged honest conversations and helped us think differently about the opportunities ahead."

"I highly recommend Tandem to plan and facilitate any team away days. We were so impressed with their understanding of us as an organisation, the time they took to really understand what we need and our team dynamic. The agendas, content and activities were perfectly pitched to our staff and everyone enjoyed the days instead of dreading them. They were brilliant at keeping everyone on track and to time, are firm but not intimidating and make everyone feel valued."

"Tandem delivered a stimulating, fruitful and enjoyable away-day for the board of trustees and senior leadership. I was most impressed by their ability to pick up on and tune into the brief. They had a strong instinct for pace, when to press us and when to allow us to simply become aware of things. This made for a very natural and open conversation. It was what everyone had to say that mattered!"

Ready to make your next away day count?

If you already have an idea of what your team needs, book a free, no-obligation conversation with Tandem co-founder, Hayley Parker, to explore your objectives and how we could support you.

If you’re not sure where to begin, find out more about team away days and how to make them worth the investment.