Percentage of employers investing wellness

First steps for businesses

Headspace quoted: “Mindful people. Healthier Business” and we know that. Many businesses have made great investments into their employee wellness programs, improving staff’s day to day schedule, remote working environment and general wellbeing initiatives. Whether it’s

Investing in corporate health and wellness technology platform like Wellable or Bonusly.
Introducing little things like Midday mediations, Healthy cooking club, Online Art therapy, Walking meetings to name a few.
Many have tried remote socials and Care packs delivered to homes like those from BookBlock.com or MindFill.
Not forgetting offering staff free access to mindfulness platforms like Headspace has also been popular.

What are businesses doing now for employees?

Corporate wellness team day out by open fire

With part-time remote working here to stay, a growing number of businesses are looking to supplement their program with face to face team bonding sessions. However…

Not everyone likes mini sports days or hiking up Snowdon.

Whether it’s a company summer party, a Thank you for their hard work or part of a wider wellness program, more and more businesses are looking for something different to offer their staff. Travel logistics is often a key consideration.

Corporate experience days with a difference less than an hour from London

Here at Joy Farms we offer businesses the chance to bring small teams together to spend the day away from the office. We help them de-stress with a dose of the outdoors and take part in learning a new craft.
Our craft studio is set on our 14 acre farm and enables staff to soak up nature whilst engaging in an activity.

We tailor experience day to suit the business, often with groups of 8-10 employees at a time. Businesses can choose one or more beginner-friendly crafts like spoon carving, Botanical printing, willow Basket weaving. We host the activity on our farm in the lovely Surrey Hills and put on a rustic fireside lunch.

As well as the listed upcoming courses, we have a number of experts in their craft that we can arrange subjects include:

Corporate Team Wellness days Surrey Brochure

Greenwood spoon carving, bowl turning, stool making etc.
Bushcraft skills - including fire makeing & Baking bread on the open fire.
Foraging - local Surrey woodland walk and learn what’s edible
Art including Charcoal & pigment making from materials foraged from the farm
As well as the crafts, we can also complement the day with activities like Forest bathing and Sound baths.
See our PDF summary of corporate / team wellness day options we offer at our craft hub.
If you have a specific guest teacher in mind, we can discuss offering a facilitation service. We host the event and collaborate with the talent of your choice.
If you already have a craft or activity in mind, we have an extensive network and look to source a reputable expert in that field.
Interested in finding out more?
Read a recent blog one of our Corporate clients Chimney Fire Coffee wrote about their recent experience at Joy Farms. or Contact us to discuss a corporate experience day at Joy Farms.

Other Employee wellness ideas

Your team will be full of ideas, but if you’ve tried them all or need inspiration, here are a few sites that have published some good material.

Wellable has a number of eBooks, Webinars and useful content.
40 employee wellness ideas from Teambuilding.com
11 data-backed benefits of employee wellness programs

If you need statistics to back up why your business should invest in investing in your team taking part in crafts

New research from BBC Arts Great British Creativity Test has shown that taking part in even a small amount of creative activity can improve wellbeing. Surveys showed that many people stated that crafting was their favourite activity and made them feel happy and reduced stress.

Drexel University also discovered a 75% decrease in levels of the stress hormone Cortisol after participants had spent 45 minutes crafting.

Contact us for Corprate Days