A taste of our clients,
their corporate team day requirements and feedback

A team treat:
Hewlett Packard, Sept 2008

They required:
A day’s activities for a mixed ability group of 10 people incorporating a ‘tough’ walk and packed lunches for six fit people and an easier 2 hour walk followed by fly fishing with tea or picnic lunch for more a more ‘relaxed’ group of 4 people.

We provided:
A challenging walk for the ‘tough’ group up towards the Old Man of Coniston from Torver via Tranearth and up onto the Coniston Fells with summits in excess of 800m. The 'relaxed' group had a shorter walk towards Goats Water in the shadow of Dow Crag looking out over Coniston Water, Grizedale Forest and beyond. The 2 groups ‘bumped’ into each other mid/late morning and stopped for morning coffee and brownies. The tough group was provided with packed lunches to eat en-route and the relaxed group picnicked before their fishing.

Feedback:
Thank you very much [for] your expertise and marvellous organisation at the weekend, our day with yourselves seems to have been the highlight of the trip all round, and we’re very glad that we arranged to deal with River Deep Mountain High. I’ll be certainly bearing you in mind should I ever return to the Lake District, potentially for something more 'thrilling' like gorge walking(!) in the future.

Price Region: £60 per person

An activity day:
Gifford, May 2008

They required:
A full day team building event for a group of 19 people, some of whom were comfortable with outdoor activities and some with not much/any exposure. The aim was simply to build the team by having some fun together.

We provided:
A day of Gorge Walking and Raft Building with a buffet lunch and changing facilities at a local hotel.

Feedback:
Just would like to thank you for organising the day’s activities, lunch and hotel rooms on Friday, I’ve had nothing but very positive feedback! Everyone got a lot from the day, so it was a great success, if you could forward our thanks to the rest of your guys that ran the activities on Friday it would be much appreciated, thanks. The whole day was excellent the whole team got something out of it. The split in the day was ideal.

Price region: £102 per person

A competitive and interactive team day:
Alfred McAlpine (Now Carillion), November 2007

They required:
A venue with facilities to do a day of conferencing and a day of team building activities for a new Project Team of 25 people. Again, there was to be a mixture of people and the activities could not include anything that would put more than a light physical demand on any one person. They wanted to do something that would be fun but get people talking and interacting, It was also going to be in November.

We provided:
Help to find appropriate accommodation in a location that activities could be run from without the group needing to travel. A day of activities including a half day ‘icebreaker’ team exercise (the Holiday resort exercise) that combines archery and navigating into a fun competition between small teams and a Canoe-sailing race in slightly larger teams from the hotel across Coniston Water to Brantwood where they enjoyed afternoon tea before returning to the hotel.

Feedback:
Great day out!
It was an excellent day, the instructor was spot on. Not too much but enough info on safety.

Price Region: £96 per person

A residential with specific learning aims:
Birmingham Business School, October 2008

They required:
Accommodation and activities over 2.5 days to help a group of 32 to gel and bond as a larger group. To help individual teams within this large group gel and bond. To improve understanding of effective team skills. To improve understanding of time management, communication and negotiation. To have fun but experience a friendly-competitive environment. To understand their own personal strengths and weaknesses when working in team roles.

We provided:
Day 1 afternoon - Holiday Resort Exercise.
Day 2 - Team Challenge Day based on Coniston water - a highly structured day with a number of learning aims built in and debriefing to consolidate the team skills developed.
Day 3 - Climbing Adventure Day - group members had to conquer personal challenges as well as working together to support each other.

Feedback:
I must say that the work that Emma and Johan did last year was fabulous and the students talked about it for months afterwards.

Price Region: £125 per person for activities only

A product launch:
Navico & the Remarkable Group, June 2009

They required:
Multi-activity afternoon with a competition element for 30 journalists in order to showcase their new GPS Navigation System.

We provided:
A fun yet challenging afternoon in which the journalists were required to follow co-ordinates from their hotel, leading them along an 8km route incorporating Canoe-orienteering, Trail Biking and Walking. The day finished at a local pub for de-brief and announcement of the winning team.

Feedback:
Thanks so much to you and your team for organising a fantastic event, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day. I'll definitely be recommending River Deep to anyone visiting the Lake District.

Price Region: £86 per person

An adventure race:
Terumo, October 2008

They required:
A fun, yet competitive team event for 7 colleagues incorporating Canoeing, Walking and Mountain Biking.

We provided:
An ongoing Adventure Race in the Coniston area with all aspects of logistics and safety managed at an affordable price.

Feedback:
Suffice to say the challenge is still discussed today within the team and results argued! On a serious note we found the event very well organised and put together. I found I got all the advice and pointers needed to make my unusual request for the day all work very well. When I next need to organise an event for the team in the Lakes the first number I would call would be yours. Hopefully that day will come around soon!

Price Region: £126 per person