Corporate Days

Team building and fun activities

Are you looking for an opportunity for staff to have a bit of fun away from the workplace?

Escape the confines of the work place and dive into a corporate day out like no other! Imagine your team bonding over thrilling paddle boarding sessions, mastering the art of canoeing, and working together to craft sturdy rafts. This isn’t just team-building; it’s about fostering trust, communication, and camaraderie in an adventurous setting. Whether it’s navigating the serene waters or strategizing to build the perfect raft, every challenge strengthens teamwork and leadership skills. Break away from the ordinary and embark on a day that will inspire, energize, and unite your team like never before!

What we can provide for your day out...

Our Corporate Packages recognise adults with variable enthusiasm to participate in something that may involve getting wet.

  • Package 1 is a 2 hour visit where we can accommodate up to 16 adults participating in a single team building activity.
  • Package 2 is a 4 hour visit accommodating between 16 and 32 adults taking part in two competitive activities run back to back with a short break between sessions.

We can provide facilities for you to consume your own food or can recommend other vendors you could visit following your activities with us.

Pricing

Managed activity require instructors allocated at a ratio of 1:8  and pricing is based on a per 8 basis.

  Attendees…
Sessions Time up to 8 9-16 17-24 25-32 0ver 32
1 2hrs £150 £280 £420 £560 £18 each
2 4hrs £250 £450 £675 £900 £28 each
4 6.5hrs £390 £750 £1125 £1500 £45 each

Health and Safety

Paddlesport activities have variable risk of falling into the water, which is why wetsuits are mandatory October to March, outside of these months, we consider the water temperature and activity planned and if deemed a bit on the cold side can provide wetsuits. You are of course welcome to bring your own wetsuit, or one can be provided.

Normal recommended attire is a sports top like a football shirt and nylon or polyester shorts, cotton trackies and hooded tops are inappropriate and become very heavy when wet impeding your ability to swim. Water shoes are a site requirement and if you don’t have these, old trainers suffice. Full joining instructions can be downloaded from the Useful Info area.

If you are attending for more than one activity (4 hour or an all day visit) you should consider multiple changes of clothing which will ensure you have something dry to change in to, should the need arise.

CST is an AALA approved Paddlesport provider, this means our processes and methods of delivery have been assessed by the Health and Safety executive to provide you an assurance that we know what we are doing. All activity is delegated by L3 Coaches to L1 qualified Paddlesport Instructors who have been assessed to lead and supervise paddlesport activities on inland waters such as lakes and canals.

All instructors have safety and rescue training, maintain their first aid qualifications and have undergone safeguarding training.

Download the full policy

The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) came into existence in April 1996. The Health and Safety Executive is currently designated as the AALA.

Adventure activities licensing ensures that activity providers follow good safety management practices.

These should allow young people to experience exciting and stimulating activities outdoors without being exposed to avoidable risks of death or disabling injury.

There are four broad groups of activities that are covered by licensing that include Caving, Climbing, Trekking and Watersports, watercraft specifically deployed by the Canoe Sports Trust include:

  • Canoes, kayaks and stand up paddle boards propelled by paddles.
  • Rafts which are improvised from various materials.

The most familiar watersports activities include canoeing, kayaking, dragon boating, wave skiing, white-water rafting, improvised rafting, sailing, sailboarding and windsurfing. For any of these activities to be licensable, they need to be done on ‘specified water’ – this is the sea, tidal waters (eg estuaries), inland waters more than 50 metres from the nearest land excluding any island or on turbulent inland waters.

You can be assured that any organisation in possession of an AALA licence certificate has been checked to ensure their equipment, processes and allocation of instructors to different activities adhere to government recommended guidelines.

 

Our License can be seen here

The AALA Report can be seen here

Canoe Sports Trust acknowledges that the activities offered contain a degree of inherent risk and whilst the processes within this document endeavour to ensure that all reasonable and practicable steps are taken to ensure all significant and likely risks are managed / reduced effectively it is impossible to eliminate risk entirely.

Download our Risk Assessment Suite

We are Insured with Activities Industry Mutual who provide cover tailored specifically for the needs of adventure activity and outdoor education providers including those offering a range of activities including water sports.