If you look at the sporting world you can identify many positive qualities; teamwork, communication, dedication, goals, drive, ambition, health. Our aim is to bring these sporting benefits into your business.As a result we offer a range of sports orientated services designed to help companies engage, inspire and enthuse their teams.

“Engaged employees feel a strong emotional bond to the organisation that employs them. These employees work with passion and feel a profound connection to their company. They recommend the organisation to others and commit time and effort to help theorganisation succeed.”

(Engage Employees and Boost Performance, Hay Group)

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lives

reducedabsence

retention

awardsubmission

charityinvolvement

HR

CSRnetworking

graduateprogramme

careerdevelopment

connectinghierarchies

leadership

internal comms

awareness

extendingconnections

brand

brandpride

integration talentattraction

= Improved profit | Improved performance | Improved productivity | Improved innovation | Improved safety

Building benefits across the business through sport

Sport is a great vehicle to drive employee engagement and we’ve created a range of services specifically to help motivate, reward, attract, retain and develop staff.

At ActivityMix, we recognise the importance of putting people first in your organisation. Where employees were previously driven by bonuses and benefits we are now witnessing a shift in what motivates and engages the workforce. Individuals have a desire to improve themselves and take control of their direction. Benefits emerge across business functions with this people-centric approach. These benefits can lead to a wealth of opportunities and successes including improved profits, productivity and performance.

events

health

fun

connections

careerdevelopment

pride

get fit

personaldevelopment

unitecommongoals

motivation

recognition

leadership

demonstrateskills

inspirecolleagues

testpersonalresilience new friends

escapism

raiseprofile

be partof the local community

networking

get to knowyour boss

confidenceteamwork

achievementcompetition

happiness

new skills

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= Kickstart a healthy lifestyle | Take on a personal challenge | Meet new people | Be part of a community

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Motivating you personally through sport

The beauty of using sport is that it appeals to personal drivers including career development and health.

Not only can the benefits of our services be experienced by individuals but these benefits can contribute to the overall aims and objectives of the business. For example, an employee could be trying something new for the first time and taking the first steps to leading a healthier, more active lifestyle. Improved health can lead to higher productivity in the workplace, fewer sick days, as well as reduced health premiums in the long term. These events also provide a platform for individuals to build better connections throughout the organisation, allowing opportunities for innovation and career development.

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fundraising

volunteering

A win: win: win: approach

An honourable business model

Our approach allows us to build communities and identify opportunities for innovative collaboration. We take pride in knowing that our model makes a difference and would make our grannies proud!

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Communities

By building meaningful legacy connections between charities, activity partners and clients, opportunities naturally arise. From network development and fundraising opportunities to attracting volunteers and raising awareness; both charities and local sports clubs benefit from the win:win:win model.

Clients

Our business model provides opportunities for employees to gain valuable skills in leadership, communication, teamwork and project management. In turn, our interactive approach creates a sense of pride in the company they work for and builds a loyal connection between individuals and the organisation.

At ActivityMix we believe that business activity should be honourable and always conduct ourselves in a manner that our grannies would be proud of.

Our business model is built around developing sustainable links between ourselves, the community and our clients to ensure a win:win:win approach. We strive to leave a lasting impact on sporting legacy by connecting businesses to local sports clubs whilst also creating opportunities for companies to get involved in supporting local charities.

“The funding from ActivityMix will support various different local initiatives including; nurturing future talent through after school and lunch time clubs (over 1,500 pupils in 2013/14) ; accessing high-level performance coaching, introduce older members of the community to the sport,  and organising training for coaches and coaching assistants through UKCC certified courses.” Aberdeen and District Table Tennis Association

Active engagement services

A strategic and integrated approach

An active approach provides a challenging, fun, creative, competitive and social atmosphere to engage, inspire and enthuse teams.

With companies needing to adopt more of a blended approach to work and employee lifestyle, the importance of a ‘Great Place to Work’ has been accelerated. Companies that are socially engaged are leading the way by putting collaboration, opportunity and solution focuses at the forefront of their business.

Our active engagement services are suitably tailored to your organisation and designed to meet your company’s objectives. Our strategic planning ensures your employees reap the benefits of recreational and social activities whilst creating focus, purpose and clear measurement to assess return on investment.

Designed solely for your company, our service combines aspects of the below framework:

Strategic direction:• Aligning clear objectives with organisational goals

and company cultures• Setting clear, achievable targets to engage, inspire

and enthuse staff• Communicating with key stakeholders • Reviewing and highlighting recommendations Creative programme design and planning:

• Developing engaging programmes of sports and social events to inspire and enthuse a diverse range of employees

• Identifying appropriate and cost-effective venues and activity providers

• Building and maintaining relationships with activity providers to enable sporting legacy in the local community

• Budget management • Creating a framework that will ensure an inclusive

approach to employee wide activities

Event project management:• Co-ordinating events from conception to completion• Overseeing all health and safety procedures• Recreational club governance and administration

Business-wide advocacy:• Communicating activities and events throughout the

business using online and offline marketing channels in order to engage a wide audience

• Developing marketing collateral and promotionalsignage as well as support social media engagement

• Creating interesting news stories with internal communications to share experiences• Providing a central point of contact

Active engagement

An ActivityMix approach

The concept

The Corporate Decathlon and Corporate Pentathlon are year long programmes that use a framework of sports events and leadership development to engage, inspire and enthuse.

The benefits

These unique inter-company programmes are led by the people within your organisation and provide a positive outlet for employees to have fun and get to know each other in a vibrant sporting environment but also offer a wealth of business benefits:

• Building networks of communication• Breaking down of hierarchial barriers• Projecting company values across the business • Attracting and retaining staff more efficiently• Creating networking opportunities• Developing aspiring leaders • Progressing career development• Demonstrating a commitment to healthy living• Building brand loyalty

The results

In 2014, over 78% of participants stated that they felt more engaged as a result of their involvement.

“The best part of the Corporate Decathlon is that it isn’t just fun during the event or even just on the day of the event. It is something that creates discussion, laughter and memories from the moment you are trying to find people to compete until now, months later, we are still talking about what a great experience the whole year has been.” PwC

Evidence also shows that participants are encouraged to lead a healthier lifestyle with over 70% of participants stating they were encouraged to continue with the sport after trying it in the Corporate Decathlon or Corporate Pentathlon.

Active engagement programmes

Intercompany tournaments

Inspire:• Guided leadership development• Experiential learning from inspirational individuals• Training sessions

Enthuse: • Captains’ table• Executive box events• Company-wide fundraising initiatives• Spectators• Clubhouse socials

Clear vision & planning:• Agree SMART objectives• Establish action plan

Engage: • Kick-off event• Deliver individual mix• Onsite promotions• Communications support

Review:• Objective delivery assessment • Engagement results

Reward & recognition:• Sports Awards • Team of the Day nominations and awards

Partnering for success

Your experience

We support you to create an action plan to achieve your results through to an end of year review. We’ve built a framework with a range of events and support designed to keep your team engaged, inspired and enthused through the journey.

We work with you through the year to activate your participation.

Using our sports event management expertise we create bespoke interdepartmental tournaments that suit your organisation.

The format of your tournaments can range from a one day event to a multi-week programme, depending on your requirements. The appropriate framework will primarily depend on your objectives and one of our team will meet with you to discuss the desired impact of your active engagement initiative. We will then organise and run the event for you.

Designed to attract a high level of involvement from across your organisation these sporting events offer a bespoke approach to active employee engagement.

Bespoke sporting events

Bringing your teams together

“I feel lucky to work for a company that enables me to try new things, network with like-minded people and have something to look forward to.”

“It gives employees the chance to get involved with sport and network with people you wouldn’t necessarily have an opportunity to engage with.”

“It gives us an opportunity to try to revive long lost skills and have some fun with work colleagues.”

tel 0845 2700 160email info@activitymix.com

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“Engaged employeesgenerate 43% more revenue.”(Hay Group)