Pet photoshoot

Our photographers decided to do what they do best: take photos! This was by far our most popular event as it included our furry friends; we’re a dog-friendly office anyway, but any opportunity to bring our four-legged buddies into the office is a sure-fire win. Fortunately there were no, um, ‘accidents’, and a good day was had by all and lots of funds raised for The Hope Hub. The pooches seemed to love it too, with each shoot including a treat and some cute props. We hope you love the photos as much as we do.

Virtual pub quiz

The North Region team took us back to the days of the Covid lockdowns with a virtual pub quiz on Teams. Tom and Phil put a huge amount of effort into organising the quiz and came up with some fantastic questions – the rest of us proved that we’re not the best at quizzes, but a great time was had by all.

Halloween dress up

Our Creative team exercised their, ahem, creativity, with a dressing up day for Halloween. Members of staff came to the office dressed as ghosts, ghouls, witches and a scarecrow. While we can’t say anyone was particularly terrifying, it did make for some interesting conversations in the lift of our communal office building…

Christmas bingo baubles

Carrying on with the success of our Teams ‘Pub Quiz’, our Surveys and Sales teams joined forces to host an online bingo session before we started our wind down to the festive period. With an extra day of annual leave up for grabs as the top prize, the competition was fierce. The first person to shout “baubles!” won the prize.

Charity collection for The Hope Hub food bank

At our annual Open House event in December – a one-day extravaganza where the whole company comes together – we had a collection for The Hope Hub’s fantastic food bank. This amazing resource fulfils food parcels, breakfast and lunch at the charity’s day centre and evening meals at the emergency accommodation.

For this collection, we all brought in food items that would be used in the food bank as well as special Christmas items that would be distributed to people experiencing homelessness over the festive period, who were housed in local hotels by The Hope Hub. From mince pies to loo roll, tinned veg to favourite snacks, the table absolutely groaned with donations and we’re really glad that we were able to provide this to The Hope Hub.

Charity bake sale

No fundraising calendar is complete without a sugary treat, and our Operations team saved the best until last by capitalising on the high turnout for our company Open House event. Blondies, brownies, cookies and cakes were on offer, and our always-hungry team cleaned out the lot before heading off to our Christmas party in the evening.

Thank you to The Hope Hub for being a great partner to us over the last few years. It’s been fun, and we’ve loved supporting you in so many different ways.

Find out more about The Hope Hub here.