Reflection: Aspire team development week 2022

A pen, a notepad, a positive attitude and a smile. The four things Aspire team members were asked to bring with them for our 2022 Team Development Week.

And what a week it was.

We started in a hall and ended in an adventure park.

Here’s everything that happened in between.

The Theme

The theme of the week was all about Inspiring Action. Each team members’ aim is to inspire children to take action and be more physically active. For this to be achieved, we need to take action ourselves.

Every activity during the week was geared towards supporting our team to venture into their ‘stretch zone’. Why? Because, by moving into this zone, we’re acting on our endeavour to be the best version of ourselves.

The Activities

We reflected on what Aspire has achieved with a review of 2021/2022, a year that saw us engage a record number of children in more physical opportunities than ever before.

We presented our company awards to celebrate our team members’ achievements.

We shared where our journey will be taking the team over the next three years.

We were inspired by British Paracanoe Athlete Robert Oliver. Robert shared his incredible story with us, a story that saw him win bronze at Tokyo 2020.

We developed our knowledge, skills and confidence with interactive workshops, including gender ID training, financial wellbeing, and inclusive activity training.

The Awards

Our company awards are a chance to celebrate those team members who have gone above and beyond in their commitment to our six values:

A huge congratulations and thank you to our summer term award winners!

The Team Event

Bringing the week to a close was our team event. Our annual team event is an Aspire calendar highlight. It’s a chance to celebrate our successes, get to know each other, enhance communication, problem solve, boost productivity, and have fun!

This year we made our way to NPF Bassetts Pole Adventure Park. The day saw us escape a jungle, be immersed into the world of Peaky Blinders, test our aim with Laser Clay Pigeon Shooting, and battle it out to be named Laser Tag champions.

A brilliant end to an action-packed week! It’s safe to say team members didn’t need reminding about bringing that smile. Energised, inspired and motivated to take action, the Aspire team is ready for another record-breaking year.