Non-Financial Rewards: Fun Incentives for Employees
Are you wondering what non-financial rewards you could offer to your colleagues? Look no further! Fun employee incentives are becoming increasingly popular with companies up and down the UK. People like them, and you can fit them conveniently around your daily work schedule. What better way to say ‘thank you’ to your employees for their loyalty and hard work?
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“Thank you for being great” – Fun Day Fridays at Whirlpool
From the 1st of June 2018, Whirlpool has been bringing fun and laughter to their Peterborough call centre by way of saying ‘thank you’ to their employees for their hard work.
Every week, Ace Tones have been providing a new entertaining activity. Meant not only to delight but also to surprise, the activities are a closely guarded secret, raising not a little speculation before they are revealed each Friday. Treats like ice cream, popcorn and candy floss, and games including the Batak Wall, Anky Racing… but shh! we can say no more, as some of the events are yet to happen!
What we can say is that we have had wonderful feedback from Whirlpool employees.
Read more about Whirlpool’s Employee Incentive Days, in our blog.
Incentive days at Amazon Peterborough
Ace Tones have been working with Amazon since 2016, supplying corporate entertainment to various branches across the UK. In the summer of 2017, Ace Tones started working with Amazon’s Peterborough branch, organising staff incentive days.
The 10th to 17th July 2017 was Amazon Prime week. As anyone may guess, it is a very busy time for the online retailer. Amazon wanted to say ‘thank you’ to their staff for their sterling effort.
Ace Tones set up an entertainment hot spot in the cafeteria. An interactive light chasing table sparked countless fun competitions among colleagues. The photo booth proved equally popular, taking hundreds of selfies in fun or exotic surroundings. The popcorn, candy floss and slush puppies machines were replenished often, to deal with unlimited demand.
Following on from the success of the July incentive days, Ace Tones were invited back in November, to help kick off Amazon’s six weeks of Christmas entertainment. On the 22nd of November, an Ace Tones iPad caricaturist spent a day at the Peterborough site, drawing the caricatures of those willing to pose. The digital images were enthusiastically shared and commented on, not only by colleagues, but also by friends and family on social media.
“We have used Ace Tones on a number of occasions and we have always been happy with their service. They have responded with creativity and flexibility to our request, tailoring their service to match our needs. They came up with fun activities that proved engaging and inclusive to our employees and have also shown great flexibility in matching Amazon’s shift pattern. We value Ace Tones as our supplier and will be in touch with them again.“ M. Hobson, Amazon Peterborough
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We are experts in fun incentives for employees!
Ace Tones have built up a lot of experience organising employees incentive days for several of our clients. Also called “incentive days”, “happy days”, “smiley days” or “fab Fridays”, these events are often planned as a series running over weeks or months. So we have had to put on our creative hat and ensure plenty of variety and novelty, to make each event unique. Here’s a list of non-financial rewards ideas to browse through and get inspiration from:
Fun Incentives for Employees – Themes for Workplace Events
Choose a seasonal theme like Christmas, Easter or Halloween, or create one that supports your corporate values e. g creativity, healthy lifestyle, team work etc.
Do you a have specific theme in mind? Get in touch and discuss it with us. Ace Tones have a huge inventory of props and we can bring to life pretty much any theme you can think of. So tell us your favorite theme and our event specialists will deliver it.
Fun Incentives for Employees – Entertainers
- Caricaturists (paper or iPad)
- Close-up magicians (or table magicians)
- Circus performers
- Mime artists
- Talking robots
- Silhouette cutters
- Musicians
Workplace rewards – Food, Drinks and Treats
- Barbeque
- Healthy snack and salads bar
- Mobile bar – hot and cold drinks
- Ice cream stall
- Waffle cart
- Sweetie cart
- Ferrero Rocher pyramid
- Popcorn machine
- Candy floss
- Slush machine
More information can be found on our Treats for Employees page
Branded Giveaways
- Fun photos taken by a photo booth or hashtag photo booth, which can include your brand and any tailored message you wish to add. The photos can be printed or digital. The latter are easily uploaded into social media sites, helping to create a buzz about your brand.
- Any other branded gifts to your employees.
Fun Incentives for Employees – Activities and Games
Here are just a few indoor activity and game that can be easily set up in any workplace:
Fitness Challenge
- Smoothie bikes
- Mobile rock climbing wall
- Rodeo bottle
- Surf simulator
- Snowboard simulator
- Cycle simulator
- Indoor archery
Games and Competitions
- Batak Wall
- Giant digital buzz wire
- Gold Cup horse racing simulator
- Virtual reality games
- Giant Operation (or Top Doc)
- Remote control off-road course
- Interactive light chasing table
- Pool table
Art or Music Party
- Graffiti walls
- Juke box
- Mash machine
- Collective art (collage, drawing or painting to which all staff can contribute)
- Photo studio
- Zumba workshop
For more activity ideas, please have a look at our Corporate Fun Days page or the Services index.
Marquees
If you have the option to use an area outside your office, we can provide marquees to expand the usable space for your employee incentive days. Please see details on the Marquees page of our website.
Whirlpool
Ocado
Thomas Cook
Affinion
Bauer Media Group
neaco
Little Miracles
Guy Raymond
VioVet
Coca-Cola European Partners
John Lewis
NHS Lincs
Amazon EUK5
Macdonald Hayock Hotel
BP
Channel 4
Royal Air Force
Environment Agency
Ramada
BBC
JCB
BGL
Forterra
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Testimonials
Our staff had a great day, and the buzz wire game was enjoyed by all.
D. Charles - Ocado
Lewis and the team are easy to work with, all the events are well organised and the amount of involvement required from us was minimal. All in all, a great experience and good value. We will certainly be working with Ace Tones in the future and would recommend their service.
L. Cumberland - Whirlpool
I have been using Ace Tones for a few years now and have always received good service. The office staff are most helpful and have always given me useful advice and ideas. We recently organised a Health Day event. The Giant Operation Game provided light entertainment for the staff and it fitted well with the Health theme.
T. Clark, John Lewis Peterborough
A great events company - they were more than happy to keep working with us to design our event and provided a first-class service both before, during & after our event. We had a corporate day with lots going on and the Ace Tones team slotted in to the day effortlessly - just what we needed!
G. Dearlove - Ignition Point
The event was great - really enjoyable. Many thanks for all of your help.
N Lyon, BP Chemicals
