What happens at a Get Ahead event?
Suitable for groups of 10 – 2000+
Within a Get Ahead event the group will be working in teams of 10, the headboards are split into 10 pieces. 1 for each of the team members! Together they must decide on an overall colour scheme and follow their creative brief to ensure the headboard meets their children’s brief.
Teams must consider the bigger picture. Communication is key in this activity, does your colleague’s piece match the adjoining piece?
Whilst time is of the essence, teams must ensure the headboards and bed frames are functional and of a high standard.
By the end of the activity, you should have a mounted headboard and a built bed frame! Then we will deliver it to the charity on your behalf.
Designs vary from underwater to deep jungle, but have an idea of your own? Let us know and we can design one for you!
Why make and donate beds?
In 2023, Barnardo’s found an estimated 894,000 children in the UK didn’t sleep in a bed of their own. Stories emerged of children sleeping on beds made from bin bags, coats and even sleeping on their kitchen floor.
We have launched our Get Ahead challenge to impact these figures, reducing the statistics as much as possible.
Our charities are given the opportunity to decide which of our custom headboards the children would like to receive.
Get Ahead mini-challenges
If you would like a longer event day, you can choose to include mini challenges to run alongside the main bed building activity.
From photo mission challenges to scooter races to music quizzes and more, we can even incorporate company training or brand messaging into your challenge.
Please get in touch and we can discuss options with you!
Get Ahead FAQs
What's the group size for Get Ahead?
We normally recommend that a group of 10 can decorate one headboard - there's a lot of design, planning and painting involved! There is no maximum group size - the more the merrier!
Where does the Get Ahead event take place?
We'll bring our team and all the equipment for the event directly to you, whether you're at a hired event space or on-site at your offices. We'll also bring plenty of floor covering and overalls, so you needn't worry about mess! We're invested in keeping our carbon footprint low, so we have a network of specialist o3e Event Crew across the country. We've held events in the UK, Europe, the USA and beyond! We can also offer Get Ahead as a remote option for teams who work in different locations - get in touch to find out more about this.
How do you choose which charity the headboards and beds we make will be donated to?
If you don't already know which charity you'd like to support, we'll give you options for organisations in need, typically in your local area as we feel supporting your own community is important. Beds are desperately needed by dozens of children's charities and family refuges. Bed poverty is unfortunately a very real problem for many families in the UK and beyond. We tend to try to encourage giving the playhouses to smaller charities who don't always receive the same funding as larger organisations. As well as the bed and headboard, you also have the opportunity to donate a duvet and bedding set to your chosen charity - these items are always extremely valued and well received!
How long does the Get Ahead activity last?
Get Ahead is designed to last around 2.5 hours. However we can be flexible based on your agenda - get in touch to discuss options.
What happens after the Get Ahead event?
After the event, we'll tidy up the event space and then deliver the assembled beds with headboards (and bedding sets if you're donating those too) to your chosen charity, normally straight after your event. Once the recipients have had the donations for a short while, you'll receive feedback you can share with your team to really demonstrate the difference they've made by participating in the event.
I'm interested in the Get Ahead challenge - what next?
Get in touch with us via our Contact Form, the phone or email to let us know the size of your group, the anticipated location and date of your event (if you have one). We'll then provide a straightforward quote and a summary of the number of beds and headboards you'll be creating. If you choose to go ahead with the event, we'll get the ball rolling with the event set up. We project manage the entire process from start to finish. We'll liaise with you about charity options and organise the event logistics, agenda, event space set-up and charity representative. We can also add bespoke elements to your event, depending on your objectives - for example, you might want to incorporate messaging surrounding your company's mission and vision, values or brand. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional service, and our client testimonials and satisfaction scores are a testament to this!