Charity team building · Gymkhana

Charity Team Building
for Companies

A charity gymkhana in teams that ends with the assembly of children's bikes donated to NGOs helping kids in need. Two hours of fun, cohesion and real purpose.

Groups
From 10 people
Duration
1.5 to 2 hours
Setting
Indoor or outdoor
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Corporate team assembling children's bikes during the Bikes with a Future charity team building
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Charity gymkhana
Madrid's top-rated
Madrid and all of Spain
What it is

What is Bikes with a Future

"A small gesture can create a huge positive impact on someone else's life."

Bikes with a Future (Spanish: Bicis con Futuro) is our flagship charity team building in Madrid: an experience for companies that combines fun, teamwork and real purpose. The activity is split in two parts: a competitive station-based gymkhana and the collaborative assembly of children's bikes donated to kids who need them. Available in central Madrid, the entire Madrid region, and the rest of Spain.

In the gymkhana, teams rotate through stations tackling challenges of cooperation, communication and strategy. Every challenge they complete adds points to the scoreboard. The second part is the bike assembly: here cooperation isn't optional, because without internal organisation the bike simply won't come together.

When everything is finished, the bikes are reviewed by a team of experts to ensure they're in perfect working order. And then comes the moment nobody forgets: the donation to the NGO chosen by the team or the company.

The experience

How the
charity gymkhana works

The moment the teams are announced, something shifts in the room. It isn't the pressure of a meeting nor the routine of a workshop, but the energy of people who know that what comes next is the real deal. The opening minutes of the charity gymkhana are enough to make it clear there are no shortcuts here: every station forces the team to make decisions, organise itself, and trust the judgement of the person next to them. That kind of behaviour, in a normal work context, takes weeks to build. At Bikes with a Future it happens in minutes.

The gymkhana stations are designed so that no profile has a head start. The strongest doesn't win. Nor does the smartest, nor the fastest. The winning team is the one that coordinates best, the one that listens before acting and knows when to lead and when to step back. It's exactly the dynamic any company wants to see in its day-to-day. And here it shows with a clarity that leaves no room for excuses.

The second part of the event, the bike assembly, completely changes register. Competition fades into the background and what takes over is purpose. Every part that clicks into place is a reminder of why everyone is there together. Teams that twenty minutes ago were fighting for every point on the scoreboard start helping each other to make sure every bike is properly built. That moment of transition — from competition to selfless collaboration — is what participants remember most weeks after the event.

The closing is the most powerful moment of the afternoon. Seeing the tangible result of collective work, knowing those bikes are going to children who need them, generates a kind of team pride no office activity can manufacture. It isn't corporate sentimentality: it's the effect of having done something that genuinely matters, together, in real time.

Event photos
Corporate team assembling bikes during the Bikes with a Future charity team building
Participants in the assembly challenge of the Bikes with a Future team building
Children's bikes donation to NGO during the charity team building
Children's bike parts ready for assembly during the charity team building
Corporate team posing with donated bikes at Bikes with a Future by Froggy Events
Event flow

From competition to
donation in five steps

We split the group, we compete, we build the bikes, and we donate them. All in two hours.

01
Briefing
We split participants into teams and explain how the activity works. Each team gets its name and its mission.
02
Activities
Teams rotate across different stations tackling cooperation, ingenuity and communication challenges. Each completed challenge adds points to the scoreboard.
03
Final challenge
Teams assemble the children's bikes with the tools available. Without good organisation, the bike won't come together. Without communication, neither.
04
Scoring
We assess overall performance: gymkhana points plus the assembly challenge. The total score decides the winning team.
05
Reward
We announce the winning team. And then, the most special moment: the donation of all the bikes to the chosen NGO.
The gymkhana

Challenges designed to make
the team actually function

Each station tests a different skill. None can be completed unless the team actually works as one — and that's exactly the point.

Physical dexterity
Challenges where team coordination is the only tool. Technique doesn't matter, synchrony does.
Collective ingenuity
Challenges with no obvious solution. The team that thinks together before acting always has the edge.
Communication under pressure
Stations where one person acts and the rest guide. The clarity of instructions makes the difference between earning or losing points.
Strategy and patience
Challenges where speed isn't the key. Those who act without thinking lose. Those who plan together, win.
The cause

The bikes go to
children who need them.

We've spent years working with NGOs dedicated to children in vulnerable situations. The bikes your team assembles aren't a symbol: they're a real source of joy for the kids who receive them.

At the end of the event, a team of experts gives each bike the final touches to make sure it's in perfect working and safety condition before delivery.

100%
of assembled bikes are donated. No exceptions.
You
choose the NGO. We work with your existing CSR commitments or with the charity that best represents you.
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What the team works on

What your team
actually works on at Bikes with a Future

The gymkhana isn't empty entertainment. Each challenge activates skills the team uses every day at the company — only here the consequences play out in real time.

Cooperation

The gymkhana challenges can't be solved alone. Nor can the bike assembly. Cooperation isn't optional: it's the only way forward.

Communication

In several stations, whoever doesn't communicate well loses points. Instructions have to be clear, quick and precise.

Leadership

Someone has to call the shots when time runs short. Bikes with a Future surfaces natural leaders from the most unexpected places.

Creativity

Several challenges don't have an obvious solution. You have to think differently to move forward, and that requires letting go of the usual patterns.

Responsibility

There are real consequences here. The bike your team builds is going to a child. That shifts everyone's attitude towards the challenge.

Coordination

Several challenges require the team to move as one. It's the hardest skill to fake and the most obvious when missing.

Ideal for

What kind of company
it's designed for

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Companies in Madrid with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability or ESG commitments looking for charity activities with verifiable impact
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Teams that want to do something meaningful together beyond the usual team building
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Conventions or company off-sites that need an emotional, memorable closing
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Groups looking for the most emotionally powerful team building they've ever organised

It was the first time I saw a company director cry at a team building. And it was the good kind of crying. The handover moment was incredible.

Silvia M. · People Director, insurance company
Frequently asked questions

FAQs about
Bikes with a Future

Yes. They aren't toys or symbolic bikes — they're functional and safe children's bikes. Once assembled by the teams, a crew of experts checks and fine-tunes each one to make sure they're in perfect condition before delivery.

Yes, completely. If your company already partners with an NGO or has CSR commitments with a particular organisation, we work with them. If you'd rather we suggest options, we have years of experience collaborating with various child-focused charities and we'll guide you through the choices.

It depends on group size. We adjust it so each team has its own bike as the final assembly challenge. For a typical event of 60 people, between 6 and 10 bikes are usually built.

Yes. We coordinate delivery with the chosen NGO so everything runs smoothly and with the proper documentation. The specific details depend on each organisation and we handle them directly.

No. The instructions are designed so anyone can follow them. The challenge is organisational and collaborative, not technical. The teams that communicate best are usually the fastest, regardless of their experience with tools.

The price of the charity team building in Madrid includes the full gymkhana, the assembly material, the bikes and the donation logistics. It varies depending on the number of participants and the location —central Madrid, business parks across the Madrid region, or any other city in Spain. Request a no-obligation quote and we'll respond within 24 hours.

We can run the charity team building in Madrid in any space: the client's office (the most convenient option for companies based in business parks such as Las Rozas, Pozuelo, Alcobendas or Tres Cantos), unique venues in Madrid we work with regularly, or outdoors in central areas. We handle all the logistics.

It's a very honest question and we answer it in detail in this blog article where we explain the difference between warm glow and measurable impact in social-impact team building. With Bikes with a Future we guarantee tangible impact: real bikes delivered to real children through a specific NGO, with full donation documentation.

Yes. We formally document the donation with the receiving NGO —number of bikes, beneficiaries and delivery date— so your Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability or ESG departments can include the action in annual reports, ESRS reports under CSRD, or any internal framework. It qualifies as corporate volunteering with verifiable material outcomes, not just symbolic ones.

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