In a £36bn industry, waste is an inevitable by-product of live events, but there are lots of charitable organisations you can work with to help people in need worldwide.
TEABAG is a charity in aid of The Education And Book Appeal for Ghana. The work carried out by the charity aims to improve the education of young people in Ghana by providing basic equipment, books and educational facilities.
During a busy event season, thinking about your waste after an event is often furthest from mind particularly if it’s only a couple of items. But over time this surplus can quickly add up to a significantly amount of useful items that projects such as TEABAG can pass on to make a real difference to real people’s lives.
As soon as we found out about TEABAG, our perception of ‘waste’ completely changed. Many of our events involve the use of coloured t-shirts for team games, stationery and even tents for one of our Guinness World Records Team Challenge records. It’s great to know that these leftovers are now going to somewhere worthwhile and will make a difference to people’s lives.
TEABAG operates in various locations not only in education but also helping with medical care and encouraging the communities we work in, to take more responsibility for the environment in which they live.
Reducing the environmental impact of corporate events means engaging our entire company in making changes and considering a variety of ways to reduce waste or create a more positive by-product.
Bluehat Group is a teambuilding company.
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