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Team Building Activities: Creative Workshops for Businesses and Senior Leadership Teams

For purpose-driven business leaders bored with the usual team building activities, our creative workshops are proven to boost confidence and creativity in even the strongest teams – coupled with a physical reminder everyone will be proud of.

For colleagues who rarely spend quality time together, or are always glued to screens, it’s a chance to break away from the usual routine and focus on wellbeing.

We offer a variety of workshops – including upholstery, fabric pin board, leather crafting and seasonal wreath-making. Each participant will leave with a fun keepsake that sparks positivity and inspires, along with a sense of accomplishment.

Run from our beautiful converted in Chapel in Scholar Green, Cheshire. Our workshops are perfect for small groups of 12-16 adults seeking an indoor team building activity that fosters communication, connection and creativity.

For organisations seeking longer-term impact, we also offer ongoing support through flexible leadership development packages on a retainer basis, helping embed team growth, creativity and collaboration as part of your wider leadership strategy.

Plan your next team away day with us and discover the joy of crafting together. Alternatively, if you can’t come to us, we can come to you. Prices  start from £1500 per group of 12 (equivalent to £125 per person)

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A range of half day and full day workshops are available for your next team building activity. Groups of up to 16 can be accommodated. 

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Half-Day Fabric Noticeboard Workshop

Create a personalised and eco-friendly upholstered fabric noticeboard to inspire your team’s vision.

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Half-Day Seasonal Wreath-Making Workshop

Get creative and bond as a team by crafting a beautiful, bespoke seasonal wreath for your home or office.

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Tools needed for a team building, leather belt making activity

Half-Day Leather Belt Making Workshop

A unique hands-on workshop where each team member will craft a high-quality leather belt from scratch.

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Example of a Upholstered Storage Crate made at a team building workshop

Full-Day Storage Crate Workshop

Each team member will build a stylish and practical storage crate, a unique and lasting reminder of the day.

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Example of a Upholstered Footstool made at a business team building workshop

Full-Day Footstool / Stool Workshop

Learn upholstery skills and create a beautiful footstool or stool to take home in this rewarding team building workshop.

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Team Building Benefits for your Business:

Enhance Collaboration – Strengthen bonds among team members through shared creative activities.

Foster Creativity – Inspire innovative thinking and problem-solving skills through creative workshops.

Break the Routine – Provide a refreshing change from the usual work routine, and helping teams recharge and refocus.

Value Diversity and Inclusion – Create an inclusive atmosphere where all team members can contribute their unique ideas and perspectives.

Celebrate Achievements – Commemorate team milestones and successes in a memorable and enjoyable way.

Strengthen Relationships – Build trust through shared experiences and challenges.

Support Long-Term Growth – For teams and leaders who want to build on workshop insights, our retainer-based partnerships provide consistent creative input that reinforces leadership development and cultural transformation.

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Tangible Returns on Your Investment

  • A seamlessly-run event that everyone enjoys, with team members buzzing with energy, a huge sense of engagement and satisfaction.
  • Participants will achieve instant tangible results that instil pride and fulfilment within the team. Additionally, this experience will enhance creativity and confidence, empowering your team to generate innovative ideas that drive business growth.
  • Connection – As team members work side by side, alternating throughout the workshop, they build stronger relationships and enhance communication.
  • We ask participants, before and after the workshop, to give themselves a mark out of 10 for creativity and confidence. Last year’s craft and upholstery workshops yielded incredible results. Participants reported over an 84% improvement in their own creativity and a 92% boost in confidence. Many initially described themselves as uncreative, but these views transformed into a belief of “I can do it,” along with increased motivation and excitement to take on more. A great, transferable lesson for any workplace!

Many organisations choose to continue working with us through our ongoing leadership development package, helping them embed creativity, confidence, and collaboration throughout their wider strategy, not just on the day.

What Makes Our Team Building Days Unique?

No Prep Needed – Step through the door confident that all the fine details are handled, and everything is ready for you.

Inclusive – These team building activities are appropriate for all ages (16+) and physical abilities. Ask about any special adaptations required for individual team members.

Sustainable Choice – Semper Hopkins Upholstery & Interiors Ltd is B CorpTM certified and part of a global community of businesses committed to achieving high standards of social and environmental impact.

Unique Venue – Our converted chapel in Scholar Green, Cheshire inspires deep feelings of calm. Disconnect with the outside world so you can deeply connect in person.

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Emma, owner of SH Upholstery holding one of her fabric pin boards

About Emma

Semper Hopkins Upholstery & Interiors Ltd was founded by wellbeing advocate Emma Semper Hopkins in June 2016 – later becoming B CorpTM certified in 2024.

Operating UK-wide from Scholar Green, Cheshire they specialise in delivering experiential creative upholstery workshops for organisations that value the mental and physical health of their employees.

Emma has a wealth of experience leading and managing high-performing teams in fast-paced environments, following her 15-year corporate career in food retail. Emma’s expertise is also complemented by a Business Degree, Masters in Marketing and upholstery qualifications.

She understands the importance of creative activities, which encourage connection, innovation and overall wellbeing.

Emma is on a mission to provide organisations with these opportunities, and offers a sustainable experience that both rewards and engages all who attend.

Emma shares her story of overcoming burnout, fear, her personal journey of self- care and living a visionary life in the Amazon best-selling book ‘Seen Too’ – published on World Mental Health Day in October 2022.

Meet the SH Team

Enhance Your Creative Experience with a Learning and Development Focus

At Semper Hopkins Upholstery & Interiors Ltd, we partner with a trusted network of Learning & Development specialists to enrich your workshop experience with tailored training and expert insights. From DISC profiling and goal setting to leadership development sessions, we offer a flexible, high-impact add-on to your team building day.

Whether you’re looking for a one-off immersive experience or exploring the benefits of a longer-term leadership development programme, we can help you design a solution that aligns with your organisational goals.

Prices start from £2,999 for groups of 12 (equivalent to £249 per person).

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What our customers think…

“Thanks so much to you and Ros it was such an inspiring and rewarding morning. I have not managed to switch off that well from work for a very long time! I will always think of you all when I look at my board and I am excited to think what I am going to include on it for my future!!”

Ellie Harrison

“It was a fantastic morning. Thank you Emma and Ros. You were both so patient and kind whilst I battled my corners!! It’s the first time in a long time that I didn’t look at my emails for hours, and didn’t want to. Very best wishes to you all and hope to catch up again soon (at another workshop I hope)”

Sarah Smithson

“Thank you so much Emma and Ros. I had a lovely day too. I felt so relaxed with you and everyone which is quite an achievement in itself at the moment. Loved making the notice board and seeing everyone else make theirs too, it felt like a real team day. I showed my board off when I got back to the office and can’t wait to put it up. I’ll send you a photo. Thanks for such a lovely day and lovely food to- you both looked after us so much and we really appreciate it. I’m already thinking of doing something similar with our members.”

Jenny Alcock

“Going to Emma’s workshop you know you’re in for a special afternoon. If you are looking to do something different to take you away from the everyday then the chapel in Scholar Green is the place. Lose yourself in a creative workshop and take away your own hand made item along with memories that will last forever not forgetting the friendships that you’ll make!”

Sarah Toolnan Tivnan
IT Bots Recruitment

“Our Team Building event took place with Emma and her staff and it was a wonderful day. Brought out everyone’s creativity and we were so well looked after the whole day! I left with a new enthusiasm for all things upholstery and I can’t wait to visit again, it looks fabulous on my wall.”

Susan Read
Sinclair Law Solicitors

“I attended a wellbeing upholstery workshop in July 2024 with a Group of charity leaders in Cheshire. We had the best day with Emma and each made a fabulous ‘pin board’ to take home.

I would thoroughly recommend Emma and can’t wait to go back.”

Jill Maher
Cheshire Connect

“Spent an incredible morning at the stunning chapel with Emma & Ros. The atmosphere was super relaxed and friendly and the hospitality was second to none. Emma and Ros had such a lovely way of teaching and demonstrating the skills to us. It really gave me the confidence to give it a try despite not being a very creative person. I was so pleased with the end result of my notice/vision board. It is stunning. The organisation and advanced prep that had gone into the workshop meant that everything flowed so seamlessly (no pun intended!) and made the experience incredibly relaxed and enjoyable. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Semper Hopkins to anyone. If you give one of their workshops a try, I can promise you won’t regret it! Thanks Emma & Ros xx”

Nicola Marshall
Knutsford Together

“Thank you to Emma & Ros for a great afternoon! We all really enjoyed this – it was such a lovely creative activity and a great chance to switch off and spend time together as a team in the run up to Christmas, thank you. My expectations were exceeded from the venue, the food and refreshments, the training and the fun we had together! “

Charlotte Dean
P3 People Management

“We had the most wonderful day with Emma, she is the perfect tutor and made it really enjoyable to make our footstools! I can’t recommend the day workshop enough and love my new piece of custom furniture.”

Katie Rudin
Akerlof B-Corp

“It was lovely working on a clear project and feeling supported when unsure. Lovely to make choices allowing individuality.
Great being all together and achieving something. The workshop was easy going and it was lovely to work alongside colleagues.
Enjoying focusing on the task but still having fun! Very enjoyable with clear instructions and support.”

Skills For Care

“What a complete joy it was to attend Emma’s brilliant upholstery workshop this week!
Emma is a fantastic host and tutor. Everything from the welcome, to the demonstrations and explanations, the individual coaching was just perfect.
We all left having had some brilliant conversations, made great connections and with a simply beautiful vision/notice board that we’d each hand crafted
As someone who’s worked with hundreds of teams and been delivering team building events for over 25 years, this was something I could definitely see would add value to many of those!”

Kerry Lockyer
Oomph Learning & Development Ltd

“I highly recommend Emma’s upholstery team building courses. They are a fantastic way for teams to connect and learn about each other, whilst also learning new skills and creating something special to take away.
Upholstery is very mindful so the workshop is very relaxing and the chapel space that Emma works from has such a “get away from it all” feel.
I doubt anyone would regret having taken part.”

Gill Fox
The Nantwich Clinic

“Emma is an outstanding provider of high-quality workshops tailored to the development of your team’s mental health & individual needs. In a wonderful old atmospheric building, she carefully guides everyone into creative construction.
Highly recommended if you or your team wish to breath connect and engage in a fantastic team event.”

Keith Simpson
Cheshire Connect

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