Hey Julia,

Are there tea/coffee making facilities in the hub? To get them started, what about getting a little tote bag or gift bag and filling it with little things like a portable coffee cup (like Chilly’s – there are cheaper alternatives though), some sachets of tea (like Pukka/Twinings) and little pots of coffee (like Little’s coffee – they have different flavours plus people can re-use the jar once it’s done to use to bring their own coffee in).

Also, look at Tony’s Chocolonely as you can personalise bars of their chocolate with your company logo or something else and pop them in there, or a packet of biscuits, for their tea break and promote taking time for a chat with their colleagues.

Or – is there a little independent coffee shop nearby where you could pay them a certain amount and give your staff little vouchers to give to the coffee shop so the owners know their coffee has been paid for already by company? You’re helping a local business and it kinda goes around the tax implications ;-)? “Kinda like a extended coffee run”…

We didn’t do £ for home equipment, as we felt the money people were saving on travel could be put towards any items people needed at home and there are a lot of reasonable priced chairs/desks available, BUT for people on lower incomes, we’d take case by case and send them bits from the office where needed.

Sarah