Giving Back This Winter Season
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October 27, 2025
Discover how the Toy for Life programme can help you celebrate success while giving back to others.
As the winter season approaches, many of us take time to reflect. It’s a moment to pause, to look at what we’ve achieved, and to feel grateful for what we have. It’s also a time when the contrast between our good fortune and the challenges faced by others around the world feels especially sharp.
That’s why this season is such a powerful opportunity to think about giving back. In organisations everywhere, leaders are asking how they can unite their people in ways that don’t just celebrate success but create a meaningful difference for others too.
Our Toy for Life programme was designed with exactly this in mind. Teams come together to build beautiful toys, crafted with care, that are then distributed to children in the developing world. Each toy carries with it not just play, but joy, dignity, and a sense that someone, somewhere, was thinking of them.
Giving back to others
Because of the incredible teams worldwide who’ve joined our Toy for Life programme, moments like this are possible. Scroll through to see the joy of schools in Uganda receiving their brand-new toys.
Toy for Life
It’s a simple but moving reminder that while many of us will spend this season exchanging gifts with loved ones, there are countless children who may receive nothing at all. To be part of changing, that is a privilege. And when teams take part, something special happens: colleagues feel not only more connected to each other, but more proud of the impact their organisation can make.
Here are three reasons why the winter season is the perfect time for Toy for Life:
- A chance to reflect. Building toys together invites us to pause and recognise how fortunate we are.
- A shared legacy. The toys become lasting symbols of care, carrying your team’s efforts far beyond the event.
- A powerful close to the year. Ending on a note of giving back sets the tone for a culture of purpose in the year ahead.
The old view of team building as “just another activity” is fading fast. As we enter the winter season, organisations are realising that these moments can be so much more. They can be a way to give thanks, to give back, and to create memories that matter.
If you’d like to explore how Toy for Life could help your team close the year on a meaningful note, we’d love to share how it works.
Until next time,
Lightbulb Teams