# Pack for Good

> Indoor, air-conditioned, 3.5 hours, and it works in August. A packing line that fills meal or hygiene kits for a named charity, with a counted output at the end.

Package J-03 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [CSR & Wellbeing](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/corporate-csr-and-volunteering/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/pack-for-good/

- **Duration:** 3.5 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 09:00 — or 14:00 as an afternoon slot; it fits either half of a working day
- **Departure window:** 08:30–14:30
- **Group size:** 30 min — 200 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai — hotel function room, warehouse space or the client's own office atrium
- **Season:** Year-round. Fully indoor — this is the summer CSR answer.
- **Booking lead time:** 10 days

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 30–59 people | AED 290 | 38 people |
| 60–99 people | AED 240 | — |
| 100+ people | AED 210 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 50–59 are billed as 60 people at the rate for 60–99 people; groups of 88–99 are billed as 100 people at the rate for 100+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

A company can buy the goods and pack them in its own canteen. What it cannot easily do is get a **charity receipt for a counted, quality-checked output** — which is the only part of the exercise that survives into a sustainability report.

The other thing being bought is the calendar. **This is the CSR package that works in August**, at a week and a half's notice, with no bus, no permit, no weather risk, and no tide. In a catalog where most of category J stops in April, that is the whole point of it.

At AED 210 a person for 100 people it is also the cheapest way to put a full department in a room doing something together — and unlike a workshop, it produces an object at the end.

## Timeline

- **09:00** — Arrival and coffee. Branded welcome desk, teams assigned
- **09:20** — Charity partner briefing — who receives these kits, where they go, what the shortfall actually is
- **09:40** — Packing-line briefing. Stations set, quality standard explained, target called
- **09:50** — Line one. Teams run competing lines; a live count board tracks each
- **10:40** — Coffee break. Standings called
- **11:00** — Line two — stations rotate so nobody spends three hours on the same task
- **11:50** — Count-out, quality check, pallet build
- **12:10** — Total announced. Certificate presented, group photograph against the finished pallet
- **12:30** — Close

## Included

- Venue hire — function room or warehouse space, half day (or delivery into the client's own space at a AED 900 reduction)
- Coffee break with pastries on arrival and at the midpoint
- All packing goods — meal or hygiene kit contents, cartons, labels, sealing
- Charity partner briefing, quality standard and collection logistics
- Facilitated packing-line programme with live count board
- Branded welcome setup and station signage
- Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
- Same-day 60-second social edit
- Impact pack — kit count, charity receipt, signed certificate, photo set licensed to the client
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Transport (this normally runs at or near the client's office — priced on request)
- Additional kit contents beyond the standard specification
- Branded t-shirts
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** None — fully indoor, no transport leg.
- **Fallback:** Venue failure transfers to the client's own premises at 24 hours' notice; the packing line is modular and needs floor space, not a specific room. Charity partner failure is the real risk and is covered by a contracted backup partner.
- **You are told by:** Only if the venue moves, in which case immediately and in writing.

## Customisation options

- Upgrade to a premium kit specification: AED 40/person
- Beneficiary speaker — someone the charity serves, 20 min: AED 1,200
- Delivery ride-along for 6 volunteers, same afternoon: AED 1,800/event
- Branded t-shirts: AED 45–90/person
- Videographer + edited reel: AED 1,200
- Working lunch after the line closes: AED 75/person
- Quarterly repeat — four sessions across a year: −12% on the annual value

## Questions about Pack for Good

### How much does Pack for Good cost per person?

AED 290 per person for 30–59 people; AED 240 per person for 60–99 people; AED 210 per person for 100+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 38 people in the 30–59 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 50–59 are billed as 60 people at the rate for 60–99 people; groups of 88–99 are billed as 100 people at the rate for 100+ people.

### How long does Pack for Good take, and when does it start?

3.5 hrs. Ideal start: 09:00 — or 14:00 as an afternoon slot; it fits either half of a working day. Departure window: 08:30–14:30.

### What is not included in Pack for Good?

Transport (this normally runs at or near the client's office — priced on request); Additional kit contents beyond the standard specification; Branded t-shirts; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Pack for Good if the weather turns?

Trigger: None — fully indoor, no transport leg. Fallback: Venue failure transfers to the client's own premises at 24 hours' notice; the packing line is modular and needs floor space, not a specific room. Charity partner failure is the real risk and is covered by a contracted backup partner. You are told: Only if the venue moves, in which case immediately and in writing.

### How far in advance do we need to book Pack for Good?

The booking lead time is 10 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Corporate volunteering in the UAE: CSR that counts](https://offsyte.ae/blog/corporate-volunteering-csr-uae/): What makes corporate volunteering in the UAE count as real CSR — a licensed partner, logged hours, a receipt — and the permit most companies miss.
- [Cheap corporate event venues in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/cheap-corporate-event-venues-dubai/): The genuinely cheap venue options for a Dubai company event, what each one costs per person, and exactly what you give up to get the lower number.
- [Warehouse event space in Dubai, priced per head](https://offsyte.ae/blog/warehouse-event-space-dubai/): What an Al Quoz warehouse event space costs per day, how many people it holds, and the seven lines the day rate leaves out — one of which rules out summer.
- [Team bonding activities for your own office](https://offsyte.ae/blog/team-bonding-activities-in-the-office/): What works inside your own building on no budget, the point at which free stops working, and what it costs to bring a real session to your premises instead.

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