The Office Summer Survival Guide: 7 Ways to Actually Make It Fun in 2026

Summer in the office is a strange one. Half the team's on holiday. The other half is melting in a meeting room with a broken fan. And you're somehow keeping morale up while everyone's mentally already in Crete.

Good news. 2026 is doing some of the work for you. World Cup. Wimbledon. Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Pride Month. All of it across June, July and early August.

Here are seven worth putting in the calendar.

1. World Cup, office edition

11 June to 19 July. 48 teams. England and Scotland are both in. (Scotland for the first time since 1998, which is its own kind of story.)

The catch: it's hosted in the US, Canada and Mexico. So plenty of games kick off in UK evenings.

Don't try to recreate the pub. Lean into what works in an office. Friday afternoon screenings when the timing lines up. A pop-up food truck themed around whoever's playing. A beer keg in the kitchen for Scotland's group games. A wall-chart sweepstake that gets more chaotic every round.

The football doesn't need to be live for the office to feel like it's in it.

2. Do Pride properly

June is Pride Month. The bar has moved on from sticking a rainbow flag in the kitchen. Your team will notice if you phone it in.

We can sort Pride decorations and good catering. More importantly, speakers and workshops from people who can talk about LGBTQ+ inclusion in a way that's worth showing up for.

Do one thing well. Beats five performative ones.

3. Wimbledon, with Pimm's

Two weeks of Wimbledon. Late June into early July. An easy office moment if you set it up right.

Big screen. Comfy seating. Strawberries and cream on the counter. A Pimm's bar by 4pm on finals Friday. We'll handle the lot. Throw in a table tennis table for an unofficial office championship while the real one's on.

4. Commonwealth Games: Glasgow's having a moment

23 July to 2 August. The Games are back in Glasgow for the first time since 2014. On UK time. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all compete as separate teams.

It's a brilliant excuse to throw something the week after the World Cup wraps.

Lean Scottish if you want. Proper catering, tartan, an office medal table. Or just use it as the excuse for another all-team lunch in the sun.

5. The summer party

The big one. Rooftop, garden, river boat, secret warehouse.

You don't want to be trawling venue sites at 11pm in June. So don't.

We do the venue, catering, entertainment, the whole thing. You show up, drink something cold, and accept compliments from the team for three weeks afterwards.

6. Sports day in the park

Underrated. Get the team out of the office and into one of London's parks.

Three-legged races. Tug of war. A tournament that gets weirdly competitive by round two.

We bring the picnic, the drinks, the cones. You bring the team. People actually remember days like this.

7. Wellness that doesn't make people roll their eyes

Outdoor yoga before the day starts. Guided meditation in the park at lunch. A nutritionist who talks like a human.

Office wellness has earned a bit of an eye-roll. Most of it is box-ticking. But done well, with good instructors and a nice setting, your team turns up and thanks you for it.

We know the good people.

The wrap

Summer goes fast. Blink and it's September and someone's asking about the Christmas party.

(It's us. We're the ones asking.)

Pick one. Pick three. Email info@claraom.io and we'll handle the rest. Venues. Suppliers. Catering. The lot.

You get the credit. The team gets a summer worth remembering.

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