January Social Blog

Blog Life At Data Intellect 31 Jan 2025

Paul McVicker

Welcome back to our monthly blog on life at Data Intellect, where we bring you the latest regional updates on social activities in the company. Each month, we’ll dive into our regular outings, social clubs, quarterly team challenges, community/charity events and much more!

 

Wellness January Breakfast

Welcome back everyone to the monthly social blogs! Since 2025 is a square year, its starts off with January, and for this month we have had a big focus on wellness!

As you all may know, January can be one of the most challenging months of the year, with the dark mornings, the return to the long commutes, weather too cold for ice cream and then when you do buy it your hands are cold and you drop the cone and then you slip and fall on the ice cream and all your friends laugh at you etc. so to combat this, several wellness events were held to lift everyone's spirits, starting off with a free breakfast in the office!

Not only did the free breakfast provide a large selection of food, it was also a great way to catch up with our friends and co-workers! Although it can be quite tricky, the best way to get through the January blues is to get up and get at it, venture out into the cold and get talking to other people, and the office breakfast did exactly that!

A huge thank you to Cara for organising all of the wellness events this month!

Free Friday Drinks

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The first Free Friday Drinks of the year was this month, with the new venue proving to be just as popular as ever! Despite a wind chill factor of about -1000000000 degrees celcius, there was an incredible turnout, with plenty of pizza and drinks to keep everyone warm!

Come rain or shine in February, Free Friday Drinks will be going strong, so make sure to join us at the Sunflower!

Vision Board Craft Night

Craft Night is always a huge hit at DI, and this month was no exception! We have a big focus on our New Year's Resolutions, a chance to re-imagine ourselves in the new year and make all the changes that we want in life!

We put this concept into practice by creating vision boards, a way to plan ahead the kind of year we would like to have, or simply to inspire ourselves going forward! Life can often be quite rigid, so taking some time out to be creative can do wonders for our wellbeing!

There was also plenty of free food available, and everyone had a great evening! Follow along with future blogs for more craft nights!

Hiking Club

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With the new year comes new ideas, with plenty of new events on the way. One of these new ideas is the hiking club!

We often forget it, but there are some incredible hiking spots not too far from Belfast, and at the end of this month the hiking club began its first trip this year! You may have seen several hiking events in the past, and from now on they will be a more regular occurrence, with the hiking club aiming to meet up once per month!

This month included one of the many trails through the Mournes, and it was a great day for it! Keep up with the future blogs for more information about future hikes!

Coffee Catchup

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Introduced last year, the monthly coffee catchup is back for 2025!

Alongside our focus on wellness this month, we have a commitment at DI to wellness throughout the year, with our coffee catchup occurring once a month! These events allow everyone to have a quick break during the working day and catchup with everyone over some coffee and snacks!

Make sure to follow along with future blogs for more information about wellness events!

That's all folks!

Stay tuned for next month’s social blog, where there’s sure to be many more exciting events.

In the meantime, follow our social channels for more updates on life at Data Intellect. Ciao!

 

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