GLA - 27240 Healthy Early Years London and Healthy Schools Programme delivery and re-design

Commencement Date: September 2022

Completion Date: March 2024

1. Introduction

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is seeking to appoint an organisation to deliver and re-design the Mayor of London's Healthy Early Years London and Healthy Schools London programmes.

The contract will be to deliver the programmes in their current form for the next academic year, alongside re-designing them for a second phase of delivery from September 2023.

1. Healthy Early Years London (HEYL)

The Mayor of London's Healthy Early Years London awards programme was established in 2018. It is a key ambition of 'Better Health for Londoners', London's Health Inequalities Strategy and is targeted at London's 13,000+ childcare settings, with the aim of setting a new industry standard and tackling health inequalities across the city at the earliest opportunity in a child's life.

For more information on HEYL visit www.london.gov.uk/healthy-early-years-london

1. . Healthy Schools London (HSL)

The Mayor of London's Healthy Schools London awards programme was established in 2013. It provides a framework for schools to address health and wellbeing issues and supports London schools to create an environment and culture that helps their pupils to be healthy. All schools across every borough are eligible to join the programme.

For more information on HSL Programme visit https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/health/healthy-schools-london/awards/home

2. Aims

2. The principle aim of this contract is to ensure a delivery organisation is in place to oversee and execute the necessary activities to ensure the Mayor of London's Healthy Early Years London and Healthy Schools London programmes are running efficiently and effectively.

2. The first stage of work will include maintaining and processing applications, updating policy documents in line with current and national policy, managing communication with borough leads, organising quarterly network meetings for both programmes, managing the quality assurance and digital resources.

2. Alongside this, the organisation will work with the GLA to establish a regional partnership approach for the delivery of both programmes from September 2023. This will include re-designing the programmes to meet the aims and objectives of the partnership to reduce child health inequalities across the region. This work will incorporate the recommendations of the recent review of the HEYL and HSL programmes.

2. This re-design to a partnership approach must be complete by summer 2023 in order for the programmes to re-launch for a new phase of delivery in the September 2023.