Stay and Play drop-in services

Integrated Early Years' Service (IEYS)

BEST START FOR BABY & YOU

Our vision: Every child has the best start in life, high quality early education and are ready for school at age 5.

Networking and Information Event 28th February 2022 9:30am - 11:30am via Microsoft TEAMS

Join us to hear about the upcoming procurement process for the provision of Stay and Play drop-in services for children under 5 years and their mums, dads & carers.

Purpose of the market engagement event 1. Network with other organisations 2. For the Early Years' Service to engage with the market and obtain feedback from a range of potential providers 3. Provide early market notification of the proposed procurement that will take place in March 4. Find out more about the Early Years' Service developments 5. Provide information about the proposed procurement process and timescales

Best Start for Baby & You - a new pathway of services (0-5) Camden Council is committed to prevention and early intervention, including during the critical first 1001 Days of a baby's life. Stay and Play services are an important element of the new pathway of services from pregnancy to age 5.

Stay & Play drop-ins Stay and Play drop-ins are provided by Camden Early Years' Service and VCS organisations across the borough. Stay and Play services directly provided and funded through IEYS aim to support families with children under 5 years by offering easily accessible, inclusive play sessions in local neighbourhoods and communities.

Stay and Play services: • Support mothers, fathers, and carers to support their children's learning and development through play and positive interactions • Help families to become aware of the range of services available and how to access support • Provide a place for mothers, fathers and carers to meet together, reducing social isolation and enabling positive engagement in their local community

Borough-wide implementation The Early Years' Service operates a locality model, with 5 localities across the borough. These are Euston, Kentish Town East, Kentish Town West, Kilburn Priory and Kings Cross & Holborn. There is one children's centre hub in each locality. Work is currently underway to re-purpose some of the Early Years' nurseries to create additional children's centres. The re-purposed buildings are Hampden (Euston locality), Konstam (Kentish Town East) and Rhyl (Kentish Town West).

Opportunity We will be procuring Stay & Play provision delivered by Camden VCS organisations to ensure all families, especially those that are most disadvantaged, have access to stay and play drop-ins across the borough in a range of venues. The total annual value of the contract is £70K.

There is an opportunity: • To provide stay and play drop-ins for mums, dads and carers and their children • For IEYS and VCS organisations to work in partnership to support families in the early years

Please contact: [email protected] to register your interest in this event and