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Over the past couple of years, workplace wellbeing has become a major challenge facing all childcare and education settings. It’s becoming clear that settings must commit time and energy to make sure they’re doing everything they can to help their staff and children stay happy and healthy. Not just for the sake of their people, but for the success of their businesses too.  

We understand that it can be difficult for managers to balance the emotional wellbeing of their children, staff and parents so we wanted to help.

We’ve partnered with some of our favourite brands to give away three amazing prizes worth over £1200 to one nominated childcare setting on Thursday 14th April 2022. 

Our new Competition will give your setting a chance to win free access to health and wellbeing training courses and some delicious chocolate goodies to share with your team this Easter.

You could win…

Copper Velvetiser from Hotel Chocolat’s Easter Collection 

What is it?

The Velvetiser is a revolutionary Hot Chocolate Machine for you to add to upgrade your staff room or kitchen. Barista-grade hot chocolate could be just a press of a button away! Alongside the revolutionary Velvetiser, this selection offers a range of hot chocolate sachets and some delicious springtime snacks for you to share.

Why did we choose this?

We wanted to treat a special nursery this Easter and help to lift the spirits after a difficult couple of years. Give your team a ‘hug in a mug’. This selection could be the perfect way to satisfy those cacao cravings and delve into staff wellbeing over a cup of hot chocolate. It’s a gift that keeps on giving long after Easter.

Who is it for?

You and your team.

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Start Life Well Wellbeing-in-Action Toolkit and Award Scheme from PurpleBee Learning

What is it?

Start Life Well is a complete online wellbeing self-assessment and award scheme that supports settings to measure, improve and consistently maintain high standards of wellbeing with ease. 

Why did we choose this?

Embedding a health-promoting approach requires an understanding of what wellbeing means, why it’s important for staff and children and, crucially, how we can achieve it. The Start Life Well toolkit and award programme presents the evidence for promoting health and wellbeing and provides you with the strategy, framework and tools to promote and encourage healthy choices for children, families and staff.

Who is it for?

This is suitable for a qualified or student PANCo, a team leader or a manager working in Early Years settings such as nurseries, schools, childminding settings and after school clubs. Learners must be over 18yrs old and working within a childcare setting or school. 

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Level 3 Building Health in Early Years Qualification from the London Early Years Foundation Chef Academy

What is it?

This is a Level 3 qualification endorsed by NCFE CACHE, the awarding body which will issue you with a certificate when you have completed the programme. The aim of this course is to make Early Years chefs experts in child nutrition and help them put this knowledge into practice in their settings to ensure children get the healthiest (and most delicious) food possible. The course will also help the chefs embed themselves in their settings and use their knowledge and skills to encourage better eating habits in children, staff and parents.

Why did we choose this?

Research tells us that our long-term health is built before we are five years old. LEYF understands that eating a balanced diet of fresh food in the right quantities is crucial to this. Your chef will improve their career capital and value to your nursery as a specialised Early Years chef. 

Who is it for?

Your chef or kitchen staff. (Entrants must be working in an Early Years kitchen.) Your children will benefit from this too.

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Individuals should only enter once – but there can be multiple nominations for each setting. Don’t forget to share it with your colleagues and parents for more chance of winning!

We’ll be picking a winner at random on Thursday 14th April, Keep an eye out for an email from us – or head to our Social Media pages to find out who has won!

Terms and Conditions Apply:
By entering the competition you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. To enter, please complete the entry form with all of your relevant information. Only one entry per person per prize promotion. All additional entries will be disqualified. The prize draw winner will be randomly selected by a computerised random generator from all entries.

Winner Notification: The winners will be notified by email via the account provided at the point of entry within 14 days of the closing date and will have 14 days from notification to claim their prize. If a winner does not claim their prize within this timeframe Connect Childcare reserves the right to withdraw prize entitlement and will award the prize to a reserve drawn at the same time as the original.
It is the responsibility of the entrant to provide correct, up-to-date details when entering the prize promotion and acceptance of the prize. Connect Childcare cannot be held responsible for winners failing to supply accurate information which affects prize acceptance or delivery of their prize. You agree that if you are a winner, you will take part in and cooperate fully with reasonable publicity and to the use of your name, photograph and any comments in such publicity without any fee being payable.

Data Protection: Entrants will be given the option to opt into future marketing from Connect Childcare. Any personal information that entrants share within the entry form will be kept secure by Connect Childcare and will be used in line with the General Data Protection Regulation act. 

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