Coventry Healthy Early Years Settings Award (CHEYSA)

CHEYSA is a new, free, award that will recognise and reward nurseries - and other settings looking after 0 to 5 year olds - who are doing the most to promote good health in the children that they look after.

The CHEYSA has been developed in response to identified need nationally and locally and has been funded by the Coventry Health Improvement Programme (CHIP) - a partnership between NHS Coventry and Coventry City Council to improve the health of residents in Coventry and reduce the health inequalities in the city. The award has been created through partnership working across a wide variety of health promotion agencies within the city and has followed national guidance.

Nurseries and other settings will start to be assessed for the award from mid February 2011. The assessments will start with settings in the South of the city and will continue on to other areas throughout the year.