About
Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) is a national charity in Scotland with numerous childcare settings delivering early learning and school age childcare as well as specialist support for children and young people with Additional Support Needs.
The charity was created to challenge the inflexibility of current childcare provision across Scotland with the goal of improving parental employment while simultaneously reducing child poverty.
Our vision is simple; to enable every child, family, and community to access the individual early learning support and childcare services they need to thrive.
To achieve this we have created a unique, flexible childcare model that allows families to book-by-the-hour, pay-as-they-go and change their bookings each week in line with their childcare needs. This helps parents to save money on their childcare while presenting them with opportunities to increase their income by removing childcare as a barrier to work.
According our latest research 84% of parents using our services are in either full or part time employment thanks to our flexible model which has also helped to reduce parents’ childcare costs as they only pay for the time they use. The combined increase in income and the reduction in costs has led to 80% of the families we support citing an increase to their overall household income; 21% saying that their income had increased by more than £5,000 / year.
Vision & Values
At Flexible Childcare Services Scotland, our vision is simple; to enable every child, family, and community to access the individual early learning support and childcare services they need to thrive.
Our Approach
Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) has been created to challenge the inflexibility of current childcare provision across the country. Our approach has been developed with the children, families, practitioners and professionals that use it.
Meet the Team
Our core team consists of highly qualified and experienced practitioners each of whom brings a different set of skills and talents to our team, working together to deliver an exceptional childcare experience.
Our Board
FCSS is governed by an experienced board of trustees who are responsible for the strategic management of FCSS, controlling and supervising our activities, setting a vision for the organisation, and running FCSS in a way that achieves these aims.
Documents
At FCSS, we regularly create new and unique publications, reports, and resources to promote the benefits of flexible childcare, ensuring that families and professionals have the information they need.
