Playscape Fun and Adventure
by Nicola Cunningham, Childcare Services Manager Inverness. Playscape is a holiday club we organise for children with additional support needs. We run our clubs in Easter, Summer and October in …
Outdoor Clothing Fund provides equal experiences
by Eleanor Smith, Keith Service Manager The outdoor clothing fund has opened opportunities to support all children to gain equal experiences in the outdoors. The benefits of outdoor play are …
Meet Katie our New Social Work Student in Aberdeenshire
Hi, I’m Katie a social work student from Robert Gordon University. This placement at Flexible Childcare Services Scotland is set to be both challenging and rewarding for me as I …
Meet Charlie our New Social Work Student in Aberdeenshire
My name is Charlie and I’m a social work student at Robert Gordons University. This is my first week of my placement at Flexible Childcare Services which will continue until …
Wrapping up to embrace the elements
by Lynda Young, Dundee Nursery Manager In a year where getting outdoors has been the much-needed respite from staying home or staying indoors, it has never been more important to …
We’re feeling warm inside and out thanks to the Outdoor Clothing Fund
by Kimberly Fyfe, NESCol Nursery Manager At Flexible Childcare Services Scotland’s NESCol Nursery, we are a free flow setting, children are given the opportunity to be outdoors all day, every day! …
The Elephant in the Sector
Let’s be honest, there is a bit of a white elephant in our sector, a subject that no one wants to speak about. That taboo subject would be, the dreaded …
Life does not become better by chance, it becomes better through change!
by Fiona Ednie, Head of Workforce Strategy & Regional Lead for Highland & Moray, FCSS Just when I thought my 20+ years career in the childcare sector had reached a plateau …
Rising to a New Challenge
by Lesley Tait, Head of Childcare Services, Regional Lead Tayside and Central Region, FCSS Having been in childcare since the good old NNEB era back in the 80’s (still the …
