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 …
Planning Permission for New Early Learning and Childcare facility has been approved
Dundee City Council has granted planning permission to Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) so that they can renovate the former Fintry nursery in Dundee and create a new, state of …
Fintry residents welcome new community and environment initiative as part of new Centre of Childcare Excellence and Community Hub
Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS), the only charity in Scotland to champion flexible childcare, has been awarded a grant of more than £8,000 from the Scottish Government’s Community Climate Asset …
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 …
Working in Early Years is very Rewarding
I am an early years practitioner with FCSS and I really enjoy working in this setting. FCSS is a great place to work as it is made up of a …
Training to be the best
My name it’s Rachael Clark, I am an Early Years Practitioner at Flexible Childcare Services Dundee. I joined the services October 2019. I have worked in the early years sector …
Working in Childcare
by Avril Ross, Early Years Practitioner, FCSS Dundee I am an early years practitioner at FCSS, I qualified in January of this year and I am thoroughly enjoying putting my …
Making Memories
by Eleanor Smith, Service Manager, Keith. Risky play When we re-visit our own childhoods, we think about climbing trees, jumping streams, scaling rocks and all the other adventures we entailed. These …
