Flexible Childcare Services Scotland

Connecting the Dots: driving change in the childcare sector

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Welcome to Connecting the Dots, a podcast by Flexible Childcare Services Scotland. This series will raise awareness of the challenges in current childcare models in the UK and highlight solutions that will support parents and providers alike. We will highlight issues including: sustainability, funding rates, workforce capacity, the barriers experienced by parents, the need for whole family support and the growing requirement for increased support for families whose children have additional support needs.

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Flexible Childcare Services Scotland

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Connecting the Dots: childcare's not just a family issue with Satwat Rehman CEO at One Parent Families Scotland 02.07.2026 46:38

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Satwat Rehman, Chief Executive at One Parent Families Scotland to understand the challenges that single parents, and all parents, face when they don't have access to flexible childcare. Find out why childcare has become a societal issue and not one thats faced solely by families. Discover why there needs to be a system cha...

Connecting the Dots: understanding flexible childcare with Lesley Tait Head of Quality and Compliance at FCSS. 18.06.2026 26:02

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Lesley Tait, Head of Quality and Compliance to understand what we mean by flexible childcare, how it works and how it helps. Find out how book by the hour childcare supports parents back into education or employment, discover how flexible childcare delivers quality and why some Local Authorities are allowing parents to use...

Connecting the Dots: finding and managing childcare services with childcare management software with Alison Findlater, Software Development Manager at Caerus. 28.05.2026 19:39

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Alison Findlater, Software Development Manager at Caerus to understand how childcare management software helps to connect parents to childcare providers. Find out how providers can advertise their services, take bookings and enquiries, manage their service users and always make sure that they have enough team members to su...

Connecting the Dots: Flexible funding for charities and social enterprises with Tracy Thomson, Loans Officer at NatWest Social & Community Capital 14.05.2026 23:38

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Tracy Thomson, Loans Officer at NatWest Social & Community Capital to understand how charities and social enterprises can find alternative funding when main stream banks wont help.

Connecting the Dots: Diving into school age childcare with Audrey Anderson, CEO of SOSCN 29.04.2026 31:00

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Audrey Anderson Chief Executive at Scottish Out of School Club Network (SOSCN) to understand the challenges and opportunities facing the school age childcare sector and how SOSCN supports it's members. This is the first FCSS Podcast in a series that aims to raise awareness of the challenges in current childcare models in t...