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

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare speaks to ASN Coordinator Kayleigh Still and ASN Service Manager Jasmin Fraser to understand how our specialist services have been designed to support children and young people with additional support needs.

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Robyn Duffy Co-Founder and Director at First Stop Safety Training to find out what more can be done to ensure children's safety in childcare settings and at home. Discover the UK's biggest choking hazard and the importance safety training for children and parents.

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Judith Turbyne, CEO at Children in Scotland to understand the main issues facing children and families in Scotland and what we can do as a sector to support them. Discover how childcare can help parents reach their full potential and how childcare settings provide a trusted space for whole family support.

According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 1 in 4 children in Scotland are living in poverty and their modelling shows that 50,000 parents need to move into work, and 20,000 more need additional hours, to bring the child poverty rate down to 14% by 2030. Can flexible childcare help? Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland meets Jack Evans, Senior Policy Advisor at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to get a better understanding of why so many children in Scotland are in poverty and what more can be done to lift them out of it.

Susan McGhee, Chief Executive of Flexible Childcare Services Scotland chats to Carole Erskine Policy & Campaign Lead at Pregnant then Screwed to understand the 'motherhood penalty' and what more needs to be done to support parents, particularly women, who face a range of structural barriers after they have children. Pregnant Then Screwed protects, supports and promotes the rights of mothers who suffer the effects of systemic, cultural, and institutional discrimination through our various schemes and activities. They believe that childcare should be affordable, high‑quality and accessible to all. They are campaigning for change how work is designed so that mothers and primary carers aren’t pushed out of jobs, opportunities or financial security.