Nurturing a love of the great outdoors has always been a key part of our curriculum at Raised in Bristol nurseries. Forest School continues our play-led learning ethos, providing children with a hands-on learning experience in nature. They will also have the opportunity to problem-solve, manage risks, and build confidence in a creative environment. 

Kellie, Nursery Manager at Raised in Bristol at Docklands Community Centre recently challenged her team to come up with some creative activity set-ups for the children to enjoy, inviting the team and families to vote for their favourite activity set-up via social media.

It's an everyday practice that our Raised in Bristol nursery teams create themed activities for the children to participate in throughout the nursery day – these may be themed around specific cultural events, the children's specific interests and reflect the early years curriculum and are designed to engage and help the children to learn different skills through their play. Read on to learn about the ideas behind each set-up!

It’s #nationalapprenticeshipweek this week! Did you know that early years apprenticeships have been one of the most popular apprenticeships in the UK over the last few years? At Raised In we’re proud to have 15 early years apprentices and counting training on the job in our Raised in Bristol nurseries…

With the start of the New Year, we wanted to take a look back and review some of our achievements of 2024! We want to say a big thank you to our Raised in Bristol families, team and community partners for making 2024 a huge success and we’re super excited to see what 2025 brings!

This is part two of our Winter guide giving some post-Christmas inspiration for blowing away the cobwebs in January and February! Here are our top 5 family-friendly events, attractions and activities across Bristol for children under 5 at the start of 2025…

The wonderful team at Cucina Bambini, our nursery food provider, have put together this festive Christmas bake for you to cook at home with your little ones over the festive period!

We’ve put together another handy Raised In seasonal guide with some highlights for events to take the little ones to over the festive period. Here are our top 5 family-friendly events, attractions and activities across Bristol for children under 5 this December…

In the previous blogs in this series, we looked at why community based nurseries are a win-win for everyone, and how this translates into reality at our Easton nurseries. In this blog, we will look at how our community nurseries contribute wider benefits to the communities of St Paul’s in Bristol’s city centre, and Southmead, to the north of Bristol.

In the first in our series looking at the benefits of community-based nurseries, we spoke about the wider impact we want to have on our communities, and the model behind Raised In as a social enterprise. This second piece in the series looks in more detail at our Easton nurseries in Bristol, and our community partner Eastside Community Trust who run the two well-loved sites at Easton Community Centre and Felix Road Adventure Playground.

This Social Enterprise Day we’re taking a moment to raise awareness of our pioneering business model and celebrate the more than 100,000 social enterprises in the UK working to benefit people and the planet.