

Case study: Developing the Public Services and Local Governance Case for Worcestershire’s Local Government Reorganisation final submission
Client: The five Worcestershire District Councils of Bromsgrove, Redditch, Malvern Hills, Worcester City and Wychavon Date: Sep – Dec 2025 Challenges faced by the client : Central government has committed to simplifying local government. In February 2025, the Minister of State wrote to all councils in two-tier areas to formally invite proposals for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). Working together, five district councils in Worcestershire were seeking to put together

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Dec 22, 20252 min read


Case Study: Local Government Reorganisation - Strategic Case Development for Norfolk County Council
Client: Norfolk County Council Date: July 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Norfolk County Council (NCC) is actively exploring Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) options to improve efficiency, strengthen place-based service delivery and enhance strategic capacity across Norfolk. This work sits within a politically sensitive and complex operating environment, where functions currently delivered by seven district and borough councils vary considerably in scope, scale and

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Nov 26, 20252 min read


Case Study: Supporting Local Authorities with Commissioning, Forecasting, and Market Shaping
Client: Department for Education Date: April 2024 – April 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Local Authorities bear a statutory responsibility to ensure there is sufficient and suitable accommodation for looked-after children. Local authorities commission services within a market that, despite its necessity, faces significant and well-documented challenges. Recent influential reviews, such as the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care and the Competition and Market

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Nov 11, 20252 min read


Case Study: Establishing Regional Care Cooperatives: Supporting the DfE’s Pathfinder Programme in Greater Manchester and the South East
Client: Department for Education Date: April 2024 – June 2025 Challenges faced by the client: The Department for Education (DfE) sought...

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Jul 13, 20253 min read


Case Study: Strategic review of Slough Children First
Client: Slough Borough Council / Slough Children First Date: May - June 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Slough Children First...

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Jun 30, 20252 min read


Case Study: Kent and Medway Children and Young People's Neurodivergence Programme
Client: NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board Date: April 2024 - Ongoing Challenges faced by the client: At the start of the...

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May 23, 20252 min read


Case Study: The Families First for Children Pathfinder programme: Supporting the Department for Education and Pathfinders implement vital reforms
Client: Department for Education Date: June 2023 - Present Challenges faced by the client: The Department for Education (DfE) worked...

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Apr 29, 20253 min read


Case Study: Mid & South Essex General Practice Provider Collaborative
Client: Mid & South Essex General Practice Provider Collaborative (GPPC) Date: October 2024 - Ongoing Challenges faced by the client:...

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Apr 27, 20252 min read


Case Study: Developing effective data processes for Staffordshire Moorlands and High Peak Alliance
Client: Staffordshire Moorlands and High Peak Alliance Date: January - April 2025 Challenges Faced by the Client: Mutual Ventures...

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Apr 6, 20252 min read


Case Study: South Ayrshire Radical Place Leadership
Client: South Ayrshire Council Date: August 2024 to January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: South Ayrshire’s Radical Place...

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Mar 12, 20253 min read


Case study: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Levelling Up Fund Implementation Support
Client: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Date : March 2023 to present Challenges faced by the client: Staffordshire Moorlands...

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Jan 10, 20253 min read


Case Study: Designated Family Judge Area Trailblazers Pilot - Reducing Delays in Family Court
Client: Department for Education Date: January 2024 – present Challenges faced by the client: ‘Care proceedings’ is the name for the...

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Jan 6, 20254 min read


Case study: CCIN Artificial Intelligence Guidance Framework
Client: Co-operative Councils’ Innovation Network (CCIN) Date: August to December 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Councils across...

Mutual Ventures
Jan 6, 20252 min read


Case study: DWP and DHSC's WorkWell Programme
Client: Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health and Social Care, working with 15 ICBs in England Date: May 2024...

Mutual Ventures
Jan 6, 20252 min read


Case Study: Brent Radical Place Leadership
Client : Brent Council Date : August 2024 – January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Brent is a vibrant borough in north-west London,...

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Jan 3, 20254 min read


Case study: Gedling Council - Greater Carlton Long Term Plan for Towns
Client: Gedling Borough Council Date : June - November 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Following notification that Carlton had been selected as an area for investment in the Long Term Plan for Towns, Gedling Borough Council required support to mobilise a representative Town Board and develop a 10-year Vision and 3-year Investment Plan setting out the ambition for the future of the town. Gedling Council needed to work at pace in a time of uncertainty due to the 2024 Ge

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Dec 23, 20242 min read


Case Study: North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership - Place Leadership Support
Client: North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership Date: April to August 2024 Challenges faced by the client: North East...

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Sep 29, 20242 min read


Case Study: North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Clients: North East London NHS Foundation Trust Date: June 2022 – March 2024 Challenges faced by the client : North East London...

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Aug 28, 20243 min read


Case study: Barnsley Healthcare Federation & South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Clients: Barnsley Healthcare Federation & South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Date: August 2021 – July 2024 ...

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Aug 25, 20243 min read


Case study: Helping the Share Foundation secure funding for life-changing financial education for young people in care
Client: Share Foundation Date: Feb-May 2023 The challenge For many looked-after young people, financial education is a missing piece...

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Jul 14, 20241 min read

