This week is National Adoption Week! Mutual Ventures wishes to voice our support for children and adopters, alongside councils and...

Mutual Ventures welcomes the publication of a series of resources outlining lessons from the implementation of Family Valued in...

Family Hubs are places where families can go to access integrated help and support as their children grow up. They have the potential to...

Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC) is a five-year Department for Education (DfE) programme to support local authorities...

Client: Department for Education Date: 2016 – Present Challenges faced by the client: The adoption system faced significant challenges in...

Client: Department for Education Date: August 2019 - March 2021 Challenges faced by the client: Due to the continued poor performance of...

Client: The Department for Education, Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme Date: March 2014 – March 2021 Challenges faced by the...

Catch up on our webinar where we explore how children’s services can make sure they are working effectively with partners in local...

Eliza Hardwick argues that without a coherent strategy to ‘level up’ for the most disadvantaged children, repeated COVID-19 school...

Strengthening Families Programme Coach Alissa Davies shares insights gathered via an online survey of local authority teams who have...

SFPC is a five-year Department for Education (DfE) programme to support local authorities to improve their work with families and safely...

Lily Mellen argues that children in care from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds should be given the support they need, and...

Catch up on our webinar where we explore the current state and future directions of Family Group Conferences. The webinar was hosted by...

On 8th September we hosted a webinar with Xantura focused on how to harness the power of data to transform children’s social care. The...

Andrew Laird argues that the recent exam debacle shouldn’t cause us to turn our back on the positive power of data analytics. A version...

Mutual Ventures and Xantura are excited to announce a new strategic partnership to support councils in transforming how they deliver...

On 22nd July we hosted a webinar with the Family Hubs Network exploring the family hub model of integrated local public services. Watch a...

MV’s Ed Stroud reflects on how Violence Reduction Units and Family Hubs can collaborate to create ‘end to end’ support for young people....

Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: The London Borough of...

Client: Dorset County Council Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: Dorset Council, like many Local...