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

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

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

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

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...

MV’s Ed Stroud argues that new government investment in Family Hubs presents an opportunity to improve outcomes by adopting a...

The following article was published on the MJ website on the 6th January: During the election campaign, the focus was on Brexit and...

MV’s Emmet Regan and and Michael Wyatt argue that local authority children and adult services need to have a unified view of the...