Client: Share Foundation Date: Feb-May 2023   The challenge For many looked-after young people, financial education is a missing piece...

Working in regional ‘clusters’, councils are building and testing a new approach to foster carer recruitment through a government-funded...

Mutual Ventures welcomes the launch of ten regional fostering recruitment hubs. Today marks the launch of the tenth fostering recruitment...

In 2024-25, MV produced a quarterly guide featuring initiatives across England that aim to reduce delay and improve processes in family...

Client: Department for Education (DfE) Date: March-May 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Family drugs and alcohol courts (FDACs) offer...

Client: Department for Education Date: August 2023 – present Challenges faced by the client: Foster carers play a critical role in the...

Myriad challenges in children’s residential care, including increasingly complex needs and business models driven by scale, are resulting...

This episode is with Rob Whiteman, the Chief Executive of CIPFA. Rob is a very thoughtful and influential commentator on local government...

Catch up on our webinar - Supporting Families and Children to Navigate Care Proceedings: Learning from Experts by Experience - This...

MV Non-executive Professor Donna Hall argues that early intervention must be a priority for a new government and makes the case that a...

We are thrilled to invite you to our Fostering Recruitment & Retention Learning Week from Monday 10th June - Thursday 13th June. During...

As the Strengthening Families Protecting Children Programme is brought to a close, Essack Miah reflects on what is needed to ensure a...

This episode is with Sarah Thomas, the Chief Executive of the Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity and membership...

Sign up for our webinar - The Development and Progress of Regional Fostering Recruitment Support Hubs - on Wednesday 22nd May in...

Regional collaboration in children's services is now firmly part of the way services are organised. Mutual Ventures has produced a series...

Sarah Thomas, Chief Executive of The Fostering Network, argues that the collaboration between local authorities is powerful in recruiting...

MV's new guide provides a roadmap for establishing a regional fostering recruitment support hub. As the delivery partner for the...

Catch up on our webinar - Cultivating a Workplace Culture around Your Fostering Recruitment Support Hub. This webinar was held on...

Mark Owers explores the valuable lessons that Fostering Recruitment Support Hubs can glean from the setup of Regional Adoption Agencies...

This episode is with Sam Allen the Chief Executive of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System. This system covers a huge...