Case study: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham All Age Disability Service
Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: The London Borough of...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 2, 20202 min read
Case study: Dorset County Council Foster Service
Client: Dorset County Council Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: Dorset Council, like many Local...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 2, 20203 min read
Becoming trauma-informed – a recommendation for the future of the Troubled Families Programme
MV’s Ed Stroud argues that new government investment in Family Hubs presents an opportunity to improve outcomes by adopting a...
Ed Stroud
Jan 31, 20203 min read
Family Hubs – a manifesto promise that could be the future of public services
The following article was published on the MJ website on the 6th January: During the election campaign, the focus was on Brexit and...
Andrew Laird
Jan 8, 20204 min read
Crossing the divide between children and adult services – the principles of a good transition
MV’s Emmet Regan and and Michael Wyatt argue that local authority children and adult services need to have a unified view of the...
Emmet Regan
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Case study: Southwark Leaving Care Service
Project: The future delivery model for Southwark Leaving Care Service Client: Southwark Council Date: August 2019 – November 2019...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Case study: West Midlands Children’s Services Delivery Model
Project: West Midlands Children’s Services Delivery Model: Options Appraisal and Outline Business Case Client: West Midlands Children’s...
Mutual Ventures
Aug 31, 20192 min read
Case study: Slough Children’s Trust
Client: Slough Borough Council and Slough Children’s Trust Date: April 2019 – July 2019 Challenges faced by the client: Slough Children’s...
Mutual Ventures
Jul 31, 20192 min read
Case study: Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council
Client: Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council Date: April 2018 - December 2018 Challenges faced by the client:...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 7, 20192 min read
Case study: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Children's and Adults Services
Client: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Date: August 2018 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client: Knowsley faced...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 1, 20192 min read
Case study: Reading Children's Trust
Client: Reading Borough Council Date: October 2017 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client:Reading Borough Council received an...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 1, 20192 min read
Case study: Cornwall Council children's service integration
Client: Cornwall Council Date: November 2017 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client: In 2017 Cornwall Council had a ‘Good’ rated...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 1, 20193 min read
Case study: Department of Education - Sandwell Children's Social Care
Client: Department for Education – Due diligence in support of the development of Sandwell CSC Trust Date: October 2016 – April 2018...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 30, 20183 min read
Case study: HeadStart Programme to support young people's mental health
Client: The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) Date: 2015-2018 Challenges faced by the client: Children’s mental health and...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 15, 20182 min read
Wearside leads the way with a new generation of children’s service
Sunderland City Council has developed an innovative new model for children’s services, supported by Mutual Ventures, writes John Copps....
John Copps
May 22, 20175 min read
Case study: Sunderland City Council and Together for Children
Client: Sunderland City Council Date: February 2016 – April 2017 Challenges faced by the client: In July 2015, the Council received a...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 2, 20172 min read
A different school of thought – what next for the government’s academies policy?
Compulsory conversion of community schools to academies has been dropped – but challenges remain for local authorities and small schools,...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 11, 20163 min read
Case study: Department for Education Teaching Partnerships
Client: Department for Education Date: April – June 2015 Challenge faced by the client: Training social workers is a key issues for the...
Mutual Ventures
Jun 29, 20162 min read
2016: What’s in store for public services?
2015 was always going to be a roller-coaster year for public services, especially with a General Election and subsequent spending review....
Mutual Ventures
Dec 10, 20154 min read
Case study: Achieving for Children
Client: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Date: July 2013 - March 2014 Challenges...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 31, 20143 min read