

Our team's insights from 10 years of Mutual Ventures
This year we are celebrating Mutual Ventures’ tenth birthday. During that time we’ve learnt a huge amount and had a lot of fun working...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 28, 20211 min read


Our guide to writing business cases
A key challenge for leaders and decision-makers in public services is how best to use the limited resources available to meet the needs...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 22, 20211 min read


Catch up on our webinar – Levelling Up Fund: getting a headstart
With applications to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund due to begin early this year, local leaders will want to start preparing so they...

Andrew Laird
Feb 17, 20211 min read


Catch up on our webinar – Integration in children’s services: how to build effective partnerships
Catch up on our webinar where we explore how children’s services can make sure they are working effectively with partners in local...

John Copps
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Plans to put ‘place’ at the centre of healthcare are long overdue
John Copps welcomes the emphasis on ‘place’ in NHS England’s plans for health system reform, and argues that the balance of power should...

John Copps
Feb 3, 20213 min read


MV’s pro bono support for social enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis
Mutual Ventures’ mission is to is to improve life chances by making public services better, more sustainable and more connected to...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 2, 20213 min read


Levelling Up Delivery Partnership
Mutual Ventures, Cadence Innova and Project Centre have formed a Delivery Partnership to support local authorities and other public...

Mutual Ventures
Jan 29, 20211 min read


‘Levelling Up’ must mean children are not left behind by COVID-19
Eliza Hardwick argues that without a coherent strategy to ‘level up’ for the most disadvantaged children, repeated COVID-19 school...

Eliza Hardwich
Jan 28, 20213 min read


MV publishes guide to the updated HM Treasury Green Book
To support this aims of Levelling Up, HM Treasury has published a refreshed Green Book, providing guidance on how to assess new public...

Mutual Ventures
Jan 21, 20211 min read


Register for our webinar: Integration in children’s services – how to build effective partnerships
* Register for this webinar here * Providing the support that vulnerable children so desperately need right now requires agencies working...

John Copps
Jan 20, 20211 min read


Continuing to deliver Family Safeguarding in challenging times
Strengthening Families Programme Coach Alissa Davies shares insights gathered via an online survey of local authority teams who have...

Alissa Davies
Jan 6, 20213 min read


Levelling Up – get in touch with us for an early conversation
The chancellor’s new £4bn Levelling Up fund provides reason for public service leaders to think long term. If the COVID-19 pandemic has...

Andrew Laird
Dec 18, 20201 min read


Five trends to watch out for in public services in 2021
After a year of unprecedented challenges, Mutual Ventures’ Agata Miśkowiec and John Copps look at what’s in store for public services in...

John Copps
Dec 17, 20204 min read


Can the Levelling Up Fund help reset councils’ relationship with Whitehall?
With relations between central and local government fraught, Emmet Regan asks whether the Levelling Up Fund provides an opportunity to...

Emmet Regan
Dec 16, 20203 min read


MV welcomes publication of the first issue of the Strengthening Families journal
SFPC is a five-year Department for Education (DfE) programme to support local authorities to improve their work with families and safely...

David Fairhurst
Dec 15, 20202 min read


The success of local authority companies relies on effective governance
Council-owned companies have a valuable role in local government but clarity over their purpose and governance is vital argues MV’s John...

John Copps
Dec 7, 20203 min read


Achieving integrated care in the NHS by exploring new service models
Integration and collaboration is now the mode of operation for the future of healthcare. The reforms set out in the Long Term Plan set a...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 1, 20201 min read


COVID-19 highlights the importance of community ‘bridges’
MV’s Andrew’s Laird and Chris Wright, chief executive of Catch22, argues that community bridge organisations are a vital part of...

Andrew Laird
Nov 25, 20204 min read


The rapid digitisation of public services in response to COVID-19 needs to be a priority
Jordan Binedell welcomes the rapid adoption of technology in public services but argues that we need to give priority to ensuring those...

Jordan Binedell
Nov 13, 20202 min read


Giving children in care the best start in life means tackling prejudice head on
Lily Mellen argues that children in care from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds should be given the support they need, and...

Lily Mellen
Nov 10, 20203 min read

