

2023: Best of our blogs
As we look back on the year gone, we thought we would share some of our favourite articles from 2023. We have chosen five pieces that we...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 22, 20231 min read


Download our Regional Fostering Recruitment Hub Intelligence Tool
Access Mutual Ventures' new Regional Fostering Recruitment Hub Intelligence Tool. Mutual Ventures is the delivery partner for the...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Be both bold and careful when adopting AI in public services
Artificial Intelligence is developing at breakneck speed with the standard Silicon Valley attitude of “go fast and break things”. This...

Andrew Laird
Dec 12, 20234 min read


Webinar catch-up: Insights from delivering services across councils with Achieving for Children
Catch up on our webinar - Insights from delivering services across councils, with Achieving for Children - held on Monday 4th December...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 4, 20231 min read


Catch up on our webinar: A Values-Driven Approach to AI in Public Services
Catch up on our webinar - A Values-Driven Approach to AI in Public Services - held on Monday 4th December 2023. Watch here Until...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 4, 20231 min read


How to successfully mobilise your LUF Round 3 project
Following the announcement that 55 projects will receive a share of the remaining levelling up funding, Mark Bandalli considers some of...

Mark Bandalli
Nov 28, 20234 min read


Catch up: Fostering Recruitment on a Regional Footprint - Lessons from Regional Adoption Agencies
Catch up on our webinar - Fostering Recruitment on a Regional Footprint: Lessons from Regional Adoption Agencies - held on Wednesday 22nd...

Mutual Ventures
Nov 22, 20231 min read


Longer term funding settlements provide a blueprint for investing in prevention
Luke Bevir says that multi-year single funding settlements for local authorities will provide local areas with more certainty and an...

Luke Bevir
Nov 17, 20233 min read


Children at risk: but who's risk is it anyway?
Keeping children safe has to be a collective responsibility. Former police officer Essack Miah argues that children protection should be...

Essack Miah
Nov 15, 20233 min read


Catch up on our webinar: Reimagining child welfare for the twenty-first century
Catch up on our webinar – Reimagining child welfare for the twenty-first century – held on Tuesday 14th November 2023. Watch here...

Mutual Ventures
Nov 14, 20232 min read


On-demand webinar: Radical Place Leadership - Exploring the "Liberated Method"
Catch up on our webinar - Radical Place Leadership: Exploring the "Liberated Method" which was held on Tuesday 8th November 2023. Watch...

Mutual Ventures
Nov 9, 20231 min read


Making an impact on children’s health inequalities requires a new form of place leadership
Owen O’Sullivan and Andrew Laird argue that making an impact in children’s health requires a new and radical form of place leadership....

Owen O'Sullivan
Oct 25, 20234 min read


My lived experience of being an NHS statistic
Agata Miśkowiec recounts her recent experience of hospital care, and what it can be like being a patient in an inadequate trust. She...

Agata Miśkowiec
Oct 18, 20234 min read


Adult social care must be built around the bond between people and places
John Copps says that cooperative principles should provide the foundation for adult social care reform – rebuilding and maintaining the...

John Copps
Oct 4, 20234 min read


Foster with North East – lessons so far from the North East Pathfinder
The countdown is on for the launch of a new regional Fostering Recruitment Hub, set to go live in the North East at the end of this...

Hannah Szczepanski
Sep 21, 20235 min read


Why we need a more relational approach to recruiting foster carers
Councils are working together on developing new approaches to foster carer recruitment. Their success relies on building a service that...

John Copps
Sep 12, 20233 min read


Can we refocus on public service reform now?
MV's Andrew Laird, a Commissioner on the Poverty Strategy Commission, says that re-igniting an active public service reform agenda is a...

Andrew Laird
Sep 8, 20233 min read


Five tips to help public servants in central government and local services work together better
Morgan Finlayson reflects on nearly a decade of working in the civil service and offers a personal perspective on what makes an effective...

Morgan Nasir-Finlayson
Jul 25, 20233 min read


Beyond levelling up: What the UK can learn from regeneration in East Germany
Yvonne Reinhardt reflects on the successes and shortcomings of post-reunification investment in East Germany and how these learning could...

Yvonne Reinhardt
Jul 24, 20234 min read


Creating a shared culture is essential for successful NHS collaboration
Matt Carter discusses a range of approaches to ensure the development of shared culture between healthcare providers wishing to achieve...

Matt Carter
Jul 17, 20234 min read

