

John Copps
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
Family Hubs - our support for local authorities to integrate services
Family Hubs are places where families can go to access integrated help and support as their children grow up. They have the potential to...


Andrew Laird
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
Get ready for Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund!
With the first round of bidding for the Levelling Up Fund now closed, now is the time to start planning for Round Two and beyond. Details...


John Copps
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
Briefing on the Government’s £150m Community Ownership Fund
The government has published details of its £150m Community Ownership Fund, designed to support local people to save local community...


John Copps
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Building bridges between central and local government: a report with lessons on implementing change
Delivery of policy always relies on the skills, knowledge and cooperation of different levels of government – usually Departments at the...


John Copps
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Beyond Asset Transfer: New CCIN report on Community Asset Transfer
Community assets enrich our lives, help to create strong and resilient communities, and support the effectiveness of public services....


David Fairhurst
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Our support for local authorities’ response to the Breathing Space scheme
Mutual Ventures and our partner xantura are pleased to offer a new service to provide people struggling with problem debt and wider...


John Copps
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Briefing on the Government’s £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund
Following the last week’s budget, the government has published details of its highly anticipated £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund. The Fund will...


admin
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Tutorial with practical tips on writing compelling business cases
View our tutorial on the key principles and practical tips on writing business cases. Download our guide to writing business cases using...


admin
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
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...


admin
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
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...


admin
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Levelling Up Delivery Partnership
Mutual Ventures, Cadence Innova and Project Centre have formed a Delivery Partnership to support local authorities and other public...


admin
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
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...


David Fairhurst
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
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...


admin
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
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...


admin
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
Planning your COVID-19 recovery strategy
Our support offer to help local authorities to lead their local plan for recovery COVID-19 has shaken the UK’s citizens, communities and...


John Copps
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
Recovering together with communities: ideas to help local authorities plan the COVID-19 recovery
COVID-19 will be a pivotal event for this generation. Public services have an opportunity to reshape themselves around people and...


John Copps
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Local authorities can make mutual aid a positive legacy of COVID-19
MV’s new report argues says that councils can encourage and promote the work of mutual aid groups to create more resilient neighbourhoods...


admin
- Dec 2, 2019
- 1 min
Using data to improve your adult social care services
We can support you to design and implement improvements to your processes of collecting, managing and using information, helping to make...


admin
- Dec 2, 2019
- 1 min
Managing your adult social care provider market
Managing the market for providers of adult social care is a critical part of ensuring services users receive the support they need and...


admin
- Aug 18, 2019
- 1 min
Becoming a public service mutual
This toolkit is designed to support services considering becoming a public service mutual and is applicable to all service areas. It...