

admin
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Case Study: Barnsley Council's Covid Bounce-Back Programme
Client: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Date: July 2021 – April 2022 Challenges faced by the client: The economy in Barnsley was...


John Copps
- Mar 9
- 1 min
Third sector in Barnsley bouncing back from Covid-19
Mutual Ventures is delighted to have partnered with Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) since July 2021 to support local...


Andrew Laird
- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
2022: Looking ahead with questions rather than predictions
Andrew Laird reflects on the uncertainties facing public services and asks three key questions that will shape the year ahead. It’s...


John Copps
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Integrated care leaders must keep up the momentum
Despite news that the deadline for integrated care systems may slip, and the spectre of another Covid winter, health and social care...


admin
- Aug 16, 2021
- 5 min
Covid Bounce-Back Programme – Community and Voluntary Sector
This is a call for applications to Barnsley Council’s Covid Bounce-Back Programme for the Community and Voluntary Sector. It is for...


admin
- Aug 16, 2021
- 5 min
Covid Bounce-Back Programme – Cultural, Creative and Visitor Sectors
This is a call for applications to Barnsley Council’s Covid Bounce-Back Programme for the Cultural, Creative and Visitor Sectors. It is...


Emmet Regan
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
What public services can learn from other responses to the pandemic
Emmet Regan argues that the experience of COVID-19 has demonstrated that and that public services have lots to learn from other sectors....


Eliza Hardwich
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
‘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...


Alissa Davies
- Jan 6, 2021
- 3 min
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...


Andrew Laird
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
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...


Jordan Binedell
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
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...


Michael Wyatt
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
Front-line autonomy in public services is vital to keep pace with COVID-19
Michael Wyatt argues that public sector leaders have a responsibility to empower front-line staff to make decisions to best cope with the...


Alissa Davies
- Oct 20, 2020
- 5 min
To emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, we must take the time to understand how local authoriti
Alissa Davies reflects on a decade working with local government, and why it is uniquely placed to lead us through the current and future...


Andrew Laird
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
Catch up on our webinar – Strategic priorities in and beyond the crisis: how to build back better
Catch up on our webinar where we consider strategic priorities in and beyond the crisis with a focus on how to build back better. The...


admin
- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
Case study: Bury 2030 Strategy, Bury Council
Client: Bury Council Date: March 2020 - September 2020 Support offered: We were originally commissioned pre-Covid-19 to support the...


John Copps
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Kruger report on Levelling Up: a step towards consensus between government and civil society
Danny Kruger’s report – Levelling Up our Communities – proposes a re-emphasis on communities in the recovery from COVID-19. John Copps...


John Copps
- Jun 22, 2020
- 2 min
Local authorities must work with communities to lead the COVID-19 recovery
John Copps argues that the recovery from COVID-19 needs to be a joint endeavour with councils, communities and local businesses all...


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...