Useful resources from the Strengthening Families national learning event
On the 14-15th June, the Department for Education's Strengthening Families Protecting Children (SFPC) Programme held an online national...
Jordan Binedell
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Reform and Relationships: Making the Care Review a Reality
The Care Review may not be perfect but in its recognition that reform is about relationships, it offers a chance for genuine change says...
Emmet Regan
Jun 6, 20223 min read
A reset focused on family & relationships: MV welcomes the Care Review
MV welcomes the publication of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, as ‘a once in a generation opportunity to reset...
John Copps
May 23, 20222 min read
Learning from the Family Valued approach to children's services in Newcastle
Mutual Ventures welcomes the publication of a report describing the process and lessons learnt one year into the implementation of Family...
John Copps
May 23, 20221 min read
Catch up webinar: DfE's Staying Close Programme - insight and examples
Catch up on our webinar held on Thursday 19th May to discuss the opportunities from the DfE Staying Close Programme, and hear examples of...
Mutual Ventures
May 19, 20221 min read
Register now for the DfE national event on Strengthening Families, Protecting Children!
Mutual Ventures is pleased to be involved in a national event on 14-15 June, for the Department for Education’s Strengthening Families,...
Jordan Binedell
May 5, 20221 min read
MV welcomes publication of the third issue of the Strengthening Families Learning Journal
Today the third issue of the Strengthening Families Learning Journal is published, with a focus on approaches to social care that involve...
Jordan Binedell
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Putting Family Hubs at the centre of your Early Help offer
On Tuesday 1st February we held a free webinar, Putting Family Hubs at the centre of your Early Help offer – What To Think About When...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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...
Andrew Laird
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Reimagining The Provision Of Children’s Residential Care
The cost and quality of placements for Looked After Children is a significant challenge for Children’s Services across the country. We...
Mutual Ventures
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Learning from the Family Valued approach to children's services in Darlington
Mutual Ventures welcomes the publication of a series of resources outlining lessons from the implementation of Family Valued in...
John Copps
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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....
John Copps
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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....
Emmet Regan
Mar 16, 20213 min read
Innovation is only as good as the system in which it operates – reflections on the 2020 Intelligent
MV’s Umar Majid reflects on February’s Intelligent Health Conference in London – asking what we can learn from the best innovations in AI...
Umar Majid
Feb 24, 20202 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
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
Public service staff need space to learn from mistakes
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird says public service staff need to be given safe space to learn from mistakes… I recently read...
Andrew Laird
Apr 19, 20163 min read
Should public services be “experimental”?
Writing for Pioneer’s Post, MV Director Andrew Laird urges public service managers and practitioners to be more open to the prospect of...
Andrew Laird
Mar 25, 20163 min read
Public Services Need a Dose of Maverickism
Writing for Huffpost, MV’s Andrew Laird makes the case for more mavericks in public services… I believe the next five years will see the...
Andrew Laird
Mar 5, 20163 min read
Let’s Release Public Services From the ‘Computer Says No’ Culture
Writing for HuffPost, Andrew Laird makes the case for more human public services… There’s a widespread discussion going on about how...
Andrew Laird
Oct 8, 20153 min read