Shifting the dial on children's health outcomes depends on effective local partnerships
MV's new report looks at how tackling disparities in children's health outcomes requires collaboration between system and place partners....
Mutual Ventures
Jan 30, 20241 min read
How provider collaboratives can work with wider Place partners
Matt Carter discusses how existing Provider Collaboratives can work with wider Place partners highlighting five key insights to embed...
Matt Carter
Jan 23, 20243 min read
Regional working in children's services is growing - and is here to stay
John Copps says that the trend towards regional working in children’s services is here to stay, and that local authorities need to engage...
John Copps
Jan 9, 20243 min read
2024 in public services: What can we expect?
John Copps looks at some of the trends that might shape public services over the next 12 months. Douglas Adams said that predicting the...
John Copps
Jan 2, 20245 min read
MV awarded place on government AI framework
Mutual Ventures has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dynamic Purchasing System...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 21, 20231 min read
Catch-up on our webinar: Creating the conditions for long term investment in places
Catch up on our webinar - Creating the conditions for long term investment in places - held on Monday 11th December 2023. Watch here A...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 11, 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
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
A values-driven approach to AI in public services
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to change public services. An instinctive reaction can be to jump immediately to the...
Andrew Laird
Nov 7, 20234 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
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
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
The devolution agenda: what next for councils?
Luke Bevir argues that further expansion of devolution in England can deliver benefits for local communities but first requires councils...
Luke Bevir
Aug 1, 20234 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
Catch up on our webinar Levelling Up: Preparing for Round 3
Catch up on our webinar - ‘Levelling Up: Preparing For Round 3’ - held on Tuesday 13th June and featuring Lewisham Council. Watch here...
Mutual Ventures
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Now is the time for a new blueprint for public service reform
Public services are lacking a clear overall vision but now is the time for our political discourse to rise to the occasion and provide us...
Emmet Regan
Jun 8, 20234 min read
National and local government need to work together to achieve crucial co-production
Hannah Sampson argues that listening to the voices of service users needs to underpin effective relationships between national and local...
Hannah Sampson
Jun 5, 20232 min read