
Mutual Ventures
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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...


Alissa Davies
Jan 6, 20213 min read
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...


Alissa Davies
Oct 20, 20205 min read
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, 20202 min read
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...


Mutual Ventures
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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...


Mutual Ventures
Aug 31, 20202 min read
Case study: Derbyshire County Council Countryside Services
Client: Derbyshire County Council Date: December 2018 – August 2020 Challenges faced by the client: Derbyshire County Council’s...


John Copps
Jun 29, 20204 min read
A national adult care model must be about the mutual bond between local people and places
John Copps argues that adult social care must be about the bond between local people and places. This article was originally published on...

Mutual Ventures
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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...


Mutual Ventures
May 31, 20202 min read
Case study: Wandsworth Schools Music Service
Client: Wandsworth Borough of London Council – Wandsworth Schools Music Service Date: May 2019 – May 2020 Challenges faced by the client:...

John Copps
May 12, 20201 min read
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...


Mutual Ventures
Mar 2, 20202 min read
Case study: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham All Age Disability Service
Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: The London Borough of...


Mutual Ventures
Feb 1, 20202 min read
Case study: Reigate & Banstead Borough Council Revenue and Benefits
Project: Financial due diligence and future delivery model for Revenues and Benefits Client: Reigate & Banstead Borough Council Date:...


Andrew Laird
Jan 8, 20204 min read
Family Hubs – a manifesto promise that could be the future of public services
The following article was published on the MJ website on the 6th January: During the election campaign, the focus was on Brexit and...


Mutual Ventures
Dec 2, 20191 min read
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...


Mutual Ventures
Dec 2, 20191 min read
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...


Mutual Ventures
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Case study: Southwark Leaving Care Service
Project: The future delivery model for Southwark Leaving Care Service Client: Southwark Council Date: August 2019 – November 2019...


Mutual Ventures
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Case study: Reading Culture
Client: Reading Borough Council Date: April 2019 – November 2019 Challenges faced by the client: Reading Council are responsible for...


Mutual Ventures
Nov 1, 20192 min read
Case study: Waltham Forest Council trading companies governance review
Client: Waltham Forest Council Date: June 2019 – October 2019 Challenges faced by the client: WFC established two Local Authority Trading...


Mutual Ventures
Aug 31, 20192 min read
Case study: West Midlands Children’s Services Delivery Model
Project: West Midlands Children’s Services Delivery Model: Options Appraisal and Outline Business Case Client: West Midlands Children’s...