

Enhancing Education, Employment, and Training Access for Care-Experienced Individuals
Liz Roe shares insights from our roundtable with stakeholders in Greater Manchester (GM) discussing ways for the region, particularly its...
Liz Roe
13 minutes ago4 min read


Watch now: Joint commissioning in the children's care placements market
Watch the sixth in our webinar series "Making change that lasts with Regional Care Cooperatives". Â In our penultimate webinar as part of...
Ben Rosie
4 days ago1 min read

Making Commissioning Work: Getting the Foundations Right
Ross Murray discusses some of the commissioning cycle in the children's placement market and considers strategies to improve practice....
Ross Murray
5 days ago6 min read


Watch now: Making change that lasts with Regional Care Cooperatives
Watch the seventh in our webinar series "Making change that lasts with Regional Care Cooperatives". Â This webinar shares how the RCC...
Ben Rosie
6 days ago1 min read


Addressing Challenges in the Children's Care Placement Market: Insights from Mutual Ventures' Research
Ross Murray explores the challenges in the children's care placement market and the findings of our research report. The children’s care...
Ross Murray
Mar 143 min read

Register now: Better Outcomes for Kinship Families Through Tailored Preventative Support
Register for our webinar delivered as part of the DFJ Trailblazers: Reducing time to Family Court Pilot Programme. We are really pleased...
Yannick Mitchell
Mar 101 min read


Watch now: From competition to collaboration - Regional working in the children's placement market
Watch the fifth in our webinar series "Getting the Best out of the Children's Placements Market". Â Â This webinar shares how the RCC...
Ben Rosie
Feb 271 min read


Watch now: Improving relationships with providers
Watch the fourth in our webinar series "Getting the Best out of the Children's Placements Market". Â This webinar explores the...
Ben Rosie
Feb 261 min read

Watch now: The ambition for the Regional Care Cooperatives pathfinders
Watch the third in our webinar series: "Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" This webinar introduces the RCC...
Ben Rosie
Feb 141 min read


Starting Strong: Key steps to a successful partnership for your Fostering Recruitment Hub
When collaborating with people from different organisations, the way you kick things off can set the tone for everything that follows....
Hannah Sampson
Feb 133 min read

Watch now: Forecasting and the use of data in the children’s care placements market
Watch the second in our webinar series “Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" . This webinar covered findings from...
Ben Rosie
Jan 202 min read


Will 2025 deliver its promise of change in public services?
In 2025 public services are poised for significant reform, driven by a government eager to address longstanding issues and improve...
John Copps
Jan 106 min read

Foster care regional analysis and planning tool
Explore data and trends in fostering caring across regions in England with MV's new interactive tool. Mutual Ventures is the delivery...
John Copps
Jan 91 min read


Case Study: Designated Family Judge Area Trailblazers Pilot - Reducing Delays in Family Court
Client: Department for Education Date: January 2024 – present Challenges faced by the client: ‘Care proceedings’ is the name for the...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 64 min read

New Edition: Our Guide to Establishing Regional Fostering Recruitment Support Hubs
MV's updated guide provides a roadmap for establishing a regional fostering recruitment support hub. We are excited to announce the...
Anya Kemble
Jan 21 min read


What the data is telling us about the role of agency workers in children’s social care and what it means for local authorities and the regions
Yvonne Reinhardt takes a deep dive into children’s social workforce data and calls for a three-pronged approach to workforce development...
Yvonne Reinhardt
Dec 16, 20244 min read

Watch now: Getting the best out of the children's placements market
Watch the first in our webinar series “Getting the Best Out of the Children's Placements Market" . This session shared the findings from...
Ross Murray
Dec 11, 20241 min read

Radical Reformers ep.84: Reinventing Children's Care Homes with Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang Founder and Director, Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust
In this episode of Radical Reformers, I welcomed Emmanuel Akpan Inwang, Founder and Director of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust. Â Emmanuel's...
Andrew Laird
Nov 28, 20241 min read


Introducing the Workforce Wellbeing Toolkit
Welcome to our Workforce Wellbeing Toolkit. This user-friendly resource includes an interactive dashboard which will help you to navigate...
Mutual Ventures
Nov 26, 20242 min read


A path to better placement and support for every child
Mutual Ventures has been appointed as the Department for Education’s delivery partner to establish two Regional Care Cooperatives, as...
David Fairhurst
Nov 19, 20242 min read