John Copps
Sep 20, 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
Aug 6, 20212 min read
Family Hubs - our support for local authorities to integrate services
Family Hubs are places where families can go to access integrated help and support as their children grow up. They have the potential to...
Lily Mellen
Jun 23, 20212 min read
MV welcomes publication of the second issue of the Strengthening Families Learning Journal
Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC) is a five-year Department for Education (DfE) programme to support local authorities...
admin
Mar 31, 20211 min read
Case study: Department for Education Children's Social Care Innovation Programme
Client: The Department for Education, Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme Date: March 2014 – March 2021 Challenges faced by the...
admin
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Case study: Department for Education and Northamptonshire Children's Trust
Client: Department for Education Date: August 2019 - March 2021 Challenges faced by the client: Due to the continued poor performance of...
admin
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Case study: Regional Adoption Agencies
Client: Department for Education Date: April 2016 – March 2022 Challenges faced by the client: The adoption system faced significant...
John Copps
Feb 10, 20212 min read
Catch up on our webinar – Integration in children’s services: how to build effective partnerships
Catch up on our webinar where we explore how children’s services can make sure they are working effectively with partners in local...
Eliza Hardwich
Jan 28, 20213 min read
‘Levelling Up’ must mean children are not left behind by COVID-19Â
Eliza Hardwick argues that without a coherent strategy to ‘level up’ for the most disadvantaged children, repeated COVID-19 school...
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...
David Fairhurst
Dec 15, 20202 min read
MV welcomes publication of the first issue of the Strengthening Families journal
SFPC is a five-year Department for Education (DfE) programme to support local authorities to improve their work with families and safely...
Lily Mellen
Nov 10, 20203 min read
Giving children in care the best start in life means tackling prejudice head on
Lily Mellen argues that children in care from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds should be given the support they need, and...
Laura Power Wharton
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Family Group Conferences
Catch up on our webinar where we explore the current state and future directions of Family Group Conferences. The webinar was hosted by...
David Fairhurst
Sep 9, 20202 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Harnessing the power of data to transform children’s social care
On 8th September we hosted a webinar with Xantura focused on how to harness the power of data to transform children’s social care. The...
Andrew Laird
Sep 8, 20204 min read
In defence of algorithms and their value to public services
Andrew Laird argues that the recent exam debacle shouldn’t cause us to turn our back on the positive power of data analytics. A version...
David Fairhurst
Aug 12, 20202 min read
Xantura and Mutual Ventures partner to help deliver data-led innovation in Children’s Services
Mutual Ventures and Xantura are excited to announce a new strategic partnership to support councils in transforming how they deliver...
Andrew Laird
Jul 24, 20201 min read
Catch up on our Family Hubs webinar!
On 22nd July we hosted a webinar with the Family Hubs Network exploring the family hub model of integrated local public services. Watch a...
Ed Stroud
Mar 17, 20203 min read
Violence Reduction Units and Family Hubs – an opportunity for joint working
MV’s Ed Stroud reflects on how Violence Reduction Units and Family Hubs can collaborate to create ‘end to end’ support for young people....
admin
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...
admin
Mar 2, 20203 min read
Case study: Dorset County Council Foster Service
Client: Dorset County Council Date: August 2019 – February 2020 Challenges faced by the client: Dorset Council, like many Local...
Ed Stroud
Jan 31, 20203 min read
Becoming trauma-informed – a recommendation for the future of the Troubled Families Programme
MV’s Ed Stroud argues that new government investment in Family Hubs presents an opportunity to improve outcomes by adopting a...