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MV’s pro bono support for social enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis

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Feb 2, 20213 min read

MV’s pro bono support for social enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis

Mutual Ventures’ mission is to is to improve life chances by making public services better, more sustainable and more connected to...

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Jan 29, 20211 min read

Levelling Up Delivery Partnership

Mutual Ventures, Cadence Innova and Project Centre have formed a Delivery Partnership to support local authorities and other public...

‘Levelling Up’ must mean children are not left behind by COVID-19

Eliza Hardwich

Jan 28, 20213 min read

‘Levelling Up’ must mean children are not left behind by COVID-19

Eliza Hardwick argues that without a coherent strategy to ‘level up’ for the most disadvantaged children, repeated COVID-19 school...

MV publishes guide to the updated HM Treasury Green Book

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Jan 21, 20211 min read

MV publishes guide to the updated HM Treasury Green Book

To support this aims of Levelling Up, HM Treasury has published a refreshed Green Book, providing guidance on how to assess new public...

Register for our webinar: Integration in children’s services – how to build effective partnerships

John Copps

Jan 20, 20211 min read

* Register for this webinar here * Providing the support that vulnerable children so desperately need right now requires agencies working...

Continuing to deliver Family Safeguarding in challenging times

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...

Levelling Up – get in touch with us for an early conversation

Andrew Laird

Dec 18, 20201 min read

Levelling Up – get in touch with us for an early conversation

The chancellor’s new £4bn Levelling Up fund provides reason for public service leaders to think long term. If the COVID-19 pandemic has...

Five trends to watch out for in public services in 2021

John Copps

Dec 17, 20204 min read

Five trends to watch out for in public services in 2021

After a year of unprecedented challenges, Mutual Ventures’ Agata Miśkowiec and John Copps look at what’s in store for public services in...

Can the Levelling Up Fund help reset councils’ relationship with Whitehall?

Emmet Regan

Dec 16, 20203 min read

Can the Levelling Up Fund help reset councils’ relationship with Whitehall?

With relations between central and local government fraught, Emmet Regan asks whether the Levelling Up Fund provides an opportunity to...

MV welcomes publication of the first issue of the Strengthening Families journal

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...

The success of local authority companies relies on effective governance

John Copps

Dec 7, 20203 min read

The success of local authority companies relies on effective governance

Council-owned companies have a valuable role in local government but clarity over their purpose and governance is vital argues MV’s John...

Achieving integrated care in the NHS by exploring new service models

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Dec 1, 20201 min read

Achieving integrated care in the NHS by exploring new service models

Integration and collaboration is now the mode of operation for the future of healthcare. The reforms set out in the Long Term Plan set a...

COVID-19 highlights the importance of community ‘bridges’

Andrew Laird

Nov 25, 20204 min read

COVID-19 highlights the importance of community ‘bridges’

MV’s Andrew’s Laird and Chris Wright, chief executive of Catch22, argues that community bridge organisations are a vital part of...

The rapid digitisation of public services in response to COVID-19 needs to be a priority

Jordan Binedell

Nov 13, 20202 min read

The rapid digitisation of public services in response to COVID-19 needs to be a priority

Jordan Binedell welcomes the rapid adoption of technology in public services but argues that we need to give priority to ensuring those...

Giving children in care the best start in life means tackling prejudice head on

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...

Front-line autonomy in public services is vital to keep pace with COVID-19

Michael Wyatt

Oct 22, 20203 min read

Front-line autonomy in public services is vital to keep pace with COVID-19

Michael Wyatt argues that public sector leaders have a responsibility to empower front-line staff to make decisions to best cope with the...

To emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, we must take the time to understand how local authoriti

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...

Catch up on our webinar – Strategic priorities in and beyond the crisis: how to build back better

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...

Building back better involves trusting local people – reflections on the CCIN conference

Jordan Binedell

Oct 15, 20202 min read

Building back better involves trusting local people – reflections on the CCIN conference

Jordan Binedell and Eliza Hardwick report on this year’s Cooperative Council Innovation Network Conference. Last week, Mutual Ventures...

“Building back better”: easy to say, harder to achieve

Agata Miśkowiec

Oct 13, 20203 min read

“Building back better”: easy to say, harder to achieve

Agata Miśkowiec and Alissa Davies reflect on how local authorities can recover from the COVID-19 crisis and what is means to ‘build back...

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