Client: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Date: July 2021 – April 2022 Challenges faced by the client: The economy in Barnsley was...

Mutual Ventures is delighted to have partnered with Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (BMBC) since July 2021 to support local...

Andrew Laird reflects on the uncertainties facing public services and asks three key questions that will shape the year ahead. It’s...

Despite news that the deadline for integrated care systems may slip, and the spectre of another Covid winter, health and social care...

This is a call for applications to Barnsley Council’s Covid Bounce-Back Programme for the Community and Voluntary Sector. It is for...

This is a call for applications to Barnsley Council’s Covid Bounce-Back Programme for the Cultural, Creative and Visitor Sectors. It is...

Emmet Regan argues that the experience of COVID-19 has demonstrated that and that public services have lots to learn from other sectors....

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

Strengthening Families Programme Coach Alissa Davies shares insights gathered via an online survey of local authority teams who have...

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

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

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

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 where we consider strategic priorities in and beyond the crisis with a focus on how to build back better. The...

Client: Bury Council Date: March 2020 - September 2020 Support offered: We were originally commissioned pre-Covid-19 to support the...

Danny Kruger’s report – Levelling Up our Communities – proposes a re-emphasis on communities in the recovery from COVID-19. John Copps...

John Copps argues that the recovery from COVID-19 needs to be a joint endeavour with councils, communities and local businesses all...

Our support offer to help local authorities to lead their local plan for recovery COVID-19 has shaken the UK’s citizens, communities and...

COVID-19 will be a pivotal event for this generation. Public services have an opportunity to reshape themselves around people and...

MV’s new report argues says that councils can encourage and promote the work of mutual aid groups to create more resilient neighbourhoods...