admin
May 14, 20245 min read
If we really want to level up? Bring back SureStart
MV Non-executive Professor Donna Hall argues that early intervention must be a priority for a new government and makes the case that a...
admin
May 9, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Reflections on the Liberating Public Services Conference
Catch up on our webinar - Reflections on the Liberating Public Services Conference. This webinar was held on Tuesday 7th May 2024. Watch...
Essack Miah
May 6, 20244 min read
Beyond the Strengthening Families Programme - how to ensure innovation that is here to stay
As the Strengthening Families Protecting Children Programme is brought to a close, Essack Miah reflects on what is needed to ensure a...
Ross Murray
Apr 29, 20243 min read
Liberating Local Government
After more than a decade of austerity and rising demand for services, Ross Murray argues that there is a need for change in the way local...
John Copps
Apr 16, 20243 min read
Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy be part of the solution to public services’ challenges in 2024?
With murmurs of a post-election return of the previous Labour government’s Total Place policy, John Copps looks at why it is still...
Elizabeth Roe
Apr 9, 20247 min read
Revisiting Total Place: an approach to collaboration in local public servicesÂ
Launched in 2009, the UK Government's Total Place policy is a valuable model of local multi-agency collaboration in an attempt to provide...
Yannick Mitchell
Mar 12, 20243 min read
Tackling serious violence requires a focus on its root causes
Drawing on his first-hand experience of violence prevention initiatives, Yannick Mitchell argues that tackling serious violence requires...
Andrew Laird
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Radical Reformers ep.69: Place Leadership with Sam Plum
This episode is with Sam Plum, the inaugural Chief Executive of the new Westmorland and Furness Council. This council was created when...
admin
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership
Catch up on our webinar on the Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership. This webinar was held on Tuesday 13th...
Prof Donna Hall
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Radical Place Leadership - how we can change public services for the better
MV Non-Executive Director Director Donna Hall argues that, even with more powers devolved to local areas, we will be overwhelmed with...
admin
Jan 30, 20241 min read
Shifting the dial on children's health outcomes depends on effective local partnerships
MV's new report looks at how tackling disparities in children's health outcomes requires collaboration between system and place partners....
Matt Carter
Jan 23, 20243 min read
How provider collaboratives can work with wider Place partners
Matt Carter discusses how existing Provider Collaboratives can work with wider Place partners highlighting five key insights to embed...
John Copps
Jan 9, 20243 min read
Regional working in children's services is growing - and is here to stay
John Copps says that the trend towards regional working in children’s services is here to stay, and that local authorities need to engage...
John Copps
Jan 2, 20245 min read
2024 in public services: What can we expect?
John Copps looks at some of the trends that might shape public services over the next 12 months. Douglas Adams said that predicting the...
admin
Dec 21, 20231 min read
MV awarded place on government AI framework
Mutual Ventures has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dynamic Purchasing System...
admin
Dec 11, 20231 min read
Catch-up on our webinar: Creating the conditions for long term investment in places
Catch up on our webinar - Creating the conditions for long term investment in places - held on Monday 11th December 2023. Watch here A...
Mark Bandalli
Nov 28, 20234 min read
How to successfully mobilise your LUF Round 3 project
Following the announcement that 55 projects will receive a share of the remaining levelling up funding, Mark Bandalli considers some of...
Luke Bevir
Nov 17, 20233 min read
Longer term funding settlements provide a blueprint for investing in prevention
Luke Bevir says that multi-year single funding settlements for local authorities will provide local areas with more certainty and an...
Essack Miah
Nov 15, 20233 min read
Children at risk: but who's risk is it anyway?
Keeping children safe has to be a collective responsibility. Former police officer Essack Miah argues that children protection should be...
admin
Nov 14, 20232 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Reimagining child welfare for the twenty-first century
Catch up on our webinar – Reimagining child welfare for the twenty-first century – held on Tuesday 14th November 2023. Watch here...