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Blaydon and Consett

4th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
256/543
health
106/543
Bottom 20%
income
186/543
housing
240/543
education
198/543
employment
135/543
environment
277/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

health MODERATE
Rank 106/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
842 health-focused charities, 6954 employees
GP ratio: 1:2021 (above 1:2000 threshold)
crime MODERATE
Rank 256/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 186/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
415 income-focused charities, 3070 employees
employment LOW
Rank 135/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
334 employment-focused charities, 2667 employees
education LOW
Rank 198/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1010 education-focused charities, 8699 employees
housing LOW
Rank 240/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
81 housing-focused charities, 3741 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

1906 registered charities

1,906
Charities
£70,438,126
Grants to HQ'd charities
11,857
Employees
56,100
Volunteers
24.7%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

JOHN EDEN'S ALMSHOUSES (OTHERWISE METHOLD HOUSES)
JOHN ARTHUR WALBANK FOR HOMES FOR AGED MINEWORKERS'

29 staff
MARLEY HILL FOOTBALL GROUND
MARKET LEASE CHARITY
ALLOTMENT FOR QUARRIES
JONATHAN WOOLER FOR WIDOWS
JOSEPH ROBSON
SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION FUND
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST

285 staff

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
48
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,021
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). See methodology.

People working in Blaydon and Consett, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 2,250
Construction 2,150
Social Care 2,050
NHS / Healthcare 900
Transport 900
Environment / Green 220

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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