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Eastbourne

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
235/543
health
157/543
income
146/543
housing
458/543
education
187/543
employment
121/543
environment
484/543

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

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 235/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 146/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
312 income-focused charities, 2029 employees
employment LOW
Rank 121/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
256 employment-focused charities, 2225 employees
health LOW
Rank 157/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
855 health-focused charities, 9604 employees
education LOW
Rank 187/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1080 education-focused charities, 12228 employees

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

2273 registered charities

2,273
Charities
£39,515,398
Grants to HQ'd charities
17,175
Employees
69,695
Volunteers
16.7%
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

THOMAS WHITFIELD
BENJAMIN JOHNSON
VIOLET COLEMAN BEQUEST
ETHEL EUPHEMIA BESGROVE FOR THE BLIND

13 staff
PHILIP BAKER
MRS CATHERINE ANNE COCKBURN BATLEY
SACKVILLE COLLEGE CHRISTMAS TRUST
BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY CCG CHARITABLE FUND
ST HILARY'S TRUST

148 staff
ANGUS LODGE TRUST

44 staff

GP and primary care

8
GP practices
70
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,559
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 Eastbourne, by sector

Sector Employees
NHS / Healthcare 6,000
Social Care 4,250
Education 3,500
Construction 1,325
Transport 850
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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