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Forest of Dean

5th 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
383/543
health
363/543
income
318/543
housing
73/543
Bottom 20%
education
233/543
employment
275/543
environment
121/543

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

Identified resource gaps

housing MODERATE
Rank 73/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
108 housing-focused charities, 4317 employees
education LOW
Rank 233/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1145 education-focused charities, 11872 employees
environment LOW
Rank 121/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
701 environment-focused charities, 2510 employees

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

2552 registered charities

2,552
Charities
£22,867,801
Grants to HQ'd charities
17,519
Employees
53,146
Volunteers
16.0%
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

ALBERT HENRY BRUTON
GORDON MACMILLAN MEMORIAL TRUST
JOHN HARVEY OLLNEY
SAMUEL EDWIN BARTLEET
TETBURY RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY
REVEREND CHARLES WILLIAM GROVE FOR TEWKESBURY DISPENSARY TICKETS
FARR'S FUND
THOMAS PERRY
THE CORNELIUS SHILLINGS CHARITY
ALMSMEN OF THE FOUNDATION OF QUEEN MARY

GP and primary care

11
GP practices
49
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,990
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 Forest of Dean, by sector

Sector Employees
Education 3,500
Social Care 2,300
Construction 1,775
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Transport 900
Environment / Green 185

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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