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Washington and Gateshead South

3rd decile deprivation (IMD 2025) MEDIUM funding gap
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What the data shows

Health deprivation: bottom 4.0%. Number of health-focused charities: 541.
English Indices of Deprivation / Charity Commission

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Your councillors

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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

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

crime
164/543
health
26/543
Bottom 10%
income
113/543
housing
453/543
education
53/543
Bottom 10%
employment
59/543
Bottom 20%
environment
377/543

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

Identified resource gaps

health HIGH
Rank 26/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
541 health-focused charities, 6072 employees
education HIGH
Rank 53/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
620 education-focused charities, 5812 employees
employment MODERATE
Rank 59/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
208 employment-focused charities, 1990 employees
crime MODERATE
Rank 164/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
income LOW
Rank 113/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
298 income-focused charities, 2190 employees

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

1200 registered charities

1,200
Charities
£46,260,341
Grants to HQ'd charities
8,275
Employees
32,406
Volunteers
27.6%
Govt funded
MEDIUM
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 ARTHUR WALBANK FOR HOMES FOR AGED MINEWORKERS'

29 staff
MARLEY HILL FOOTBALL GROUND
JOSEPH ROBSON
SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION FUND
HOSPITAL OF GOD

98 staff
THE ANDREW BARTON MEMORIAL PRIZE

218 staff
OXCLOSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
SUNDERLAND CITY CENTRE DETACHED YOUTH PROJECT
SIBZ (SIBLINGS SUPPORT GROUP)

151 staff
STOCKSFIELD MEETING HOUSE

GP and primary care

10
GP practices
41
FQ FTE GPs
1:1,858
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 Washington and Gateshead South, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 4,450
Construction 3,700
Education 2,500
Social Care 1,600
NHS / Healthcare 1,000
Environment / Green 900

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

All data on this page is drawn from official public sources. Blocked Britain has no political affiliation. It is funded by no organisation.