Six facilities across the district are set to benefit from the Council’s Community Asset Grant for 2025/26. The funding, totalling more than £80,000, will support vital improvements and help secure the long-term future of these valued community spaces. 

Forest of Dean District Council is delighted to share its new vision for the future of Five Acres, with designs that showcase a wide range of accessible facilities, thoughtfully considered to bring people together from across the district. 

Forest of Dean District Council has supplied emergency kits which help to stem traumatic bleeding in a medical emergency to the four main towns in the Forest of Dean. The kits will be installed in accessible locations in Cinderford, Coleford, Lydney and Newent, as well as locations such as Pedal-A-Bikeaway at the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre.

Young eco-champions across the Forest of Dean are celebrating after eight local schools achieved the Eco-Schools Green Flag - a global mark of excellence in environmental education and action. 

Following a Full Council meeting which took place Thursday 24 July 2025, Forest of Dean District Councillors have agreed to proceed with the next stage of its local plan, with a public consultation beginning on 31 July and running until 11 September 2025.