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Residents of Cinderford are invited to come together to get involved in a range of activities that celebrates the diverse opportunities that can be found in their local area. On Saturday 30 September Forest of Dean District Council and SGS Forest High School, with the support of local partners, are hosting the Cinderford Community Showcase on the playing field at SGS Forest High.

The Forest of Dean District Council’s Street Warden team has won a gold ‘RSPCA PawPrints: Stray Dog Services Award’ for the 10th year running. In addition to this, the team was also awarded a bronze Contingency Planning Award.  

Residents will soon see construction activity at the Five Acres site as Forest of Dean District Council has chosen leading construction and property developer BAM to develop and build the new leisure, enterprise and education facility.

Forest of Dean residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them as the Council starts its Annual Canvass to check everyone's voting details are up to date.

The Electoral Commission has been the subject of a complex cyber-attack, it has announced on 9^th August 2023. Forest of Dean District Council’s systems have not been affected by the data breach.

Forest of Dean District Council are today announcing the new recipients of the council’s community grant. 16 community groups from right across the district will receive the grant of up to £3000 to help them to develop their local communities.

Forest of Dean District Council will continue its commitment to homelessness prevention by providing more support to Ukrainian individuals, families, and other refugee groups in finding permanent homes.

Forest of Dean District Council has agreed to award the delivery of its kerbside waste collection and recycling service to Ubico Ltd when the current contract comes up for renewal at the end of July next year.

Forest of Dean District Council has provided funding through Community Lunch Club Grants to help open 15 lunch clubs across the district, benefiting over 350 residents and 100 volunteers and providing a valued service for many people in the Forest.

Residents in Forest of Dean have benefited from over £135,000 from the Household Support Fund, which the district council distributes on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. The fund supports residents who are most in need to make sure they have enough healthy food and other essential supplies as the cost of living continues to rise. 

In Newnham, Wyedean Housing Association, a registered provider partner of Forest of Dean District Council, has recently taken handover of the first six affordable homes at the Severnbank mixed residential development. 

Forest of Dean District Council’s (FoDDC) net-zero journey has received a welcome boost through Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) as one of only 21 councils to win a £300k funding allocation from the ‘Net Zero Living’ Fast Followers’ programme. The Forest Fast Followers (F3) programme will begin later in 2023.