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The Forest of Dean District Council has agreed to provide £160,529 of unallocated affordable housing funding to a Community Led Housing Scheme in Longhope. 

Since April 2023, Forest of Dean District Council has provided over £147,500 to those most in need in the Forest, with a further £82,500 to be supplied before April 2024 as the cost of living continues to rise. The funding has been distributed by the Council on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions, from the Household Support Fund.  

Forest Deli in Coleford and Plump Hill Farm in Longhope have been granted over £22,000 in Rural Business Grant funding to make improvements to their businesses. The funding comes from the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF).  

Councillor Jackie Dale has been appointed to the Council’s cabinet as Cabinet Member for Thriving Communities. 

Nature-based solutions such as planting trees to reduce rainfall run-off or to help keep urban areas cooler, are measures residents could see implemented as part of a collaborative project to make the Forest’s towns and parishes more resilient to the impacts of climate change.  

Forest of Dean residents opting for a real tree this Christmas will be able to have it collected from the convenience of the kerbside once the festivities are over.

Following approval of an Ethical Investment Policy, the Forest of Dean District Council will only invest in financial products that are aligned with its social and environmental goals; and avoid ones deemed unethical. 

Forest of Dean District Council invites residents, businesses, and organisations across the district to give their views on the Council’s spending plans, with a consultation for the budget for the next financial year beginning 22nd December 2023 and running until 19th January 2024.

Householders listening out for the familiar sound of their recycling lorry may have been surprised by the quietness of their recent collections as the Forest of Dean District Council trials a fully electric vehicle - a first for the district.

Residents are being urged to be watchful over the festive period to avoid becoming victims of a fraud scam. Christmas is a great break for families but is also a traditional time for fraudsters to try to take advantage of the season of goodwill.

A Ruardean farmhouse is the first home in Gloucestershire to receive free energy-saving measures under the latest phase of the government-backed Home Upgrade Grant (HUG), which is being delivered locally by energy efficiency advice service Warm and Well.

The construction of the new leisure, enterprise and education facility at Five Acres in Berry Hill has taken a significant step forward, with planning now submitted, enabling residents and members of the wider Forest community to view and comment on the plans on the Council’s planning portal, under reference P1435_23_FUL.