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Rural communities: a map of connections
At the centre, the 52 charities in the field. Around it, the 1,586 other charities whose own reports name the people it serves, grouped by what the register records them as doing (the larger the circle, the more charities). On the outer ring, those that are themselves in another field on this site. The line’s weight is the count.
the fieldother charities naming its people, by register purposeof those, in another field on this site
The thin places
Areas in the thinnest fifth of ACRE’s presence per person in need, those with the most residents on low incomes first: Blackburn with Darwen, Oldham, Rochdale, Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, St. Helens, Wirral, Bury, Sefton, Wigan, Thurrock, Lancashire, Kent, Solihull.
The map as a table
| Group | Charities |
|---|---|
| Rural communities | 52 charities |
| Education/training | 978 |
| General charitable purposes | 606 |
| Poverty relief | 579 |
| Health | 499 |
| Economic/community development, employment | 441 |
| Disability | 413 |
| Environment | 338 |
| Arts, culture, heritage, science | 292 |
| Overseas aid | 231 |
| Religious activities | 200 |
| Young people | 55 |
| Community transport | 41 |
| Local infrastructure | 29 |
| Families with young children | 29 |
| Legal help | 22 |
| Mental health | 21 |
| Older people living alone | 16 |
| Disability services | 15 |
What this can and cannot say. Each circle is a group of charities counted from their own published reports and the register; no charity is a point on this map. A link is a count, not a relationship between organisations.
Sources
Built from public information: the Charity Commission for England and Wales register of charities and the annual reports charities file with it (Open Government Licence v3.0); the 2021 Census (Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0); the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG, OGL v3.0); the Claimant Count (ONS). Figures are for England and are counts of groups of charities and of places; no charity is named.
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