Well over 100 people across the Forest look set to lose their jobs after Gloucestershire County Council agreed £114 million worth of cuts over the next four years.

The county says it is impossible to predict how many of the 1,000 people to be axed as part of the budget cuts come from the Forest.

But hundreds of Foresters make the daily commute into Gloucester to work at Shire Hall and for other council run services.

The cuts debated at a stormy Shire Hall meeting yesterday will close libraries, youth clubs and outdoor education centres across the Forest unless other groups can take them on.

Those spared the axe, such as Cinderford and Lydney libraries and the Foxes Bridge Day Centre, face reduced hours and funding.

The closure of facilities in Gloucester and funding cuts to voluntary groups will also have a knock-on effect on Forest families.

Overall the Tory-led council will cut 1,000 jobs, close 22 youth centres, 10 libraries and five day care centre across Gloucestershire.

Placard-wielding protesters gathered yesterday to oppose the cuts which the opposition says are too fast and too deep.

One man was ejected from the meeting for heckling and it was standing room only as protesters packed the council chamber for the four-and-half-hour debate.

Alternative proposals included taking £500,000 out of reserves to save libraries, cutting back on political assistants and raising income by investing in power generation that attracts Feed In Tariff.

None of the five-day centres earmarked for closure are in the Forest, but changes to funding could threaten Foxes Bridge in Cinderford.

The shake-up of disability services will also impact on Fairtide in Lydney and the Royal Forest Centre in Cinderford.

A major shake-up of rural bus services to shave £2 million from the transport budget is also likely to hit the Forest hard.

Passengers will have to wait until next month to find out which of the 150 bus services subsidised by the public purse are to be axed under the new "no frills" service.

Restrictions on the times pensioners and disabled people can travel for free and charges for some Catholic schoolchildren have already been agreed.

But rural bus services are also under threat by the new 'hub and spoke' design which will see community transport feeding into market towns and more popular routes.

The new service is likely to be more basic than the current network and tailored towards people going to the doctors, hospitals and schools.

Forest services are likely to be on the hit list because a number are among the most heavily subsidised in the county.

Councillor Stan Waddington, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: "We have to be realistic and provide the services people really need, where they need them."

Outdoor education services in the Forest also face an uncertain future when the council withdraws financial support after the summer holidays.

Friends of the Wilderness Centre in Mitcheldean are in a race against time to put it on a financial footing and save 18 jobs.

The Plump Hill Day Centre and the Buckstone Adventure Centre near Staunton will also be affected by the cuts.