Supporting Community Action for Nature
Wild About Devon is a platform and network to support community action for nature.
Wild About Devon supports community action for nature for the county’s many fantastic community groups, town & parish councils, and environmental organisations. The network includes in-person forums, an active Facebook Page, grant funds, award schemes, and online resources such as a Community Action Map and information signposting.
Members include passionate individuals, active local community groups and organisations, Devon Association of Local Councils, Devon Communities Together, National Landscapes, National Parks, Devon Wildlife Trust, Wildlife Wardens, and many more!
Join the Wild About Devon Facebook Page to share and find out about community events. To keep up to date with Wild About Devon, join the mailing list here.
Quick links
Wild About Devon Awards
Annual awards celebrate communities, individuals and parish & town councils who are taking action for nature. Find out more about the scheme & previous award winners.
Parish & Town Councils
Taking action for nature should be a priority for parish & town councils along with pavements, potholes, play areas and planning!
Community Toolkit
Find out more about legislation, policy and planning
Surveys, Funding, and the role of
Parish and Town CouncilsWild About Devon Forum
Find out about our Forum, including in person and online events, and how to get involved
Wild About Devon Grants
Wild About Devon runs an annual grant scheme for community wildlife and nature projects. Find out more about funding and how to become a sponsor.
Community Action Map
Check out the Wild About Devon network and add your own community group of project to our interactive map.
Wild About Devon is overseen by a steering group made up of representatives from various organisations – see the full list of organisations. It is managed and coordinated by Jo Pullin (jo.devonnature@gmail.com) and Bridie Kennerley (bridie.devonnature@gmail.com).
Contacts
If you are looking for direct advice on supporting community action for nature, the Wild About Devon contacts list contains some useful starting places.
- Privacy Notice – Wild About Devon
Devon County Council (DCC) is collecting and or processing your personal data as a Data Controller under Data Protection Legislation and our ICO registration number is Z6475582. This privacy notice concerns the processing of personal data that takes place by DCC’s Natural Environment Team.
This notice explains what information we collect, why we collect it and how we keep it secure. It also explains your rights and our legal obligation. Should you wish to find out more about Devon County Council’s data protection policies please contact our Data Protection Officer.
We will notify you of any changes to this privacy notice
This privacy notice was last updated 27th October 2022. If we use your personal data for any new purposes, updates will be made to the policy information and changes communicated, where necessary in accordance with current data protection legislation. Any queries relating to this privacy notice please contact the Data Protection Officer.
What information are we processing?
We may collect, store or otherwise process information about you which may include:
- Your name
- Your email address
Purpose of collecting or processing your personal data
DCC may need to collect or otherwise process your personal data personal data so that we can;
- Notify you of information related to Wild About Devon
The legal basis for us collecting your personal data
Where we are collecting personal data about you for the provision of one of the purposes outlined in this privacy notice, we rely upon your consent for this purpose. You may withdraw your consent at any time by emailing us.
Personal data that is collected for any of the purposes outlined in this notice is never used for direct marketing purposes and is not sold on to any other third parties.
Recipients or categories of recipients that we may share your personal data with
If we feel that it is necessary to share your personal data with professionals to ensure you or someone you work with is safeguarded from harm, we rely upon the provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and Children Act 1989 & 2004. Where it is necessary to share medical or social care information for these purposes, we rely upon article 9(2)(h) of the General Data Protection Regulation (information necessary for medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems).
We may also need to share some personal data about you, so that we can support third party organisations to discharge their regulatory requirements. This includes organisations such as;
- The data protection regulator (the Information Commissioner’s Office)
- The Care Quality Commission
We may also share information to enable us to comply with court orders and other legal obligations. If this is necessary, we will only share the minimum amount of personal data needed for this purpose.
International transfers
No personal data is transferred outside of the European Union.
How long will we hold your personal data?
Devon County Council will retain your personal data for the length of Wild About Devon initiative.
Your data protection rights
Under Data Protection Legislation, you have the right to obtain a copy of their personal records held by us, this is called a Subject Access Request (SAR).
Further details on your rights under data protection legislation and how to exercise them.
We are required to offer you the opportunity to withdraw your consent at any time. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact ‘naturalenvironment-mailbox@devon.gov.uk’.
Complaints
If you have any comments, queries or complaints about this privacy notice or the processing of your personal data please contact our Data Protection Officer.
Alternatively, if you are not happy with the way that DCC is handling your personal data, you are entitled to appeal to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). The Information Commissioners Office enforces and oversees the Data Protection Regulations.
Contact details::
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AFEmail: casework@ico.org.uk
Automated decisions
The intended processing of your personal data, will not include use of technology that will make decisions about any individuals by automated means.