Save the Deveron Valley

Community Code of Conduct

Calm. Respectful. Evidence-led.

This page exists to give the Deveron Valley community a calm, evidence-led and constructive voice in decisions affecting our landscape, river, wildlife, roads, farms and communities.

We welcome strong feelings and different views. We also need this page to stay safe, factual and respectful.

Please

Please do not

Fair warning system

Where possible, we will use a fair warning approach before stronger moderation action. This may include a reminder, a warning, comment removal, or blocking for repeated or serious behaviour.

Some content may be removed immediately — especially if it includes threats, harassment, discrimination, doxxing or unsafe behaviour.

Evidence and safety

If you have local evidence about roads, flooding, wildlife, planning, noise, consultation failures, ground investigation activity or any other concern, please share it calmly and honestly — and say clearly if you are not certain of the facts.

Do not share exact locations of sensitive wildlife such as nests, dens, setts or rare plants. For sensitive wildlife information, use appropriate private or formal reporting routes.

Do not share other people's personal addresses, phone numbers or private information.

Careful, honest evidence is more powerful than strong claims. Known fact, concern raised, question we are asking — this is the safest and clearest structure for sharing local knowledge.

Human-run community campaign

Save the Deveron Valley is a human-run community campaign. We may use digital tools to help with research, drafting, imagery and organisation, but every post is reviewed and guided by real people who care about this valley.

The valley needs many voices — calm, careful and clear.

Save the Deveron Valley is not anti-renewables and not anti-grid. We are asking for fair process, full information, cumulative assessment, meaningful participation, environmental protection and public trust.

Support the petition

If you agree that communities need full information, cumulative assessment, fair process and meaningful participation before decisions harden, please support and share the petition.