Spring fund-raising appeal
Please contribute to this spring’s appeal for funds to continue our work in Wray Crescent.
Wray Crescent Tree Nursery update
The first saplings are ready to move to new homes from the Friends of Wray Crescent Tree Nursery.
We must build a path through the mire
We need to repair the path across the park, please join us.
Bulb Planting workshop October 23
We’d like to invite you to join in this year’s bulb planting workshop in Wray Crescent park on October 23 as part of Islington’s climate change event.
Wray Crescent Park User Survey 2021
We ran our first Wray Crescent Park user survey in 2020. When we did, we had hoped to feed the data to Islington Council in an attempt to show the depth of different things local people needed from our park. Even then, however, we had no idea how deeply the pandemic would change everything. We…
Watch three of four Tollington Ward candidates explain how they would represent you if elected
The Friends of Wray Crescent held a public hustings meeting with three out of the four candidates standing for election in Tollington Ward for a seat on Islington Council on June 24, 2021. It was an interesting and engaging meeting during which the candidates discussed a variety of topics, including how they would represent our…
Announcement: Meet your local council candidates at Tolly Talks
We would like to announce the first Tolly Talks event, presented by the Friends of Wray Crescent, on June 25 at 7pm on Zoom. We have invited all four of the candidates standing for election in the Tollington Ward by election to join us at this event. At time of writing, all four have agreed…
We continue to campaign for a truly multi-use park
We continue to try to put forward the argument that what the park needs isn’t an investment in one use above all other uses, but an investment in multiple things. We’re really pleased the Islington Tribune gave us a fair hearing in this. It’s important to note that arguing for a fair balanced use of…
Please attend Islington’s second meeting on the future of our park
The second of two project information sessions regarding Islington’s plans to effectively transform Wray Crescent Park into a cricket pitch takes place on June 15 at 7pm. We want to urge all park users to attend this meeting. At present, we are not at all impressed by these plans, which appear to favor the needs…
The Big Dig: November 14 and 21
Hi everyone, just an update on the two socially-distanced workshop sessions we will hold on November 14 and November 21. What are we doing? We will be planting a new summer and autumn fruit hedge around the Yvonne Conolly Garden, along with other tasks. What about lockdown? Unfortunately, lockdown has been declared since our previous…