Islington needs us to follow the coronavirus code
We noticed lots of people in the park over the weekend, despite the threat of the coronavirus. Way I see it, doctors, nurses and other medical staff are working round the clock to try to save people who are critically ill from the coronavirus at the moment. Many of these brave life-savers get sick themselves.…
Coronavirus: How we can help our community through this
Dear Friends, We’ve been struggling with what to say as coronavirus is changing everything. As we go through the impact of the pandemic it is only of little comfort to think that sun, stars and seasons will continue and we can still do what we can to shine a little light in this darkening world.…
Quiz: Help us spot all 17(+) bird species in Wray Crescent
We think we have identified at least 17 species of bird that live around Wray Crescent Open Space — plus the amazing bats who you sometimes see at night! Have you seen these (or other) birds? We’ve been watching them to try to put together a list of species we are seeing here, and we’d…
Join us March 7 to plant woodland plants in Wray Crescent
Please join the Friends of Wray Crescent on the revised date of Saturday March 7 from 11am, when we will be planting many woodland plants, including bluebells, wood anemones, wild garlic and others to make our park beautiful this spring. We’ll also be refreshing the path, working in the Yvonne Connolly garden and so much…
Wray Crescent Licensing put on hold
After a meeting at the council building last week, Islington Council agreed to withdraw its licensing application for the park pending further consultation with park users. Council officers took pains to explain they had no intention of doing anything other than making it easier for community events to take place, but agreed they needed to…
Urgent: Licensing Application — what do we think?
Islington Council has made a licensing application for what it calls a premises/club premises license (see attached image). The posters advertising this application appeared in Wray Crescent on November 5, and require that anyone with something to say files their response on December 2. While the description of what the license is for sounds innocuous…
Community Bulb Planting Day: November 16
Winter is coming, which means it’s time to think about spring. Plant tulips for the future! We’re delighted to let everybody know that Islington park ranger, Julian Evans will be leading a community bulb-planting day with the Friends of Wray in Wray Crescent on November 16 between 12-2pm. (Regular workshops continue all across winter in…
We won an Islington in Bloom Award!
We have won an Islington In Bloom Award! This week we learned that our beloved Yvonne Connelly Kitchen Garden in Wray Crescent has won the Silver Award in the Best Community Garden category. We’re so thrilled. It is a testament to hundreds of hours of voluntary work in creating, managing and caring for the project that…
Annual Report 2018-2019
We held our first AGM on October 19. During the meeting some executive post holders changed and the number of management committee members was raised to a total of ten. The latter is primarily an administrative move, but makes it easier to hold meetings and reach decisions. Minutes of the meeting will be published ASAP,…
A tree branch falls in Wray
Sadly a tree branch fell today — or almost fell. It is currently hanging by a sliver of bark which makes it dangerous. So, please avoid the taped off area! Here’s a short image gallery.