Volunteer
The Friends of the Park voluntary group established in 2005, consists of local City and Islington residents who are passionate about the park. We are always looking for volunteers to help and get involved…
About The Friends of the Park
The Friends of the Park voluntary group established in 2005 consists of local City and Islington residents, who feel passionately about our local park.
Over the years we have fundraised and organised events in this small popular park. There is an annual community fun day we organise and fundraise for – well attended by the local community and appreciated by all that come along.
We also care about the maintenance and security of the park, working in partnership with Islington Greenspaces . We also volunteer to lock the park in the evenings and at weekend safeguarding the park for all of us.
Would you like be a Friend of the Park? Please get in touch we would love to hear from you.
We need gate locking volunteers!
We really need some help from local residents to help us lock up Fortune St Park to avoid any disturbance in the park, especially in the summer months. But the park needs locking up all year round to keep it safe and secured so children can play safely with little risk resulting from any kind of antisocial behaviour.
We are the first park to lead in the local community taking responsibility for gate locking. Islington greenspace just can’t afford to do this in all the parks anymore so we have all stepped up to keep your local park safe all for all to enjoy and have a peaceful night in the summer.... this is now being rolled out across the borough due to our success over the past two years.
However people move on and we need to recruit again and are looking for 19 people at least to share the responsibility.
There is a well organised rota and lots of flexibility in availability any help will be appreciated as there are only 5 of us at the moment. You will need to attend a free training provided by Islington Greenspace, mostly about safeguarding and looking after oneself.
Locking the park is always done in pairs the locking and takes 5-10 minutes. Please share with anyone you may think would like to help. please let us know ASAP if you can attend the training it’s not a heavy training mostly common sense. And usually not too long.
If you think you can help with an event or gate locking please contact us.
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