www..gov.uk/ecologycentre What to bring and further information for volunteers: • You will be helping with practical nature conservation tasks, so it’s important that you come wearing clothes you don’t mind getting Volunteer... dirty, and sturdy, sensible footwear. We may be able to provide boots, please phone ahead to check we have your size. with Islington Nature Conservation Team • We will provide you with all the safety equipment you may April - May 2018 need during tasks, including gloves. • All equipment and tools are provided, please do not bring your own tools. • We also provide reasonable expenses for travel and lunch, so please retain your receipts and bring them with you. • If this is your first time volunteering with the team, please call us first on 020 7527 4374 to discuss. We look forward to seeing you at a work day soon!

Do you need this information in another language or reading format such as Braille, large print, audio or Easy Read? Please contact 020 7527 2000. Come and join the team in helping to look after Islington’s nature reserves. If you would like to know more about volunteering please contact: Spend a rewarding day Islington Ecology Centre getting closer to nature, , carrying out practical 191 Drayton Park, conservation in some of London, N5 1PH the wilder parts of London!

[email protected] Volunteering is a great way 020 7527 4374 to keep active, learn new www.islington.gov.uk/ecologycentre skills and meet like-minded people. Printed on recycled paper. Published March 2018. Find out more inside u Regular volunteer days - Thursdays, 10am to 3.30pm Where to find us Below you will find a list of dates and locations for forthcoming volunteering days. You are welcome to come for just part of the day. Bus: W7 Where to find us Gillespie Park,

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Wildlife garden and Entrance beds. Spring maintenance of the flower beds around 191 Drayton Park, B L A C London, N5 1PH the Ecology Centre and at our main entrance to Gillespie Park, and digging out any K S T dominant perennials in Kelly’s meadow. O C

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TANNINGTONO the summer, we cut and rake the early spring growth and remove the bramble. GILLESPIE PARK A TERRACE D GILLESPIE ROAD

19th April - Parkland Walk AVENELL ROAD Spring tasks. Come and enjoy the spring with a range of tasks looking after ARSENAL this nature reserve, a former railway line and now a green corridor through north GILLESPIE ROAD HEATHVILLE ROAD London. Arsenal Bus: 26th April - Gillespie Park ECOLOGY CENTRE Tube Station DRAYTON PARK Routes 4, 19, 236 to bus stops 1 and V. Route 106 to bus stops V and W. Spring meadow cut. In Aster meadow and the Grassland Nature Trail – we’re To Drayton scything and raking some sections of meadow and cutting out bramble. Park Station Accessibility: Disabled parking by prior arrangement. 3rd May - Gillespie Park Spring meadow cut. Continuing our meadow-cutting in Long Mead.

10th May - Gillespie Park A range of tasks. We’re getting the park ready for our Spring Celebration event on 13th May.

17th May - Parkland Walk To Caledonian Road/ Meeting place DICKENSON ROAD opposite Ella Road Path access. We’re cutting back overhanging branches and managing the Station vegetation along our paths and at the entrances. ELLA ROAD OFFORD ROAD PARKLAND WALK

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CALEDONIAN ROAD CALEDONIAN NHILL Hedges, paths and nectar-rich garden. A range of tasks preparing this small OR CR H E T S C E N WALTERSVILLE ROAD woodland nature reserve for our summer visitors and events. The woodland T To Upper becomes an amazing sea of cow parsley at this time of year! Holloway Station

HEATHVILLE ROAD 31st May - Gillespie Park Entrance Late Spring Maintenance. Join us in taking care of Islington’s largest nature reserve, and one of the sites chosen for London in Bloom. Barnsbury Wood Parkland Walk Buses: 91, 17, 259 Buses: W7