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There is now an opportunity to do it and win money!

For full details see the CCCBR’s competition page ( https://cccbr.org.uk/youtube-competition/ )

if you want to book a place on the upcoming guild training events there are still places available.
See the event for more information.

Following storm Ciara, the Weather Vane and Spire at Bunny church have been damaged rendering the bells temporarily unringable.

At this stage, repair time is unknown.

ART Conference – Saturday 14 March

ART’s conference agenda this year includes a great line up of speakers. In a break from tradition the key-note speaker is not a ringer. Bonita Norris is the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. Her talk – Mountains of the mind – speaks about the lessons she learned on this extraordinary journey as a very ordinary person – the marginal gains, the leaps of faith, the not giving up when failure seemed inevitable. All lessons in leadership that we recognise in our own ringing world. Bonita is joined by our other key-note speakers:

• Richard Grimmett on Taking striking seriously
• Alison Hodge and Tony Crabtree on What would TripAdvisor say about your tower?
• Mark Plater (Senior Lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln) on the Science and practice of motivation

A range of seminars will showcase innovative ideas and good practice from amongst the bell ringing community. Thanks to your feedback from the 2019 conference these include:

• Teaching with simulators – Steve Farmer & Chris de Cordova
• Striking it right – Colin Newman
• Starting a band from scratch – Ginette Pardoe
• Learning the Ropes Festival of Ringing – Nikki Thomas & Ruth Suggett
• The Social Media Toolkit – Alison Everett, Deb Baker & Emily Ashton

We have also introduced a lunchtime Teaching Forum hosted by Pip Penney which will give you the chance to talk through any teaching issues you may have.

CCCBR Recruitment & Retention – Sunday 15 March

Continuing last year’s successful partnership with the CCCBR, the second day of the conference is organised by the Volunteer and Leadership Workgroup. With a focus on recruitment and retention, they will look at how to look after your new ringers so that they blossom and enjoy their new hobby. Hearing from recent recruits, sharing ideas, initiatives and experience through grouped activities will provide you with ideas to take your recruitment and retention plans forward.

ART Awards

And don’t forget the ART Awards Ceremony in the early evening. Help us celebrate and reward the great things that ringing teachers and leaders are doing to secure the future of ringing.

The minutes for this years CCCBR AGM can be found here.

It is the Emergency Services Carol Service on Wednesday 11th Dec at Southwell Minster. The service starts at 7pm with ringing from 6pm. Any interested ringers please contact Trevor Bryan ().

Sometime in the 1930s the bells of this magnificent church fell silent due to their poor condition. On 2nd November a major project will near its end with the dedication of the rehung bells. They have been tuned, augmented to eight, (with a mix of second hand and new bells) and hung in a new steel frame. They are now rung from a new floor.

The dedication service will be at 11am and The Bishop of Sherwood will be the speaker. There will be refreshments and open ringing in the afternoon.

Find Information about the October Guild events here.

Whether you are a long standing member; new to ringing; or a visitor wondering if ringing might be for you, I hope you will find the site useful and informative. I would like to thank those who have built, populated and checked the new site – particularly Chris Field – and Richard Allton and Mary Stephens who for twenty years, developed and maintained our previous site which has served us so well.

The new site is designed to be easily updated so please put up news and events from around the Guild then everyone can see that ringing is alive in the Diocese and that there is something for everyone – keep a regular check on the calendar to see what’s on where. I look forward to keeping in touch with you all and with what you are doing.

Jim Crabtree, Chairman