Our Next Event - Sat 7th September

In September we are visiting Rocester for an evening meeting starting at 7pm.

Rocester is an attractive small town and is the home of JCB's World Headquarters.

The bells are a ground floor ring of eight with a tenor of 12½cwt and were all cast by John Taylor in 1932.

See the meeting details here...

Help Needed - Barton U Needwood

Barton under Needwood are asking for some help with their rehang project.

The bells are being rehung and increased to ten and as part of the project Taylors are installing a sound attenuation system starting on 16th September and lasting about two weeks.

Tower captain Jill Rogers is asking if anyone can help with the work as local labour helps to reduce the cost of the project.

If you are able to help please contact Jill on or email her using this .

Activity Groups

Several groups are active in the North Staffs area providing a variety of ringing opportunities.

Organised by group leaders, some are mainly social while others concentrate on a particular aspect of ringing.

Details of these groups and when they meet can be found on our Activity Groups page.

(Most groups don't have to build their own belfry!)

Gay's Stays

Phil Gay has supplied ash stays for many years, with profits going to the Keele belfry funds. Phil can provide a wide range of sizes to suit most bells.

If you need a stay or want a couple for standby, please contact Phil on or by email ( ).

100 Club

The Association runs a '100 Club' to raise funds for the Bell Restoration Fund. Members pay a subsciption of £12 and are entered in 5 draws in the year.

There are four prize draws, usually at business meetings, and one Superdraw at the Association's AGM. If fully subscribed the first prize will be £50 at the prize draws and £100 at the super draw.

If you would like a flutter in aid of a good cause, please visit our 100 Club page...

BRF - Raising funds while you shop

The BRF has been registered on Easyfundraising and this provides an easy way to raise extra funds for our Bell Restoration Fund.

If you shop at any of the 4000+ retailers available via the Easyfundraising website, the BRF gets cashback. And it doesn't add anything to the cost of your shopping, but just gives a bit of extra income to the BRF.

Retailers include well known brands like M&S, John Lewis, Argos, Dunelm, Currys and many many more.

You can shop either via the Easyfundraising website or by downloading their App from Google Play or the Apple App Store.

If you have any questions please email our Treasurer, Liz Fitzgibbon.