The Association
About Us
We are a group of about 400 bell ringers in North Staffordshire who meet to ring and socialise together.We give support and training throughout the area, promote bell ringing and provide bell ringing advice.
Due to the current Coronavirus situation, ringing is currently very limited. However, if you would like to find out more about bell ringing please .
Up-coming Events
Wed 12th AugustRinging Room Practice
Fri 14th August
Online Doubles Practice
Wed 19th August
Ringing Room Practice
Fri 21st August
Online Doubles Practice
Wed 26th August
Ringing Room Practice
Fri 28th August
Online Doubles Practice
Wed 2nd September
Ringing Room Practice
Sat 5th September
Evening Meeting - Broughton - UNDER REVIEW
National Bodies
The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers is the representative body for bellringers worldwide. Founded in 1891, the Council today represents 65 affiliated societies including our Association.
View the Central Council website
The Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) provides training, support and motivation for ringing teachers. It also provides a progresive learning scheme for new ringers. They have an extensive website with many useful resources.
View the ART website
News
Face Masks and Ringing
The government have announced that from Saturday 8th August wearing of face masks in places of worship will be compulsory.
Therefore, all ringers must wear a face mask when inside a church building, including the ringing room.
(Wearing face masks does not reduce the minimum distances approved for ringing.)
Resumption of Limited Ringing
Limited ringing can restart immediately provided it is in in accordance with the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
guidelines and agreed with the local incumbent.
The latest guidelines have been produced after consultation with Public Health England and agreed with the Church of England.
Please use the following links to see the latest guidance. See the Basic Guidance here...
For the full information, latest updates and guide notes, see the CCCBR website...
Telling the Neighbours
As ringing restarts, why not try the following public relations idea from Lucy Naish of Alton.
At Easter Lucy posted a short video on the village Facebook page of ringing at Alton before the lockdown. It received quite a lot of appreciation and enthusiastic comments - see photo above.
Most villages/parishes have a Facebook page, so why not post a video of ringing at your tower and include a short note about when and why you are ringing and how you are doing social spacing etc.
Coronavirus - Cancellation of Events
Due to the current ongoing situation our near-term events have been cancelled and some longer term ones are under review.
We will continue to monitor the situation and update the website accordingly.
In the mean time, Ian Slater has set up an Activity Group for online ringing.
Details of the group are here...
BRF - Raising funds while you shop
We now have an easy way to raise extra funds for our Bell Restoration Fund. The BRF has been registered on Easyfundraising and if you shop at any of
the 4000+ retailers available via their website, the BRF gets cashback. It doesn't add anything to the cost to your shopping, 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, Lisa Horritt.
Clapper Refurbishment
Over the last few years a number of towers have had clappers repaired, re-bushed, etc. at the Baldwins Gate workshop of H E Butters and Co.
This workshop has now closed, but Graham Barnes who worked there now works at Huntaway Engineering Ltd, and he will be able to continue with clapper work.
For further information phone Rob Siddall at Huntaway Engineering on .