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.

If you would like to find out more, visit a tower or try a sampler session, please email our public relation officer .

Up-coming Events

Sat 4th December
Annual General Meeting - Eccleshall

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Sat 8th January
Afternoon Meeting - Church Eaton

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Sat 5th February
New Members' Meeting - Stone

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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

Annual General Meeting - December 4th

Our Annual General meeting is taking place at Eccleshall on Sat 4th December. Please note this is a change of venue.

Ringing starts at 3pm followed by a short service, tea and meeting. And after tea there will be further ringing.

See here for all the details...

Vacancies

There will be several vacancies on the Committee this year including the Chairman, Secretary and Ringing Master who have all served the maximum number of years allowed by our rules. We are also looking for new Central Council representatives. If you would be interested in these or any other committee or management jobs, please complete our online proposal form.

If you would like information about any of the posts, please contact our secretary, Rosemarie Harris.

Check before you Visit

The way towers will be operating in the near future varies widely. Some will be wearing masks and limiting numbers, while others will be going back to pre-covid practices and welcoming visitors.

To avoid disappointment we recommend ringing or emailing the tower contact prior to attending a practice.

View the list of towers here...

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...

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 .

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, Liz Fitzgibbon.