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.
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
Thu 30th JuneMadeley Handbell Practice
Sat 2nd July
Afternoon Meeting - Madeley & Wolstanton
Thu 7th July
Madeley Handbell Practice
Thu 14th July
Madeley Handbell Practice
Thu 21st July
Madeley Handbell Practice
Thu 28th July
Madeley Handbell Practice
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
Next Meeting - July 2nd
Our next meeting is at the six bells of Madeley and the eight of Wolstanton on Saturday 2nd July.
This is an afternoon meeting starting at Madeley at 2pm. Hot drinks and biscuits will be available in the church during the ringing. After Madeley we move on to Wolstanton where ringing starts at 4pm.
See our events page for the details.
Striking Contest - June 11th
Six bands competed in this year's six bell striking contest at Checkley on Saturday 11th June.
Our judge, Malcolm Quimby, announced the results over tea with the band from Stone running out as winners. They were closely followed by Stafford and Eccleshall.
To see all the results and photographs of all the bands, head over to our striking contest page.
Safeguarding Training
A leadership safeguarding training course is available for those who are in a position to need it.
The training is a face to face course provided by the the Lichfield Diocese. Two events are available and take place Tuesday 12th July and Tuesday 19th July, both 7pm to 8:30pm.
Costs and location are available from Peter Burgess. For further details please contact Peter on this .
New Activity Group
Josie Martin has set up a new handbell activity group, meeting weekly at Madeley to ring simple tunes on their 12 handbells.
Ray Daw will be running the sessions initially.
If you would be interested in joining, please take a look at the group information page...
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
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.