Dear fellow members I am writing to invite you to join with other members of the Association at Choral Evensong at Rochester Cathedral on Sunday November 7th 2021 at 3.15pm. The service will include a celebration of bells and ringers and will be a chance to remember all of those Read more…
Many of you will know Margaret Funnell, former KCACR General Secretary. Sadly her husband, Chris, passed away recently from a long-term heart condition. For those that knew him, Margaret wanted you to know that his funeral will be on Wednesday 22nd September, 2pm at Hoo St. Werbugh church. She has Read more…
On Saturday 9th October at Boxley we are running a ringing day/recruitment event from 11am to 3pm in the run up to the Annual District Meeting being held at the end of the day at 3pm. We will have the Maypole Bells, a mini-ring, handbells, e-bells plus the tower bells Read more…
Since March last year, we have been unable to remember and celebrate ringers who have died in our usual way because of Covid restrictions. The Association has now arranged an opportunity to remember them formally. This will take place in Rochester Cathedral on Sunday 7 th November 2021 at 3.15 Read more…
We have been able to arrange to use The Maypole Mini-Ring for an outdoor District Practice at The Harrow Pub, Stockbury on the afternoon of the 17th July. The pub has been booked from 14:00 and it is possible to ring socially distanced on the mini-ring. Obviously we will need Read more…
The next Rochester District Virtual Practice is on Wednesday 16th June, 7:30pm – 9:00pm-ish. All are welcome to join us. The tower ID on www.ringingroom.com is 317865294 and the Zoom Meeting ID: 769 9956 5869, Passcode: 9xNMTh
The Central Council have produced a 1-page Summary Ringing Guidance document that makes it clear as to why the guidance is what it is. This is shown below, and also available for download from the following link: Download Summary Ringing Guidance
As we start getting back into our towers, ringers will have differing degrees of confidence or anxiety about the remaining COVID risks involved. Our Chairman, Phil Barnes, was asked to do a talk for the Truro Guild last week in which he outlined his approach to risk, including how to Read more…
Emma Jarvis, KCACR Safeguarding Officer, has produced a simple one-page checklist as a reminder of the key safeguarding things we need to remember when returning to ringing. You can find it on the Safeguarding Resources page or download it directly from the link below: Returning to Ringing Safeguarding – May Read more…
It is with sadness that we have to report that Brian Lawrence, Tower Captain at Ash-next-Sandwich, died recently after battling cancer for the past 15 months. Brian was born in 1941, in Sutton, near Deal. The family home was in Great Mongeham, where Brian developed a love of the countryside Read more…