The Central Council have some new ringing resources available for you to download: ‘Engaging with the Public’ Leaflet Ideas and tips to successfully engage the public with your ringing and associated activities: Easy to use ‘mix-and-match’ format to help you to put together the ideas which will work for you Read more…
There have been a couple of reports of ringers receiving email mentioning ‘KCACR’ and asking for money. Email addresses have clearly been picked up from the tower contacts pages of the website and then emails sent to them. If you receive something along the lines of the image shown below, Read more…
Highlights from the General Committee meeting held on 24th February are as follows: The Association Training Officer stood down ahead of the meeting, hence we are actively seeking someone to fill this role in April. The accounts are ready for the AGM in April. Expenses are increasing, so with healthy Read more…
As we have too few locals for the next couple of weeks, we’re cancelling the practices on Tuesday 27th February and Tuesday 6th March. Ringing on Sunday as usual, and practices back to normal on 13th March. Please also note that, in line with our tradition, we will not be Read more…
The Canterbury District held two Ringing Schools on Saturday 10th February at St Laurence-in-Thanet (a picture of some of the attendees is shown above) and Bekesbourne. There was a strong turnout of learners and helpers for the Ringing School on Grandsire Caters at St Laurence-in-Thanet. Learners started by ringing Plain Read more…
Below is a poster from Big Ideas Co who are working with the CCCBR on the Ringing Remembers campaign. Please circulate this to your towers and encourage them to put it up in church and village notice boards. There will be a suite of images available to download from the Read more…
Jen Thomas, Youth Officer, has mislaid her copy of ‘Diagrams’ somewhere in the County. It’s the red version, the spine is missing and it has the name ‘Jennifer M Fraser’ on the inside cover. Can you please keep an eye out for it and have a look in your tower, Read more…
Just a final reminder of the following deadlines: 5th February – All membership database updates and tower information updates need to have been submitted. 19th February – All District information for inclusion in the handbook needs to be with Doug Davis. 9th March – Final date for printed handbook orders via Read more…
Sadly Ros Bell, who rang at Yalding and Wateringbury for some years, passed away overnight, 25th/26th January 2018. She suffered poor health for several years, and moved to a care home near Stirling, Scotland in 2015, to be closer to her sister-in-law, Mandy. There are no further details at present, Read more…
Ray Morgan Bob Triples has now been rung for the first time: Kent County Association Rochester, Kent Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary Sunday, 28 January 2018 in 50 mins (30–0–14 in D) 1260 Ray Morgan Bob Triples Composed by Benjamin J Waller 1 Stephen Trafford 2 Amy Wallace 3 Christopher M Read more…