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Rochester District News

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Annual General Meeting

AGM agenda published

The agenda for the Association AGM, to be held on Easter Monday, Monday 6th April 2026 at 14:00, is now live and can be viewed on the AGM page. While the window for General Committee nominations is open (deadline is Sunday 29 March 2026, 23:59pm), this is a draft agenda. Read more…

By jpohl, 2 months6th March 2026 ago
Rochester District News

Rochester District Practice: Sat 21st Feb 2pm Halling

The next Rochester District practice is happening on Saturday 21st February at St John’s, Halling (ME2 1BT) from 2 – 3:30pm.  Everyone is welcome.

By Anita Perryman, 3 months ago
Rochester District News

RIP & Funeral Details: Geoff Morad

Rest In Peace:  Geoff Morad Geoff learned to ring as a teenager at Cliffe and he was a member of the Association for about 40 years. He introduced many youngsters to ringing through his involvement with the Scouts and he also taught bell handling skills during his tenure as Tower Read more…

By Anita Perryman, 3 months ago
Rochester District News

Rochester District Practice & Quarterly Meeting: Sat 17th Jan 3pm Northfleet

The next Rochester District event will be held on Saturday 17th January from 3 pm at St Botolph, Northfleet, DA11 9EU.  There will be a district practice followed by a quarterly meeting.  The draft minutes of the previous meeting are available on line at: https://kcacr.org.uk/rochester-district/district-meeting-minutes/ Please could you let your Read more…

By Anita Perryman, 4 months ago
Rochester District News

Rochester District Mini-Tour & Curry: Sat 13th Dec

Rochester District Outing   Saturday 13th December 2025 Brick Lane area 2 – 2:45pm St Olave, Hart St 8 (11cwt) EC3R 7NB 2 min walk from Fenchurch Street Station, 3 min walk from Tower Hill tube, 21 min walk from London Liverpool St Station 3:30 – 4:15pm St Matthew, Bethnal Read more…

By Anita Perryman, 5 months12th December 2025 ago
Rochester District News

Rochester District Surprise Major Practices: Jan, Feb & Mar

Greetings, Is your Cambridge controversial? Is your Lincolnshire lacking? Have you been sitting in the pub bemoaning the fact that there’s no district Surprise Major practice? Then this email is for you! For the first three months of 2026, we will be running a district surprise Major practice at Rochester Read more…

By Anita Perryman, 5 months ago
Ashford District News

A message regarding videoing and photographing of ringing

As we continue to promote a safe and respectful environment within the KCACR, we would like to remind everyone of our safeguarding expectations regarding photography and video recording.   No video recording or photographing any ringing or of individual ringers, or audio recording that could capture voices or conversation, must take place without Read more…

By jpohl, 5 months ago
Rochester District News

Rochester District Mini-Outing & Curry: Brick Lane Sat 13th Dec

The Rochester District will be going on a mini-outing to the Brick Lane area of London, with the plan to have a curry after ringing.  This will be on the afternoon and evening of Saturday 13th December.  A document with the full details has been emailed to your tower contact.  Read more…

By Anita Perryman, 6 months ago
Ashford District News

Association Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral Sunday 16th November at 5.30pm

Don’t forget that the forthcoming Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral takes place on Sunday 16th November at 5.30pm. There will be refreshments available beforehand in the Community Studio, inside the Cathedral Precinct, from 3:30pm. Whilst Evensong is a public service and we will be joining other members of the public at Read more…

By Neil Jones, 6 months7th November 2025 ago
Rochester District News

Rochester District November Quarter Peal Month

November is Rochester District Quarter Peal month.  An event has been set up on Bellboard.  Please could you link any quarters that you ring to the following event: Kent County Association — Rochester District Quarter Peal Month 1st – 30th November 2025 https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/event.php?id=22045 We would like to get as many Read more…

By Anita Perryman, 6 months ago

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Latest CC News
Summer Honorarium applications now open

 Through the support of a bequest from Wendy Piercy, the Central Council is offering three Summer Honorariums to support specific projects within Ringing 2030 workgroups.  Please spread the word and encourage plenty of applications.  This is a fantastic opportunity for career development for a young ringer. Young Ringers for Ringing 2030 Young Ringers Hub website ... Read moreSummer Honorarium applications now open [...]

2026 Westley Award for Belfry Maintenance and Improvement

Towers and bells in good condition will make the environment for ringing more pleasant, easier for ringers to develop their skills and, in particular help new recruits. Are you relatively new to finding your way around bell installations? Perhaps you are gaining experience in what to check upstairs in a tower, what may be unusual ... Read more2026 Westley Award for Belfry Maintenance and Improvement [...]

Recruitment & Development for Ringing 2030 – Next briefing
Recruitment & Development for Ringing 2030 – Next briefing

The CCCBR Recruitment & Development Ringing 2030 Workgroup are inviting you to join our next briefing on Sunday 17th May at 8pm UK time. This briefing will focus on Leadership in bellringing and the ways we can encourage and support ringers to volunteer for responsibility with confidence. If you haven’t previously attended one of these ... Read moreRecruitment & Development for Ringing 2030 – Next briefing [...]

New appointments to the Council!
New appointments to the Council!

We are delighted to welcome the Central Council’s first employees, starting in April: Gemma Groom as our new Marketing and Admin Officer Josephine Leggett as our new Youth Development Officer These two part-time, fixed-term appointments will focus on support for Ringing 2030 projects.  Gemma will be focused primarily on projects around Marketing and Recruitment (including ... Read moreNew appointments to the Council! [...]

Young Ringers for Ringing 2030 – Project Update Sunday 3rd May at 7.30pm

Leaders needed for the roll out of Schools and Uniformed groups projects and introducing the new Youth Development Officer! The Young Ringers for Ringing 2030 Workgroup has made great progress with the launch of the revised University Ringing Website University Ringing, which is part of the new Young Ringers Hub (YRH). The team are currently ... Read moreYoung Ringers for Ringing 2030 – Project Update Sunday 3rd May at 7.30pm [...]

Latest KCACR Performances
1260 Single Oxford Bob Minor

Rung on Friday, 8 May 2026 at Newington juxta Sittingbourne (St Mary the Virgin), Kent. [...]

5104 Plain Bob Major

Rung on Thursday, 7 May 2026 at Bromley (19b College Road), Kent. [...]

40 Devon Place Doubles

Rung on Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at Bredgar (St John the Baptist), Kent. [...]

60 Grandsire Doubles

Rung on Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at Bredgar (St John the Baptist), Kent. [...]

60 Devon Place Doubles

Rung on Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at Bredgar (St John the Baptist), Kent. [...]

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