From:                                         Bedfordshire Association of Church Bell Ringers <president@bacbr.org.uk>

Sent:                                           01 January 2025 10:37

To:                                               Tower Contact

Subject:                                     Update January 2025

 

 

BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS


Update

 

January 2025 - Happy New Year!

 

Things to particularly note this month:

Please sign in to MemberMojo to update your details (everyone!) and pay your annual subscription (if applicable)

 

Do go along to your District's final ADM, to find out more about what will be happening going forward and also to thank your District officers for their hard work over, in many cases, a number of years.
 

Please sign up for Second Saturday Training on Saturday 11 January. (Students and helpers!)


PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS

 

 

Important news for 2025!

 

Annual Subscriptions
A new way of paying from January 2025!

 

From 1 January, MemberMojo replaces our current Membership Management systems and enable us to operate more efficiently. MemberMojo is already used and endorsed by many ringing Associations ... see the article in the Christmas Ringing World, p1196!  

If you receive this Update as a member, you should shortly receive an email inviting you to log into MemberMojo, to:

  • check that the details we hold for you are correct (All Resident, Associate, Life and Honorary Life Members) to facilitate our compliance with GDPR and to ensure that you continue to receive communications if you wish to do so.
  • pay your annual subscription (Resident and Associate Members) Please note: If you currently pay by standing order and this is due to go out early in 2025, this will be collected as usual. However, you will still need to create a MemberMojo account so that you can update the details we hold for you in the system. The option to pay by card is not yet set up, but we will inform you once this means of payment available.

The process is very straightforward and will take you only a few minutes!

We will also be using MemberMojo to send out this Update from February onwards,

We have put together a list of Frequently Asked Questions about using MemberMojo, including what to do if members of your tower do not have email / internet access, and a Step by Step Guide to using MemberMojo. These are available here:
https://www.bacbr.org.uk/membermojo-info/

We will also be on hand at ADMs to answer any questions you might have (although please do look at the FAQs first!) and to assist you with the process if required.
 

 

New Association Calendar for 2025

 

From February 2025 a new Association Calendar will be in place, offering a wide range of ringing and training opportunities, with something for everyone!

The provisional calendar can be downloaded as a pdf from here, with notes and a guide to which level of ringing each session will be focussing on:
https://www.bacbr.org.uk/events/forthcoming-events/

As this is the first Association-wide calendar, the General Committee will be keeping the programme under regular review. We will be asking for feedback from all Association members so that we know what practices, training sessions and workshops are working and what may need to be changed.

In due course, we will also be asking members to sign up in advance for many of these events, so that we know in advance which are viable.

Please note that at this stage all towers are to be confirmed. We will be contacting towers month by month nearer the time to confirm. However, if you are a tower correspondent for a tower mentioned in this calendar and you already know that ringing will not be possible that day please email Angela Blackburn at trainingofficer@bacbr.org.uk as soon as possible. 

This provisional calendar will be updated as necessary during the year, once towers are confirmed and we know which types of events are working. The calendar on the home page of the Association website will be kept up to date and the monthly Members' Update will have the latest event news, so please do check these nearer the time of an event. 

We look forward to seeing you at an event in 2025!

 

Forthcoming Events

 

2025 Annual District Meetings

11 Jan    Biggleswade District ADM at Ampthill (8)  15.30 Service; 16.15 Tea;  17.00  Meeting;  Evening Ringing until 20.15. 

18 Jan   Bedford District ADM at Bletsoe (6)  15.30 Service, followed by Tea; Meeting and Evening Ringing until 20.30.

25 Jan    Luton District ADM at Linslade (8)  15:30 Afternoon Ringing: 16:30; Service; 17:00 Tea; 18:00 Meeting; Evening Ringing until 20.30

Following the vote at the Association AGM in May 2024 to adopt the new structure, Districts will cease to exist on 31 January 2025.  At the forthcoming ADMs, the Trustees of each District BRF will be putting forward proposals for the disposal of assets, in accordance with the BRF Rules for that District, to be voted on by the membership.

Please do go along to your District's final ADM, to find out more about what will be happening going forward and also to thank your District officers for their hard work over, in many cases, a number of years.

Second Saturday Training 
at the R J Sharp Ringing Centre
at St Andrews Biggleswade


Next session: Saturday 11 January

 

10:00 - 11:00  Bellhandling
11:00 - 11:15  Coffee (and cake!)
11:15 - 12:30  Foundation skills - rounds, call changes, Plain Hunt

These sessions are aimed at less experienced Bedfordshire ringers who would like to improve basic skills and confidence.

PLEASE NOTE:
Sign up essential (both students and helpers) please, by emailing Chris Williams  christine.williams.bells@gmail.com  

 

Bedfordshire Young Ringers

Next Practice: Sunday 12th January
at All Saints, Campton, 14:30-16:30

 

Bedfordshire Young Ringers is for all young ringers aged 18 or under, whatever your ringing experience. (Experienced tutors will be there to help!) 

Come along to ring with ringers your own age, eat cake and have fun!

Future dates Usually on the second Sunday of every month at  All Saints, Campton: 14:30-16:30. Please refer to the 2025 Calendar on the website, link above.

For safeguarding reasons, we ask that all young ringers under the age of 18 are accompanied by an adult. Adults do not need to stay for the whole session (though you are very welcome to do so - tea, coffee and a comfortable place to sit will be available). We will need some paperwork to be completed for each young ringer the first time they attend. 

For further details please email Linda president@bacbr.org.uk

 

Surprise Major Practice

No practice in January.
Future dates: From February 2025 onwards, practices will be held monthly, usually alternating between Wednesday and Sunday afternoons.  Please refer to the 2025 Calendar on the website, link above.

 

Ring a First In February

What would you / members of your band like to achieve for YOUR First in February this year? ....

When and where? Any time during February on a practice night, at an Association event or specially arranged just for you!

 


What? Here's some ideas for starters ....

  • First Quarter/ First Quarter of ../First Quarter as conductor/local band Quarter ..
  • Conduct call changes (to Queens and back)
  • 120 of Plain Bob Doubles (treble, tenor behind, inside bell or as conductor) 
  • Ring the treble to a course of Treble Bob or Surprise Minor
  • Course/touch of Cambridge S Minor inside

How?  Can you arrange to ring this with your local band? If not then go along to an Association Meeting (Contact the Ringing Master trainingofficer@bacbr.org.uk in advance to check that what you are hoping to ring might be possible)
If you would like to attempt or need help with arranging a Quarter Peal, request help by emailing trainingofficer@bacbr.org.uk
We will do our best to facilitate.

DON'T FORGET! Please submit any Firsts rung during February to BellBoard  https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/submit.php
and, once submitted, link them to the Bedfordshire Association's Ring a First in February event: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/event.php?id=20107
If you get stuck, email details to president@bacbr.org.uk

Good luck and enjoy achieving a First in February!

 

 

RIP

Cliff Izzard:
We’re sad to report that Cliff Izzard, Honorary Life Member of the Association, died at home on 10 December. Cliff’s contributions to ringing and the bells, especially at Kempston, were truly immense; not to mention the social scene that he engendered. We send our condolences to his family and many close friends at this time. Cliff’s funeral service will be at All Saints Church, Kempston on Wednesday 29th January 2025 at 11.00am.  The service will be followed by refreshments in the Church Hall.  For catering purposes – please let Helen Manktelow (helenmanktelow@gmail.com) know if you are attending.

 

 

Congratulations to ...

Philip Jewell: 200th peal, 100th in the tower, 50th on this bell     https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1801143

Andrew C Wheeler: First Quarter of Treble Bob  
https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1800143

 

Dean R G De-Matteis: 
First Quarter of Superlative S Major    https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1797447;
First of Stedman Triples and 50th Quarter https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1797571
Most methods to a peal  https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1798669

Matthew Hirst: First Quarter on 8  https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1797573
  
Clive Smith: 40th anniversary of First Peal    https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1801490

Please add details of all Firsts or other significant performances to BellBoard, using the Bedfordshire Association drop down, so that we can all celebrate your achievements! https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk

 

 

Updates from the CCCBR
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

 

Do keep an eye on the Central Council website for wider ringing news, resources and helpful information!   https://cccbr.org.uk

 

BOOKING FOR EVENTS

We often ask you to commit to events in advance via GoogleForms or Doodlepolls so that we know that they are viable and to assist planning. If you have registered, we can then also easily communicate any changes or additional information to you.
We do realise that these are not everyone's cup of tea! However, using them to register for events makes admin for the organisers SO much easier ... saving us time and effort which we can then put into organising more and better events!! It also enables us to find out other information from you to assist with organisation.
GoogleForms or Doodlepolls do not cost us, or you, anything and are quick and easy to use. 
We will only ever use your data for the purpose which it was given and will never pass on to third parties. 

 

 

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Linda Garton
President, BACBR 
president@bacbr.org.uk

www.bacbr.org.uk

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