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| | New Child Protection Laws from October 2009 |
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New legislation for child protection starts becoming law in October 2009.
We all need to know what the law will be, and how, in particular, it affects ringers and ringing.
The good news is that it is less onerous than was originally feared, thanks in part to Chris Mew's conversations with government officials.
He will be presenting a paper on the Child Protection rules at the CCCBR's AGM in May.
A tabulated list of the requirements for various scenarios is available here
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| | Aldgate Lunchtime Ringing |
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The weekday lunch-time service ringing at St Botolph's Aldgate is changing
to Tuesday from 19th May. The lunchtime service for which we ring will now
be held on Tuesdays not Mondays, so if you work in the Aldgate area,
please join us between 12.20 and 1.05pm. (But please note that there will be
no lunchtime ringing next week, on either Monday 11th or Tuesday 12th).
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| | The Belfry Recycling Centre |
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Geoff Willis has hand made items for sale with all profits going to the Middlesex Association Bell Restoration Fund.
Please note that post and packing is extra on all items.
All the items are made using redundant belfry woods.
Pens in the cases are marked with which type and wood they are made from.
Prices are as shown -see pictures 1 and 2
Click the thumbnail pictures for a larger version.
We have limited stocks of Pen Sets - see pictures 3, 4 and 5
Wheel clocks are made from redundant oak runner boards,
and the teak headstock is literally made from old teak headstocks.
They are approx 7" square, weighing 275 gms.
Background colours are mustard, black, brown and cream in order from left to right, and cost £25 each plus post and packing. Picture 6
Headstock clocks are in 3 different sizes,
Large approx 7"x3.5" weight 380gms.£30. Picture 7 top row, made from Elm
Medium approx 5.5"x2.75" weight 250gms £25. Picture 7 middle row, made from Elm.
Small approx 5"x2.5" weight 200gms £20. Picture 7 bottom row, made from Elm
Picture 8 top row medium, bottom row small all made from Teak.
Geoff stresses that he is not a business, and all the work is done as a hobby.
E-mail or phone him on 01784 246157
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| | Ringing and the Law |
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The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers wants all ringers to be aware that they do not ring in isolation, but are subject to national and church laws.
The Tower Stewardship Committee of the CCCBR has produced Guidance Notes to five areas in which conflict or problems might arise.
Details of how to access these, and an outline of what they contain, can be found in this CCCBR leaflet .
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| | Association Training |
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Please help us to help you!
The Association intends to further improve the training on offer to its Members. In order to do this, we need to know what training our members need,
and what skills are on offer.
The reason we are doing this is that as part of revitalising the training on offer, we want to arrange training programmes that can help specific groups of ringers
achieve their goals within an agreed time period.
Click here to complete the form on line and save postage costs and trees, or download a simple Training needs assessment form
which I would be most grateful if you would complete and return by e-mail to , or by post to:
Tim Joiner, 3, Hawkins House, Dolphin Square, London SW1V 3NS
There is no such thing as a perfect training programme, and all Training Needs Assessment forms are capable of improvement.
The form is very basic at this stage, but over time we will be able to refine the questions we ask.
The information you provide will be held in a manual record and on computer, but will only be used by the Association for training purposes.
It will not be divulged to any other organisation.
Thank you for your help.
Tim Joiner
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| | Learning to ring |
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For details on where to learn try the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers Learn to Ring web page .
If you live in the Greater London area then contact Prudence Fay 5A Furlong Road London N7 8LS Tel : 020 7607 8950 for details of your local tower.
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| | Framework for Teaching |
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The Central Council’s Education Committee has produced a Framework to help any band take a systematic approach to the way it manages and conducts training. It is, they say, comprehensive but not prescriptive: bands can adapt it to their circumstances. But it sets out objectives; and it is a checklist that they can use when reviewing or planning how their band trains new ringers.
The Framework - more information is here.
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| | Poloshirts and Sweatshirts |
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The order form for clothing with the Association logo is printable from here
Orders to Jill Wigney with payment please.
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| | MCA and LDG mail list |
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There is now a Middlesex (and London) eMail group. There are already over 90 people subscribed to it.
The aim of this list is to make announcements, only.
If you would like to subscribe to the list send an eMail to mcaldgringers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
You can also visit the Yahoo Groups web site.
This web site allows you to subscribe to the list and has an archive of all mail sent to the group.
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| | Tower contact details |
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Following on from comments from some members of the Association, we have removed contact details from the site.
If you are happy for your details to be included, please e-mail those to be included and I will insert them.
It is important that as many contact details as possible are included.
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