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SALISBURY DIOCESAN GUILD
OF RINGERS
„Our Pandemic‟:
What We Have Done
What We Are Doing
What We Are Planning To Do
Robert Wellen (Guild Master)
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Our GuildWe were in a good position
before the Pandemic:
All our Branches are Active and „Functioning‟
Good „Team‟ of Guild and Branch
Officers
Attractive Website and Guild
Newsletter
Some Outstanding Tower Captains
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Guild Bulletins
On Home Page of the
Guild Website and via e-mail
circulation
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Our Guild
Websitehttp://sdgr.org.uk
Attractive Up to Date Informative Entertaining
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Our Newsletter: Face to Face
Perhaps not the best title in a Pandemic!!
• Guild Newsletter on line
• Pivoted to New Content
• For All our ringers; Allabilities
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Our Youngsters ...With really dedicated human helpers
Bellistic Bertie has kept in touch with our Young Ringers every Friday
for Ringing Room, fun and banter!
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Learning in Lockdown Guild organised three Seminars to
introduce „Ding‟ (developed in Trowbridge by David Norman and Giles
Wood (pictured below)).
Follow up-Mentors and „Help Desk‟.
Many Towers and Branches established Virtual Practices.
Guild members attended Gloucester & Bristol winter school and we have offered
to tutors for the summer.
Guild Training and Learning Morning (with Dorset County Association) moved
on-line.
Guild run on-line training and Branch on-line training shared across Guild.
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The Guild has facilitated and encouraged the widespread use of Zoom. Used by Guild, LEBRF, Branches for committees and virtual ringing. Five of our eight Branches have held „well attended‟ and
successful Zoom AGMs.
ZOOM!!
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Tower „Good Practice‟ 1
Seend Survival and Recovery Plan
Ground Floor Ring of Six – 14cwtBand of 9 people (2019 Report)
Rural Village Band
All our tower members are staying. All joined in with our weekly Zoom meetings.
Maintained the bells ready for use. Extra practices will prepare us for reopening.
Virtual Ding lessons twice a week.
“We are all now ready for the return to bell ringing”
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Tower „Good Practice‟ 2
Wimborne Minster Survival and Recovery Plan
Upstairs Ring of Twelve – 29cwtBand of 24 people (2019 Report)
Market Town
Rang on Sunday mornings and evenings during the summer.
Whats App group and e-mail. Rang handbells.
Ringing Room practices. Tower AGM via Zoom including Churchwardens and
the Rector. Open Days and taster sessions in summer 2021.
“We'll be looking to generate plenty of publicity locally as the town will notice and welcome the sound of the bells ringing once again”.
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Branch „Good Practice‟
Calne Branch (Small Branch – 11 Towers)
o Stayed in toucho Ringing when permitted
o Phone calls to those without internet
o Ringing Room practiceo Zoom AGM and committee
meetingso Monthly Branch chats
o Contact with all active towerso Social event in July
“Towers are resilient because
our ringers are part
of their local community.”
East Dorset Branch (Large Branch – 42 Towers)
Ringing Room Branch Practices will continue until ringing returns
Survey of Ringing Activities in the Branch - October 2020
Training Working Group: Tap into local talent and spread the
workload
Communication: Find out what is actually needed
Concentrate on: The basics
Do things differently: Use Zoom
for theory lessons
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„Thinking Outside The Box‟ ...
Handbells outside the church before services
Meet for a „Zoombar‟ session each week
Burton Bradstock
Weekly e-mail taking one idea from Ringing Toolkit
Virtual Ringing for a Virtual Service
Virtual Ringing Outing including Ringers‟ Tea!
Lytchett Matravers
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Other Things ......
Handbook and Report on-line only 2020 (printed in 2021).
Guild Heath and Safety Officer available for advice/support.
Diocesan Communications kept updated and informed.
A series of on-line Talks for Winter and Spring 2021.
Guild Ringer of Year Awards for 2020 to recognize effort during the Pandemic.
Provisional arrangements for young ringing events as soon as possible in 2021.
Guild Festival and AGM in May 2021 on Zoom to include a Guild service led by the Bishop of Ramsbury.
LEBRF Grant Making and Fundraising continues.
Guild Subscriptions have not been waived or reduced.
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What We Are Doing Now... Publicising the Recovery and
Survival Toolkit.
Preparing to issue a Guild-wide survey using the Survey Tool.
Holding two WORKSHOPS on
“How Ringing in the Salisbury Guild will Recover from Covid”
Planning Guild events for later in 2021 – outdoor, not from our usual
„playbook‟.
Created a Recovery Resources page - https://sdgr.org.uk/ringing-
recovery-resources/
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Our Workshops
Our Members Sharing IDEAS
DISCUSSION POINTS:
• From amongst your band of March 2020, how many will
return, how many not?
• For those willing to return, under what circumstances would they be willing to do so-Confidence
levels?
• For those saying they will not come back, why?
• Recruitment or retention – which comes first?
• What will be the impact on the Church of England be for ringing?
• Do we have teachers in the right place?
• Future of, and impact of, „virtual ringing‟?
The Guild Acting as FACILITATOR
Giving the Members
OWNERSHIP of Conclusions
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First Workshop: 27 February
o 50 attended and lasted 90 minutes
o Opened up for
discussion
o View from each Branch
o Carry on thinking, discuss with others and come back in a
fortnight!!
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Summary of First
Workshop(Anecdotal)
„Most will come back‟.
Loss rate, at worst, 10-15% mainly from new recruits and older.
Some would only come back when Sunday ringing was restored to „normal‟.
Widespread concern at impact on the Church of England.
Retention the immediate priority.
Recruitment - favoured a „national‟ high profile campaign.
Return to ringing in familiar surroundings – home tower and familiar
bell.
Outdoor „social events‟ to get people feeling confident and secure again.
Some expression of „what‟s the fuss all about‟!
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Second Workshop: This Morning!Another Good turnout – 45 people/ two
hours.
Four „Breakout Rooms‟ - 30 minutes.
Facilitators to keep discussion flowing and note ideas.
Each group took one main point from a fortnight ago:
RETENTIONRECRUITMENTTHE CHURCHCONFIDENCE
Q: What are the issues we face in each area?
Q: What ideas do we have to address the issues?
Q: What actions/next steps do we think are needed to move forward?
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Second Workshop: Breakout Rooms
Retention• „Lack of confidence‟ across age range.
• „Nurture and encourage‟–a „gentle return‟–no pressure.
• Non-ringing social get togethers.• Fear/embarrassment from
„experienced‟–forgotten the line!• Continue with technology as we
return.• Kind to each other.
• Collaboration.
Recruitment• Target all age groups.
• National campaign and local one –some towers cannot wait.
• Right balance of attention to all.• How many teachers are available–are they in the right place-when available.
• Breakdown barrier between ART trained and not.
• Avoid teacher „burnout‟.
Church• Fewer services to ring for.
• Service times to maximise ringing opportunities.
• Sunday ringing a priority.• Possible complaints (or welcome).• Future patterns of worship-ringing
for a virtual service?• Work with Bishop on promoting
return to Sunday ringing/communication with Diocese.
Confidence• Bell maintenance and safe ringing
environment.• Not vaccinated/refuse/unable to
wear masks–impact on rest.• Use of Ground Floor towers with
good ventilation for training.• Physical preparation for return.
• 1:1 support.• Return „taken slowly‟/individually
focused.• Transfer-virtual into tower ringing.
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Guild Initial „Recovery Plan‟ Each Branch to nominate its own Recovery Champion or Champions. Local advocates for
the S+R Toolkit.
Guild Recovery Group: Branch RCs to meet fortnightly with Guild RCs.
Future Guild wide Workshops at strategic points – for instance after the Survey Tool
results are in.
Retention before Recruitment in initial stages.
Guild to continue to guide members through roadmap and what can be done and when.
Priority to Social events in the summer to „get us back together‟.
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So in Summary: We have done our best.
We have stayed positive and optimistic.
We have tried to be kind to ourselves–we can only do so much–we cannot fix everything.
We have worked as a team across Guild/Branch/Tower.
We have encouraged local initiative and shared good practice.
We are planning for the future.
We have seen the importance of good leadership at all levels.
We have found new ways of workingthat we shall keep.
Shown that an old territorial Guild like ours, if it is flexible and adapts, can
remain relevant!! We hope!
We have kept up the profile of the Guild.
We are open to new ideas.
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