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![[Photograph of Writtle tower]](parts/photos/writtle.jpg "Writtle, where the Association was founded")
Welcome to the web site of the Essex Association of Change Ringers
Founded at Writtle, near Chelmsford, in 1879 the Association predates the Diocese of Chelmsford by some 35 years. Its boundaries are those of the old county of Essex prior to 1st April 1965. With a membership of over 1000, the Association is committed to the furtherance of the work of the Church by ringing bells, promoting bells and bell ringers, and keeping the bells of Essex churches ringing. This is achieved by giving help and advice in the maintenance of bell installations, by making grants available for restoration and improvement projects, and by offering opportunities for training and advancement in 'method ringing'.
Featured items
- 66th Essex Association Dinner — A face to face affair
It was very exciting to hear that the 66th Annual Dinner would actually go ahead face to face this year. The event took place at Benton Halll Golf and Country Club with over 70 guests, a good number considering. Read more
- EYE update
HUGE congratulations to the Essex Young Eagles. At the Ringing World National Youth Contest on Saturday in Worcester, EYE came 2nd out of 15 teams in the call change category. Read more
- Association Training Day 2021
The prospectus is now published for the Training Day on November 27th - courses range from Foundation Skills to Cambridge Surprise Minor. Something for every one. Details here. Read more
- Virtual Essex Ringing Course Talks and Bellringers Question Time on YouTube
If you weren't able to make the talks and question time, you can watch them via our YouTube Channel Read more
Recent additions
- 66th Essex Association Dinner — A face to face affair (1 week, 2 days ago)
- Essex Ringing Course 2022 (3 weeks, 1 day ago)
- Communications Sub-committee terms of reference (4 weeks ago)
- Recruitment and Training Sub-committee terms of reference (4 weeks ago)
- Bell Restoration Sub-committee terms of reference (4 weeks ago)
Recent Association peals
- 5054 Superlative Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 16 October 2021 at Great Baddow (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5088 Bristol Surprise Major Rung on Saturday, 9 October 2021 at Great Bentley (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5088 Yorkshire Surprise Major Rung on Wednesday, 29 September 2021 at Terling (All Saints), Essex.
- 5024 Double Norwich Court Bob Major Rung on Saturday, 25 September 2021 at Ardleigh (St Mary the Virgin), Essex.
- 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (16m) Rung on Wednesday, 15 September 2021 at Inworth (All Saints), Essex.
Master's blog
- Ringing Recovery – the next phase The Central Council has issued new guidance which many of you will have already seen, setting out its…
- The merry-go-round of bellringing and Covid I am so over Covid now! As rates of Covid infection rise again, and we enter a twilight zone of semi-lockdown,…
- Navigating a Return to Ringing Dear RingerAs we start to think about re-starting face to face church services, and possibly even real…
- Ways to keep ringing when you can’t ring…. Many of you will have seen Beth Johnson’s fantastic post on EACR notices, highlighting ways to stay engaged…
- Happy Easter This is going to be the most peculiar Easter Sunday I’ve ever lived. I think that observation will be…
Central Council news
- Round 3 Photo Competition Winners – Bells in Art (2 days, 21 hours ago): The third category in our photo competition has now concluded Bells in Art, closed on 8th October. With…
- President’s Blog #45 (5 days, 5 hours ago): Two or three times a year we have a meeting where two representatives of each of the Central Council,…
- President’s Blog #44 (2 weeks, 5 days ago): “What could be more English than the gentle peal of bells wafting through a small leafy village? The…
- RingingForums…topic specific networks (2 weeks, 6 days ago): As mentioned during the CCCBR AGM in September we are pleased to be able to launch RingingForums, a set…
- CCCBR Response to GS2222 (3 weeks, 2 days ago): The Central Council has submitted a response to the Church of England’s consultation on ‘GS2222’ – its…
Further information
Further information can be obtained from the Hon. General Secretary , or in the Association's Annual Report.
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