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5 September 2005:
Invitation to apply for grants from the Central Council Bell Restoration Fund

29 August 2005:
Press release, poster and certificate now available for ringing to celebrate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar

28 August 2005:
Press Release - Roadshow 2005 - Bellringing Extravaganza

19 July 2005:
Certificate to record ringing for 60th anniversary of end of World War II

24 May 2005:
Downloadable poster to commemorate 60th anniversary of end of WWII in Europe.

25 April 2005:
Minutes of Council meetings since 1937 and listing of Past and Present Officers published in Methods Committee Archive.

6 April 2005:
General Trends in Tenor Weights published

4 April 2005:
Two ringing jigsaw puzzles re-issued

9 March 2005:
Spreadsheet comparing numbers of ringable and unringable towers updated to year end 2004.

8 March 2005:
Urgent message for all Central Council representatives

The organisers of the CCCBR meeting in Harrogate are becoming aware of a number of representatives who have not yet received their information packs. These were posted on Mon 7 Feb. In some cases, where details of reps were not known, information packs were posted to Association/Guild/Society Secretaries. It is clear that in some cases these have yet to be forwarded to reps. If your information has not yet arrived, please e-mail your details to cc@yacr.org.uk or phone 01482 882621 (+44-1482 882621 from outside the UK)

12 January 2005:
2005 Council meeting details

5 January 2005:
Applications invited for Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund 2005 grants
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21 December 2004:
Towers & Belfries Committee publishes new enhanced edition of Sound Management

15 December 2004:
New ringing jigsaw puzzle NOW SOLD OUT

15 December 2004:
Interested in learning to ring?

6 December 2004:
Peal Compositions Committee pages moved to this website

17 November 2004:
Re-styled Records Committee pages moved to this website

25 October 2004:
Welcome page discontinued, Home page re-designed

5 October 2004:
Webpage for the future Ringing Trends Committee published

3 October 2004:
Minutes of the 2004 Central Council Annual Meeting now available online

28 May 2004:
Protecting Young Ringers, cover letters and Permission to Ring form now all downloadable

28 May 2004:
Protecting Young Ringers downloadable in PDF format

22 May 2004:
Dorothy Sayers anniversaries celebrated

8 May 2004:
Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund 2004 grants offered
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4 May 2004:
CC Bell Restoration Fund 2004 grants offered
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28 March 2004:
CCCBR statement and new guidelines on Protecting Young Ringers published.

17 March 2004:
Public Relations Committee webpage published

12 March 2004:
PealBase link added to Home page

6 March 2004:
Ringing Roadshow 2005 announced.

4 March 2004:
New guidance about UK Gift Aid and Open Tower Days.

23 February 2004:
Guidance on Personal Liability Insurance for ringers on outings to be published in letter to The Ringing World.

13 February 2004:
A spreadsheet showing yearly numbers of ringable and unringable towers by county or locality is announced, with its thanks to Rev Dr John C Baldwin, by the Towers & Belfries Committee as part of its contribution to the "Ringing Trends" project.

7 February 2004:
Our ISP has withdrawn the page access counter facility we have been using. Its restoration or alternatives are being investigated.

27 December 2003:
2004 NRT Conference announced

20 December 2003:
Committee for Redundant Bells webpage published

17 December 2003:
A Google search of the entire World Wide Web, this website, or www.ringing.org can now be made from the Home page. Enter your search terms in the form in the right column, then press "Enter" or click on "Google Search".

By default this website will be searched. Click on the upper or lower button to search the entire Web or www.ringing.org respectively.

NB: Google updates its index about once a month, so it may take that long before new information is retrievable.

6 December 2003:
Education Committee web pages re-styled, transferred to CCCBR server

6 December 2003:
CC Bell Restoration Fund invites applications for Grants

21 November 2003:
Applications invited for Fred Dukes International Bell Fund

30 October 2003:
Towers & Belfries Committee webpage updated.

9 October 2003:
A Welcome page, a new Home page and a Site News page replace the former Home page of this website. This is to provide a more welcoming entry point to the website for non-ringers together with a more comprehensive set of links for ringers than were offered by the left navigation column of the former Home page. Existing pages with the left navigation column will be adapted to the new style as time permits.

2 October 2003:
Roadshow photos and RW article are now viewable online.

24 September 2003:
Bells in Your Care, a pamphlet for incumbents and churchwardens responsible for a peal of church bells, is now viewable online and downloadable as a pdf file.

1 September 2003:
The Minutes of the 2003 Central Council Annual Meeting are now viewable online.

21 July 2003:
Council Newsletter 5 published

6 May 2003: The article Radio Aerials/ Telecommunications Equipment in Church Towers, originally published in The Ringing World, 2002 p67, has been expanded to include an important new section on Actions and Responsibilities.

1 April 2003:
Library Committee website published

11 March 2003:
Ringing Centres prize and plaques awarded at the Mansion House

5 March 2003:
The Faculty Jurisdiction -- A Guide For Bellringers, an information sheet/card produced by the Towers & Belfries Committee, is now available online. Please click here to view and/or print a copy.

7 January 2003:
Guidance on Charity Registration for entire ringing societies (not just bell restoration funds), by the Bell Restoration Committee, has been updated, mainly to reflect recent tax changes. Please click here to view, noting in particular paragraphs 3, 9, 24 and 26.

1 December 2002:
The Ringing Centres Committee has announced the establishment of the Swan Bells Ringing Centre, in Perth, Western Australia, the first Centre outside England. Please click here for further information.