https://www.ringingforums.org/categories/5/recruitment-retention/feed.rss Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:45:08 Z RECRUITMENT & RETENTION - Ringing Forums en https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/577/new-necruitment-network Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:26:45 Z Steph Pendlebury 577@/discussions Would you like to join a Recruitment Network? The 3Rs (Recruit, Regain, Retain) group within the CCCBR's Recruitment & Development Workgroup has a remit to support recruitment of new and returning ringers. We are planning to launch a new "Recruitment Network" in early 2026; a network of ringers... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/556/were-looking-for-a-superstar-admin Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:23:54 Z Vicki Chapman 556@/discussions The Recruitment & Leadership Workgroup is seeking a proactive and organised individual to support our efforts in shaping the future of ringing leadership and talent development. What we need help with: Scheduling meetings and calls Producing Minutes and Action Logs Supportingdocument sharing and... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/554/useful-video-explaning-how-ringing-works Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:48:12 Z Vicki Chapman 554@/discussions The Coaley ringers have put together a nice little video explaining how ringing works and would be useful to PR and education purposes. Check it out here Coaley bells https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/466/school-curriculum Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:45:03 Z Barbara Le Gallez 466@/discussions Hello, Are there any lesson plans ready now for towers to use for getting schools involved, please? I know there has been some work on producing lesson plans and my tower would love to tap into this. We have just found out this term's science curriculum for our local primary school and it would... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/428/getting-individualists-involved Sat, 06 Jul 2024 08:33:35 Z Barbara Le Gallez 428@/discussions Tom Ridgman made an interesting point recently, but it was buried in a long discussion which started with the constitution of the Yorkshire Association. I think Tom's point could lead to some useful ideas, so here it is is a new topic. Tom wrote: "I've recently been reading a book about changes in... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/427/publicity-material Mon, 01 Jul 2024 22:28:32 Z Chris Glenton 427@/discussions One of the towers I ring at on a weekly basis is suffering from a decline in numbers due to an ageing band and lack of recruitment, so I have taken it upon myself to try and rectify the situation. They have unsuccessfully tried porch notices, tower open days, posters in the local library, community... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/251/dont-waste-my-time-rw-article Sun, 11 Jun 2023 07:01:56 Z PeterScott 251@/discussions Philip Gorrod (RW p1188/16Dec2022) proposes a new strategy for retaining new recruits including: This is just one of a good collection of issues in the article and here are a few of my thoughts that it provoked. . Yes, quite so. Personally, as in my Forum biography, I learned to handle a bell in a... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/297/will-all-towers-ring-for-the-king Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:14:47 Z Roger Booth 297@/discussions I wonder if others are having the same experience? The Ring for the King publicity has been excellent. Since the beginning of the year we have recruited a large group of new ringers, who are very keen and making excellent progress. They are willing to travel to other towers to learn, and making... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/276/ringing-with-arthritis Thu, 09 Mar 2023 23:34:30 Z Beverley Furniss 276@/discussions Any tips to help ringers sufferering from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis please? Especially in the hands Thanks https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/207/what-questions-should-be-included-in-a-survey-about-ringing Mon, 02 Jan 2023 09:47:08 Z Jason Carter 207@/discussions If anyone would like to contribute what questions they would like to see asked in a survey about the state of ringing at a local/regional/national level, I will incorporate them into an excel document. I guess questions should be focused at a 'tower' level, but I do also wonder whether a 'ringer'... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/217/ringing-lite Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:09:46 Z Simon Linford 217@/discussions I normally hate the use of Lite rather than Light but I'll risk it! If you wanted to have a much easier form of bellringing that could be learned quickly for mass participation, what would it be? It would need to broaden the base of the pyramid but encourage those interested in moving into tower... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/86/finding-new-ringers Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:10:13 Z Stella Bianco 86@/discussions Has anyone tried taking a display along to a local community event for voluntary groups and clubs to find new members? It's a good way for Parish Councils to attract residents to attend the Annual Parish Meeting, so it's worth suggesting the idea to the Parish Clerk ... https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/35/cadet-forces Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:02:26 Z Simon Linford 35@/discussions Does anyone have experience of recruiting from Cadet Forces, e.g. Air Cadets? It has been suggested that they might be fertile recruitment grounds, and that the Air Cadets is one of the biggest users of the DofE scheme. https://www.ringingforums.org/discussion/13/strategy Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:59:46 Z A J Barnfield 13@/discussions If we can get training and development right we should not need to recruit; we would have waiting lists.