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Fun with Bells

In this inspiring show, podcast host Cathy Booth meets Tim Sunter and hears about his amazing seven-year ringing journey from learner to teacher and Association of Ringing Teachers committee member.
Who could have imagined that a thought-proving tweet in the middle of a field could have such a domino effect, propelling Tim on a path to both individual fulfilment and a new way to reach out to his local community? But such is the power of bell ringing.
Tim shares the deep satisfaction that ringing can bring, both from the sense of achievement of learning to ring and bringing a tower back to life to introducing local schoolchildren to the joy of bells and encouraging the local community to celebrate its heritage.

Tim’s enthusiasm is clearly infectious and no doubt this podcast will set off yet another exciting chain of events and ringing adventures for him, and possibly for you.

Top 5 takeaways

• Check out the wide range of online ringing courses at https://onlinelearning.bellringing.org
• Why not get involved in Heritage Open Days to both recruit new ringers and engage with the wider community
• Thinking of ways to get your local schoolchildren interested in ringing? Dust off your set of handbells and get in touch with your local school and suggest they make music with them
• Why stop at learning to ring? Why not learn to teach bell ringing and share your hobby with others
• Close to Birmingham? Take a look at what’s on offer at the Birmingham School of Bell Ringing https://birminghambells.com

Sponsor: This podcast is sponsored by the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART). To find out more about learning to ring, learning to teach or other resources to support your ringing go to bellringing.org

Podcast team:
Anne Tansley Thomas
Emily Roderick
John Gwynne
Emily Watts
Cathy Booth
Ringing by:
The Cambridge Youths (supplied by David Richards) and for later episodes, The Liliputters Guild (supplied by Simon Edwards).

Chapters

1. Start (00:00:00)

2. Tim taking up bell ringing (00:01:00)

3. Experience of learning to ring (00:02:59)

4. Tips for someone wanting to take up bell ringing (00:07:00)

5. About ART (00:08:02)

6. Getting new ringers for Brierley Hill (00:10:02)

7. What Tim enjoys about ringing (00:12:28)

8. How to recruit more young ringers (00:17:00)

9. Tim's work on the ART management committee (00:22:23)

10. ART courses on Moodle (00:23:22)

11. Remarkable Heritage Open Day with community participation (00:25:47)