Explanatory leaflet

Network for Ringing Training (NRT)

A new initiative to support those who train ringers.

What is NRT?

The Network for Ringing Training (NRT) is a communication service dedicated to supporting those who wish to improve the quality of ringing training by improving their own skills or by helping other ringers to develop their ability as trainers. NRT is provided by the Central Council Education Committee

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Objectives

To help promote excellence in bell ringing performance by developing and encouraging high standards of ringing training To achieve this, the Network will:

provide a communication service dedicated to the needs of those who train ringers
disseminate information relevant to the training of ringers
stimulate activities focussed on the development of training skills

The Network is intended to help raise the profile of training as a distinct activity within ringing and to lead to higher quality ringing in our towers, with more satisfaction for ringers at large.

Who can subscribe?

Tower captains & ringing masters (with any level of experience)
Any ringers interested in training
Experienced ringing trainers
Association education officers & ringing masters.
Managers & tutors of ringing centres

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Join now

If you care about the quality of ringing training - your own or that of others - then please subscribe to NRT. The more subscribers there are, the better it will work for everyone.

Why join?

If you support the objectives
If you train ringers
If you wish to develop your own training skills
If you wish to help other ringers develop training skills
If you are interested in ringing training

What does it cost?

Nothing for the foreseeable future. NRT is currently provided as a free service by the CC Education Committee. We hope to continue it on this basis.

Help us to...

Raise the profile of training as a distinct skill
Help those who train ringers
Encourage better ringing training

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What will NRT do?

NRT will provide the infrastructure, management and support for you to do the things listed on the right. This will include:

Maintain a register of all subscribers, and make this list available to other subscribers
Provide subscribers with details of other nearby subscribers
Distribute to subscribers information on training and training related activities (whether organised by subscribers, ringing centres, societies or the CC)
Stimulate the organisation of local activities to help trainers, e.g. courses, self help groups
Support societies, ringing centres and individuals that organise training related activities
Make available information on available skills and resources relevant to the development of training skills
Manage a training related electronic discussion forum.
Produce a newsletter

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What can I do with NRT?

That depends on what you want, whether you are a tower captain, ringing master, education officer or just interested in training. NRT will let you:

Ask questions about ringing training
Discuss ringing training with other interested people
Find out about events for ringing trainers
Publicise events for ringing trainers
Share experiences with other ringing trainers
Find out who else near you is interested in ringing training
Contact other ringing trainers
Arrange to meet other trainers, for social events or mutual assistance
Obtain access to experienced people able to provide advice and assistance
Provide advice about training ringers
Receive information about ringing training.

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What has NRT done?

NRT has been in operation since it was launched at the 2001 Ringing RoadShow. It already has over 200 subscribers and has had several months of lively discussion on diverse training related topics via the e-mail list and postal summaries. Three courses have so far been promoted through NRT.

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What happens next?

NRT is still developing and how it continues to develop will depend on the needs of those ringing trainers who join it, take part and make their needs and ideas known to the rest of us. We hope that it will help to stimulate local activity, which is why NRT can put its subscribers in touch with other who are near to them, but perhaps not known to them. The CC Education Committee ran an NRT conference in November 2002 and another is planned for May 2004.

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Would you like to help?

A small group of volunteers is assisting the Education Committee to run NRT. If you would like to join them, please let us know.

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CC Education Committee

Chairman: Peter Dale; Phone 01304 823217; Post 9 Chisnall Road, River, Dover, Kent, CT17 0RH, UK; E-mail
Secretary: Geoff Horritt; Phone 01763 246018; Post 64 Downlands, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 5BY, UK; E-mail

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NRT Admin Contacts

Please use e-mail if you have it, as that will help us to control the cost of the service.

To join NRT by E-mail:

To join NRT on the Web:

Complete our online request form available here (note that this form may not work on all browsers, but, with the arrival of the new server for the CC site, we hope to be able to rectify this before too long).

To join NRT by post:

Print and complete this application form and post it to:

Peter Wenham, 10 Sanders Close, Braunston, Daventry NN11 7JW, UK

For more application forms:

Contact Peter Wenham, as above.

Other contacts and information on how to get the most out of NRT will be sent to subscribers

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