Welcome to the Virtual Hub

The BellBoard Virtual Hub is designed to be a central place for you to find information about virtual ringing-related events. We hope that you find it useful.

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News

New issue - Survival and Recovery Newsheet

A new issue of the Survival and Recovery Newsheet is now available, produced by the Central Council and the Assocation of Ringing Teachers.

Tower Talk - new edition

There’s a new edition of the Tower Talk newsletter out - with a handbell ringing theme. Download for free here.

Survival and Recovery Newsletter

The Central Council and the Association of Ringing Teachers have released a Survival and Recovery Newsletter. Read here.

Covid Winter Plan - Central Council

The Central Council has published a new item: ’Covid Winter Plan – updated guidance for England Wales and Scotland’. View here. Their ’Standing Guidance’ page, updated weekly, is here.

The Virtual Hub - Welcome and instructions

BellBoard now has a Virtual Hub page designed to help keep you informed about upcoming virtual ringing-related events.

Upcoming virtual events

View all upcoming events in the diary.

Online Talks

Tuesday	26th	Jan	19:00	St Martin's Guild — Bellringing and Maths
Thursday	28th	Jan	19:30	Association of Ringing Teachers — Ringing Room Workshop
Friday	29th	Jan	19:30	Worcestershire & Districts Association — "Worcestershire bells – craftsmanship and sound"
Saturday	30th	Jan	19:30	Guild of Devonshire Ringers — Virtual Winter Ales Festival
Wednesday	3rd	Feb	19:00	St Martin's Guild — Bell-Tower Dynamic Motion: Latest Research

Online Ringing

Thursday	28th	Jan	19:00		Dorset County Association — Practice
Friday	29th	Jan	20:30		Handbell Stadium Open Practice

The times listed are in UK local time. This is currently GMT.

Useful links

Recent

Useful resources

CCCBR Coronavirus information page
Association of Ringing Teachers - Ideas to keep you ringing and socialising during lockdown
CC YouTube competition

Ringing Room

Ringing Room
The Ringing Room Take Hold Lounge, a Facebook group
YouTube video: An introduction to Ringing Room

Featured video

The Mathematics of Bell Ringing - Professor Sarah Hart

An online lecture by Gresham College on Tuesday 5th January 2021.

This lecture looks at change ringing, which is ringing a series of tuned bells (as you might find in the bell tower of a church) in a particular sequence, and this has exciting mathematical properties.

We will also ask: why are bells bell-shaped? What properties of this shape create the sound of a bell, and by what amount should we scale the size of a bell to produce changes in pitch?