First posted: 28 June 2025

Long-term future of ringing - are you an ideas person?

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Until now publicity for ringing has been carried out at a local level. At the recent ANZAB AGM a motion was passed, in part, that ANZAB work on publicity for ringing across our territory for the benefit of all towers.

As a first step, the ANZAB Directors would like to form a publicity subcommittee to formulate a plan for raising awareness of ringing. Do you have ideas or experience that you can share?

We are looking for three or four ANZAB members to join the publicity subcommittee. At least one youthful perspective would be valuable – if you’re a ringer under 30 years, please consider joining us. But, whatever your age or ringing experience, we would love to hear from you.

The publicity subcommittee will not consume your time with lots of meetings; nor will the members do all the work themselves. The subcommittee will make recommendations to the ANZAB Directors, which may include requests for funding for projects such as promotional videos and other materials.

A lot of work has already been done on publicity ideas and resources, some in Australia and New Zealand, and recently a lot in the United Kingdom. Please spend a few minutes looking at Ringing 2030, the Central Council’s project to promote ringing and recruit new, younger ringers. The intention is similar.

Remember – people will not want to learn to ring if they don’t know that ringing exists! Publicity activities will feed into the related area of recruitment. Some ringers who were at the AGM have already contacted the ANZAB Directors with publicity ideas – thank you to those people.

Please drop me a line if you would like to join the publicity subcommittee or find out more.

Julie Taylor
30 June 2025

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