BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251115T000000 RDATE:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T010000 RDATE:20270328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T010000 RDATE:20280326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281029T010000 RDATE:20290325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291028T010000 RDATE:20300331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301027T010000 RDATE:20310330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 RDATE:20261025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T020000 RDATE:20271031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280326T020000 RDATE:20281029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290325T020000 RDATE:20291028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300331T020000 RDATE:20301027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6bfed09415715fe00bcb6bc72c93db0b CATEGORIES:Other Event CREATED:20260905T151218 SUMMARY:Ringing Census LOCATION:online URL;VALUE=URI:https://scacr.org/news-events/calendar/1718/ringing-census?tmpl=component DESCRIPTION:Ringing Census – 16th-22nd November 2026\nHelping shape the future of ringi ng\nHow many active bellringers are there today? How often do we ring? Who is joining the exercise? Where are we succeeding, and where do we need to d o more?\nSurprisingly, we do not know the answers with any confidence.\nThe Ringing Census 2026 will provide the most comprehensive picture of bell ri nging for nearly forty years. It is a key initiative supporting the ambitio ns of Ringing2030, helping us to understand the current state of our commun ity and providing the evidence needed to support recruitment, retention, tr aining and long-term planning. Rather than relying on estimates or anecdote , the census will give us a robust evidence base to help shape the future o f ringing.\nBuilding on previous surveys\nThe census builds on the valuable work of previous ringing surveys, including the landmark 1988 Ringing Surv ey and more recent pilot studies. Over the past few months, a small project team has reviewed what has worked well in the past, learned from previous experience and designed a modern, fully digital census that can be repeated in future years. By repeating the census at regular intervals, we will be able to measure changes in participation over time and understand the impac t of initiatives such as Ringing2030.\nHow the census works\nThe census wil l take place during a single week, from 16–22 November 2026. Participants w ill be asked to complete a short online questionnaire describing their ring ing activity during that week. The survey should take no more than around t en minutes to complete.\nParticipation is entirely voluntary, but every res ponse counts. The more people who take part, the more accurate and represen tative the picture of ringing will be. Whether you ring every week, only oc casionally, or are just beginning your ringing journey, we hope you will ta ke part.\nFind out more about the https://cccbr.org.uk/census/design/ (http s://cccbr.org.uk/census/design/)\nYour privacy\nProtecting your personal in formation is fundamental to the project. The census has been designed in ac cordance with UK data protection legislation and follows recognised good pr actice for research projects. Personal information will be used only for th e purposes of the census and will be handled securely. Results will normall y be published only in aggregated form so that individuals cannot be identi fied. Further information about how your data will be collected, used and p rotected will be available in our Privacy Notice before the census opens.\n How you can help\nDelivering a successful census will depend on volunteers across the ringing community.\n \nCensus Enumerators\nEnumerators will play an important role in helping us build an accurate picture of ringing acros s the country.\nEach Enumerator will be allocated a small group of towers f rom our target sample and, after Census Week has ended, will:\ncontact the Tower Captain or nominated tower contactencourage completion of the Tower H eadcount Surveyanswer straightforward questions and provide practical suppo rtfollow up where a return has not been receivedestablish and record the st atus of towers unable to provide a return.Our aim is for every tower in the target sample to be accounted for – whether it is active and completes the survey, has no active band, is currently inactive, or is unable to take pa rt.\nThis follow-up is particularly important because it will help us under stand non-response and produce a more reliable estimate of the total number of ringers and active towers.\nMost Enumerator activity will take place in the second half of November 2026, after Census Week.  Full guidance, templ ates and an online briefing will be provided.\n This event was imported fro m: https://scacr.org/news-events/calendar/1718/ringing-census?tmpl=componen t (https://scacr.org/news-events/calendar/1718/ringing-census?tmpl=componen t) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ringing Census – 16th-22nd November 2026

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How man y active bellringers are there today? How often do we ring? Who is joining the exercise? Where are we succeeding, and where do we need to do more?

Surprisingly, we do not know the answers with any confidence.

The Ringing Census 2026 will provide the most comprehensive picture of bell ri nging for nearly forty years. It is a key initiative supporting the ambitio ns of Ringing2030, helping us to understand the current state of our commun ity and providing the evidence needed to support recruitment, retention, tr aining and long-term planning. Rather than relying on estimates or anecdote , the census will give us a robust evidence base to help shape the future o f ringing.

Building on previous surveys

The census builds on the valuable work of previous ringing surveys, includ ing the landmark 1988 Ringing Survey and more recent pilot studies. Over th e past few months, a small project team has reviewed what has worked well i n the past, learned from previous experience and designed a modern, fully d igital census that can be repeated in future years. By repeating the census at regular intervals, we will be able to measure changes in participation over time and understand the impact of initiatives such as Ringing2030.

How the census works

The census will take place during a single week, from 16–22 November 2026. Participants will be asked to complete a short online questionnaire describing their ringing activity during that week. The survey should take no more than around ten minutes to complete.

Participation is entirely voluntary, but every response counts. The more people who take part, the mo re accurate and representative the picture of ringing will be. Whether you ring every week, only occasionally, or are just beginning your ringing jour ney, we hope you will take part.

Find out more abo ut the https://cccbr.org.uk/census/design/

Your privacy

Protecting your personal information is fundamental to the project. The census has been designed in accordance wit h UK data protection legislation and follows recognised good practice for r esearch projects. Personal information will be used only for the purposes o f the census and will be handled securely. Results will normally be publish ed only in aggregated form so that individuals cannot be identified. Furthe r information about how your data will be collected, used and protected wil l be available in our Privacy Notice before the census opens.

How you can help

Delivering a successful census will depend on volunteers across the ringing community.

 

Census Enumerators

En umerators will play an important role in helping us build an accurate pictu re of ringing across the country.

Each Enumerator will be allocated a s mall group of towers from our target sample and, after Census Week has ende d, will:

Our aim is for every tower in the tar get sample to be accounted for – whether it is active and completes the sur vey, has no active band, is currently inactive, or is unable to take part.< /p>

This follow-up is particularly important because it will help us unders tand non-response and produce a more reliable estimate of the total number of ringers and active towers.

Most Enumerator activity will take place in the second half of November 2026, after Census Week.  Full guidance, tem plates and an online briefing will be provided.

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