The Essex Association of Change Ringers   President: The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

In view of the increasing media interest in the 300th anniversary of the first recorded peal and the linked FirstPeal2015 effort to get 300 new peal ringers this year, the Council's PR Committee has put together a note called "What is a peal?". Now of course we do know that YOU know what a peal is and that most ringers know this, but it can sometimes be difficult to explain this to a non-ringer and to explain why ringers ring peals. It is important that ringers are able to explain things briefly, simply and clearly to journalists when asked so we hope that you will find this helpful when seeking publicity for your special ringing to celebrate this important anniversary on 2 May or when explaining why your ringers are ringing their first peal. Please do copy anything you find useful here for your own publicity or even hand the whole thing over to any interested journalists, as I have done recently.

We have a lot more useful information relating to FirstPeal2015 on the website here

And a reminder - don't forget to ring on St George's Day, 23 April. Maybe use the date as a recruiting tool or for an open day? And let your local media know what's going on!

As always, please do let us know about anything we can help you with.

With all very best wishes,
Kate
Chairman, Public Relations Committee
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers