What is the Ladies' Guild?

We meet together in local districts throughout the year, and nationally an AGM Weekend in June, in different parts of the UK each year.

Our object is 'to bring together ringers both nationally and within local districts, to encourage new ringers, and to improve the standard of ringing amongst women'.

We provide a supportive network of Members who will help any other member who wishes to achieve new goals within ringing. This may be to ring a quarter or peal, to try a new method, to have an opportunity to try conducting, or to make the effort to ring or call something new. Members will organise a band and a suitable tower.

The Ladies' Guild was formed in 1912 to bring together ringers, both nationally and within local districts and to improve the standard of ringing amongst women.

These are our UK districts :

• Central
• Eastern
• East Midlands
• Kent
• Northants
• North West Yorkshire
• Southern
• Western
• The Marches
• NW Yorkshire

There is a USA District based in Philadelphia

Also we have more members overseas and in other parts of the country - contact the Guild Secretary for further information.

Events

Our Annual General Meeting weekend, held in June, includes Friday evening ringing and instruction, a Saturday 'outing', with several towers, meeting and social get-together, with local service ringing on the Sunday.

Short break ringing trips.

Regular district meetings and social events.

History of the Guild

Guild president Janet Stevenson has published a wonderful book entitled 'A History of the Ladies' Guild of Change Ringers 1912 - 2000'. It is the story of the early pioneers of ladies ringing and how they managed to establish themselves in spite of considerable oppostion. It also tells of the exploits of the Guild in its heyday in the 50's and 60's, then comes right up to date with current activities.