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The business plan is a high level document but has some useful pointers for all ringers, and although this is a generailisation, my opinion is that a lot of tower ringing lacks leaders with the foresight and determination to make any difference. — Phillip George

Back of a fag-packet, we need 10% of ringers to have leadership, foresight and determination. It’s a pretty big ask and perhaps we’d be more likely to have that local leadership if we had an organisation unit that’s smaller than a district but larger than a band.

In a situation where ringing is in an overall decline, we need more active and strategic leadership at all levels. @Phillip George I have unfortunately done the sums at a couple of towers I’ve known and identified that they were losing ringers faster than they could recruit newbies, and losing leaders/organisers faster than they could replace them. The conclusion they came to was that it was a bit alarmist and that things normally work themselves out. Lo and behold, the stats didn’t lie and now several of those towers are in difficulties when decisive action could have changed their circumstances dramatically.

It’s a pretty big ask and perhaps we’d be more likely to have that local leadership if we had an organisation unit that’s smaller than a district but larger than a band. — Tristan Lockheart

Yes, I agree. The Victorian model is no longer fit for purpose. We need a modern approach for Ringing 2030 to be effective.