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I dont disagree that there are things that need to be done centrally , my biggest issue is how its done . I.e if you take the cost of sending multiple reps to a meeting which could be done on line and used that money differently you could fund a lot more grass roots activity.

In addition and I can only speak from example in Devon organised events are becoming less well supported and recruitment remains a challenge , a lot of time and effort was spent on Ring for the King with little long term impact from what I can see, and certinely locally that was the case.

Has the CCCBR looked at the retention of ringers from that initative and lessons learned. A similar question that could be thrown at ART

I think there are a number of crisis approaching at 67 im often the youngest in the bands I ring peals with, there are going to be mass closures of churches many with fine peals of bells , we are seeing this already locally and church attendance in many areas will become non existent in the next 10 years linked to inevitable closures.

As I said im not saying there shouldnt be a central body just that from experience the CCCBR failed to reform into something a lot more leaner and be able to show positive and quantifed outcomes.

The other problem is that given that most ringers have little interest in the CCCBR there is little in the way of challenge or feedback on performance.