2021 ART Award Winners
The ART Awards recognise people and groups who are leading best practice and innovation in the teaching and development of ringing and our Learning the Ropes achievers. The teaching awards are open to everyone, not just ART Members or those using the Learning the Ropes Scheme. The ringing award is open to those who have completed one of the Learning the Ropes programmes (on tower or hand bells) or participated in the Learning the Ropes Plus scheme.
This year we celebrated and rewarded the great things that ringing teachers and
leaders are doing to secure the future of ringing during a global pandemic. We received an
inspiring and diverse set of nominations which
represent the creativity, hard work and commitment of so many people
during such a difficult time.
The Sarah Beacham Youth Group Award
Sponsored by the Sarah Beacham Memorial Trust
This award is for youth groups who are
successfully recruiting, retaining and developing young ringers.
This year there will be one category covering all aspects of youth
ringing (including schools) and the judges will allocate the total prize
money (£800) to nominees as they see fit.
Joint Winners: Elizabeth College and Kildwick Mini-ringers
The ART Award for Excellence in the Development of Technology in Teaching
Sponsored by John Taylor & Co. and the Central Council of Church Bellringers
An award for the development or use of technology which makes a difference by encouraging the development of skills or accelerating progress. Consideration was given to how this technology had been integrated into other aspects of teaching and how it had developed and evolved over time.
This is the year in which we have seen a huge range of the most imaginative, innovative and useful technical developments, including on-line platforms, tools and even robots!
Many of these were referred to in the latest editions of ART WORKS and Tower Talk and there have been even more since. If you have used these platforms to help retain your ringers or even to recruit new ringers and you have evidence and examples of success and good practice, then you should consider the Recruitment or Retention category below, rather than this technology category which is intended for those responsible for the creation and enhancement of the underlying technical developments.
Winner: Bryn Marie Reinstadler and Leland Paul Kusmer (Ringing Room)
Joint Runners Up: Simon Gay, Tim Hart, Graham John and Ben Johnson (The eBells Group) and Graham John (Handbell Stadium)
Highly Commended: David Norman & Giles Wood (Ding)
The ART Award for Innovation in Recruitment or Retention
Sponsored by AbelSim
This is the year in which we have seen a huge range of the most imaginative, innovative and useful technical developments, including on-line platforms, tools and even robots! Many of these were referred to in the latest editions of ART WORKS and Tower Talk and there have been even more since. If you have used these platforms to help retain your ringers or even to recruit new ringers and you have evidence and examples of success and good practice, then you should consider the Recruitment or Retention category below, rather than this technology category which is intended for those responsible for the creation and enhancement of the underlying technical developments.
Winner: Laura Goodin
Highly Commended: Sonia Field, Tom Hinks, Catherine Sturgess
The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing
Sponsored by Talent Innovations
Inspiring leadership breeds success, moves us forward and helps a wide range of endeavours to flourish at individual, tower, regional or national level. We are keen to stress that this Award is not only open to individuals, but also to towers and ringing societies, including Guilds / Associations.
The judges are keen to consider nominations not only for those who provide inspiring leadership to others, but also to those who inspire others to lead!
Joint Winners: Ruth Marshall and St Martin's Guild
Highly Commended: David Thomas
Learning the Ropes Achievement Award
Sponsored by The Ancient Society of College Youths
This year, the ringing achievement award will be open to both thehandful of individuals who attained LtR5 on tower bells before UK Lockdown in March (and hopefully some more from overseas later this year) and all those achieving LtR3 on handbells by 31 December 2020. The judges consider the individual’s ringing development in terms of quality, quantity and complexity, the timescale over which the progress has been made and the support available.Winner: Danny Brock
The Learning the Ropes Contribution Award
Sponsored by The Ancient Society of College Youths
The ringer’s contribution award is not based on ringing ability or attainment but is for contribution to the wider ringing community, for example, within a band, local area, Guild / Association or even the Central Council. For 2020, the contribution category will be open to anyone who is or has been enrolled on the Learning the Ropes programmes (on tower bells or handbells) at any level.
Joint Winners: Jayden Newton, Joseph Blake, and Mary Jones
Past winners
» 2020 winners
» 2019 winners
» 2018 winners
» 2017 winners
» 2016 winners
Judges
» Julia Cater (Chief Judge)
» Jonathan Townsend
» Colin Newman
Prizes
Prizes may be spent in a flexible manner, to be agreed with the winners, so that value is added to the group and activities undertaken by the winners. The award winners were announced on Saturday 6 March 2021. Prizes should be spent within two years of notification, unless agreed otherwise with ART.
Questions
If you have any questions about the Awards, or how to apply, please contact the ART Awards Leader, Stephanie Warboys at artawards@ringingteachers.org
The Sarah Beacham Trust
The ART Awards for Youth Groups have been generously funded by the Sarah Beacham Memorial Trust which has transferred its funds to ART as the appropriate educational body to develop these awards. These ART Awards will be called The Sarah Beacham School Group Award and the Sarah Beacham Youth Group Award.
» The Sarah Beacham Memorial Trust