Branch Rules

Taken from the Rules of the Lancashire Association of Change Ringers, which can be downloaded from here.

13.

(a) The Association shall be divided into convenient branches, the management of which shall be conducted as hereinafter provided.

(b) No tower shall be transferred from one branch to another without the written consent of a majority of the ringers at the tower concerned and after discussion by the Central Committee and with the approval of the Annual General Meeting of the Association.

(c) The branch affairs shall be managed by a Chairman and/or Ringing Master, Secretary and Committee, the constitution of the Committee being decided by the Branch. Two of the Branch Committee shall represent the Branch on the Association Committee, it being advisable that one should be the Branch Secretary. The Branch Secretary shall be responsible for collecting subscriptions from:
(i) All newly elected members.
(ii) All unattached Members of the Branch, and forwarding these subscriptions to the General Secretary.

Branch Officers 2019-2021

LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY

This is an award designed to encouraged the younger members of the Association. It will be issued to Resident Members who fulfill all of the following conditions

• Ability to ring a Plain course on an inside bell in any three of the standard methods (Plain Bob, Grandsire, Stedman, and Treble Bob)
• Ability to conduct a touch of two courses in any of these methods
• The achievement of ringing one peal or having rung two quarter peals on an inside bell in any two of the four standard methods.

The attainment of this certificate will be marked by an asterisk in the Annual Report. The award will be made at the discretion of the Branch Committee.