The scheme is focused on working with local schools to teach bellringing, thereby attracting teachers and pupils into the building.
The Cathedral Teaching Centre is already working with Christopher Whitehead High School, Bishop Perowne College, the King’s School and Red Hill Primary School. The new bells will also be suitable for teaching older primary school pupils. Old St Martin’s bells will become the ringing nursery for young ringing talent in Worcestershire and the bells will be freely available to visitors.
The new bells will have a bright, modern sound and be very easy to ring. The scheme is linked with the Cathedral’s teaching initiative which has already proved successful.
We are grateful for the strong support that the project has received from our partners within the local community:
- The Parochial Church Council of Old St Martin’s
- Worcester Diocesan Advisory Committee
- Worcester City Council
- Worcestershire County Council
- Worcester Cathedral Guild of Bellringers
- Christopher Whitehead School
- The King’s School
- Bishop Perowne Church of England College
- Red Hill Primary School
- Worcester Live
- The University of Worcester
- The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
- Worcester Cathedral
…and our thanks also go to our suppliers:
- John Taylor, Bell Founders
- Cumbria Clock Company
- Stainburn Taylor
- NDS Engineering
- Philip Pratt Bellropes
- Probert’s Builders
- Nick Bragg, Stonemason