The working group has completed it's task and submitted a report and recommendations to the Central Council for Church Bellringers.   This website is minimally maintained as an archive and a benchmark to measure future progress.

 

The story of the leaky pipeline

Use the slideshow below to follow the full tale of the leaky pipeline....

  • Percentage of women in the Learn to Ring scheme
  • Percentage of women ringing and conducting in the RWNYC
  • Students are more likely to be older women
  • Women are well represented across the method scale
  • Distribution of women helpers at the Bradfield Course
  • Which bells women ring versus which bells a conductor rings
  • Which bells women ring versus which bells a conductor rings in tower peals
  • women ringing handbells tend to stick to the trebles
  • The tendency for women to ring the treble pair is more pronounced for peals.
  • Percentage of women ringing and conducting in the 2019 competition
  • Percentage of women ringing and judging the National 12-bell competition
  • This graph shows the gender split in association officers
  • Cumulative data showing the how women start to disappear from ringing