ART Award Winners

2024

The Len Roberts Award for the Promotion of Ringing

Winner: Sue Hall
Highly Commended: The Alresford Deanery School of Bell Ringing
Highly Commended: Mary Hooper

The Sarah Beacham Youth Award

Joint winner: Hana Booth and Carys Hughes Blagden
Joint winner: Yorkshire Tykes

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Clare Le Marie
Highly commended: Helen Kay

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Joint winner: Andrew Knight
Joint winner: Richard Wolfgang
Highly Commended: Peter Furniss

The ART Award for Band or Cluster of the year

Winner: Overton on Dee, Bangor on Dee, Chirk Cluster
Highly Commended: Bromyard Cluster

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Joint winner: Jack Sambridge
Joint winner: Dylan Smith
Highly Commended: Siobhan Kewley
Highly Commended: George Rees

The Learning the Ropes Contribution Award

Winner: Judith Faux
Highly Commended: Alex Heaton

2023

The Len Roberts Award for the Promotion of Ringing

Winner: Richard and Rebecca Steele

The Sarah Beacham Youth Award

Winner: Cambridge University Guild
Runner-up: Worcester Cathedral Young Ringers

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Wensleydale Cluster
Highly Commended: Tom Farthing, Bob Woods

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Winner: Debbie Phipps
Highly Commended: Sonia Field, Nikki Thomas, Hayley Young

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winner: Benjy Mallard
Highly Commended: James Ellis, George Ellis, Sarah Robbins, Dominic Johnson

The Learning the Ropes Contribution Award

Winner: Darren Swancott
Runners-up: Wendy Archibald, Tilly Cooper, Katie Havenhand, Cathy Neyland

2021

The Sarah Beacham Youth Award

Winners: Elizabeth College and Kildwick Mini-ringers

The ART Award for Excellence in the Development of Technology

Winner: Bryn Marie Reinstadler and Leland Paul Kusmer (Ringing Room)
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 Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Laura Goodin
Highly Commended: Sonia Field, Tom Hinks, Catherine Sturgess

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Winners: Ruth Marshall and St Martin’s Guild
Highly Commended: David Thomas

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winner: Danny Brock

The Learning the Ropes Contribution Award

Joint Winners: Jayden Newton, Joseph Blake, and Mary Jones

2020

The Sarah Beacham Youth Award

Winner: Dunham Massey
Highly Commended: Old Brampton Church Bellringers

The ART Award for the Effective Use of Technology in Teaching

Winner: Andrew Instone-Cowie

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winners: Mancroft Ringing Centre and Chris Wardell
Highly Commended: Jo Elliott and Nich Wilson

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Winner: Helen Nicholls

The ART Award for a University Society that has made a Significant Contribution to Promoting Ringing to Younger People

Winner: Cambridge University Guild
Highly Commended: Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winner: Dylan Thomas
Highly Commended: Alex Bell, Monica Hollows, Noah McDermott, Andrew Moncrief
Commended: Francis Town, Harry Helyer

The Learning the Ropes Contribution Award

Winner: Jane Grellier
Highly Commended: Alex Bell, Monica Hollows, Noah McDermott, Kaeko Tozawa
Commended: Janet Bond, Barry Garrett

2019

The Sarah Beacham Youth Award

Winner: Colerne School
Runners Up: Brumdingers and Yorkshire Tykes

The ART Award for the Effective Use of Technology in Teaching

Winner: Geoff Horritt

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Geoff Horritt
Highly Commended: Old North Berks Branch

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Winner: Lesley Boyle

The ART Award for a University Society that has made a Significant Contribution to Promoting Ringing to Younger People

Winner: Cambridge University Guild

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winner: Jimmy Yeoman
Highly Commended: Daniel Hughes

The Learning the Ropes Contribution Award

Winner: Judy Farrimond
Highly Commended: Jenny & Tim Sunter

2018

The Sarah Beacham Youth Group Award

Winner: Clifton After-School Group

The Sarah Beacham School Group Award

Winner: Lerryn School
Highly Commended: Colerne School and Roos, East Yorkshire

The ART Award for the Effective Use of Technology in Teaching

Winner: Carlisle Cathedral

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Roos, East Yorkshire
Highly Commended: Dunster Branch

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Winner: Barnes, Surrey
Highly commended: Lucy Chandhial

The ART Award for a University Society that has made a Significant Contribution to Promoting Ringing to Younger People

Winners: Birmingham University Society of Change Ringers and Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winners: Sophie Martin and Yuka Jones
Highly Commended: Stephen Prowse, Emma and Philip Bailey

2017

The Sarah Beacham Youth Group Award

Winner: Abingdon Society of Bell Ringers
Highly Commended: Bedfordshire Young Ringers

The Sarah Beacham School Group Award

Winner: Elizabeth College
Highly Commended: Lerryn School

The ART Award for the Effective Use of Technology in Teaching

Winner: Lisa Clarke

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Arnold, St Mary’s Nottingham

The ART Award for Inspiring Leadership in Ringing

Winners: Simon Linford and Linda Garton

The ART Award for a University Society that has made a Significant Contribution to Promoting Ringing to Younger People

Winners: Durham University Society of Change Ringers and Cambridge University Guild

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winner: Sophie Keeble

The Learning the Ropes Plus Achievement Award − Outstanding Progress

Winner: Neil Waterman
Highly Commended: Christine Barnell

The Learning the Ropes Plus Achievement Award − Quarter Peal or Peal Conductor

Winner: Sophie Keeble

2016

The Sarah Beacham Youth Group Award

Winner: St Mary’s Brighstone, Isle of Wight

The Sarah Beacham School Group Award

Winner: Denmisch Project, Exeter Cathedral School

The ART Award for the Effective Use of Technology in Teaching

Winner: The Docklands Ringing Centre

The ART Award for Effective/Innovative use of Social or Other Media

Winner: The Docklands Ringing Centre

The ART Award for Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: Clare McArdle and the Birmingham School of Bell Ringing

The Learning the Ropes Achievement Award

Winners: Rose Horton and Thomas Monks

The Learning the Ropes Plus Achievement Award − Outstanding Progress

Winner: Thomas Monks

The Learning the Ropes Plus Achievement Award − Quarter Peal or Peal Conductor

Winner: Rose Horton