{"id":3616,"date":"2021-01-03T19:01:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/?page_id=3616"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:19:12","slug":"devon-church-bell-restoration-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/devon-church-bell-restoration-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Devon Church Bell Restoration Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a very busy year with grants being paid as projects are finally completed after the Covid slow down.&nbsp; The total paid in 2022 was \u00a333,500.&nbsp; We&#8217;ve had three quick turnarounds in terms of the application for a grant being received and the work completed.&nbsp; Tiverton St Paul having 6 new clappers, the gudgeon on the tenor at Sampford Peverell being replaced and general maintenance being completed at Cotleigh.&nbsp; These three small projects were given a total of \u00a31,880 between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Devon Church Bell Restoration Fund (DCBRF) is a registered charity (no. 276490) which exists to help finance bell restoration work within Devon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to donate<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafdonate.cafonline.org\/15245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devonringers.org.uk\/gdr-media\/images\/dcbrf\/DonateOnlineButton.png\" alt=\"DonateOnlineButton\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the DCBRF do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>What does the DCBRF do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon has more church bells than any other county and whilst our financial position has changed in the last few years, we still need to raise funds to maintain the bell installations. To contribute to this fund or for more information about the DCBRF please contact the Secretary\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dcbrf@devonringers.org.uk\">J<\/a>anet Deem (<a href=\"mailto:DCBRF72@gmail.com\">DCBRF72@gmail.com<\/a>)\u00a0or the Treasurer\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dcbrftreasurer@devonringers.org.uk\">Elaine Grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grants paid out in 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cadbury \u00a36,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milton Abbot \u00a39,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East Anstey \u00a35,700<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cotleigh \u00a31,200<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butterleigh \u00a32,400<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denbury \u00a39,200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grants paid out in 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tiverton St Paul \u00a3300<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sampford Peverell \u00a3380<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bigbury \u00a36,250<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ilfracombe, Pip &amp; J \u00a32,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hatherleigh \u00a38,100<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stoodleigh \u00a3900<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uplyme \u00a3950<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huntshaw \u00a33,700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devonringers.org.uk\/gdr-media\/images\/dcbrf\/Woodbury1Resize.jpg\" alt=\"Woodbury - passing through the ringing chamber\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these grants are for work on the bells to make them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\">\n<li>ringable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>easier to ring, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>safe to ring<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We have committed funds of \u00a321,900. On top of this, eight application forms have been sent out but not returned and there is one project waiting to be discussed at our next meeting.&nbsp; One of our small but steady streams of income, Smile.Amazon has stopped operating so as ever all donations however, big or small are always gratefully received.&nbsp; Most years will see us commit virtually all our income to projects. If all the application forms sent are returned during 2023, we will soon eat through the cash we are currently holding and it may be necessary to lower the 10% we like to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devonringers.org.uk\/gdr-media\/images\/dcbrf\/Woodbury2Resize.jpg\" alt=\"Woodbury Tenor with canon retaining headstock\" style=\"width:350px;height:467px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woodbury: Tenor with canon retaining headstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devonringers.org.uk\/gdr-media\/images\/dcbrf\/Woodbury3Resize.jpg\" alt=\"Woodbury - waiting for the forklift\" style=\"width:467px;height:350px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woodbury: waiting for the forklift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a very busy year with grants being paid as projects are finally completed after the Covid slow down.&nbsp; The total paid in 2022 was \u00a333,500.&nbsp; We&#8217;ve had three quick turnarounds in terms of the application for a grant &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/devon-church-bell-restoration-fund\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Devon Church Bell Restoration Fund<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3616","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3616"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4976,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3616\/revisions\/4976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonbells.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}