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In the late 1990s the Central Council Education Committee worked on the formation of an Instructors Guild. The idea was strongly supported by those who felt the need to improve the standard of training in ringing but opposed by others who saw any formal structure, especially one that certified standards, would harm ringing since when PCCs and insurers heard about it they would make it a requirement, and ringing would cease at towers without certified instructors. These views were aired at an open meeting before the 1999 Council meeting in Lincoln, which ruled that accreditation should not be considered until the Guild had been operating successfully for several years.
The idea was further developed (with that constraint) but proved difficult and rather than let the best get in the way of the good the Committee set itself the goal of 'launching something' at the 2001 Roadshow. That 'something' was the Network for Ringing Training (NRT) which ran successfully for a number of years, enabled a lot of active discussion and mutual help, held conferences and operated as a support group.
The documents about the Framework and its development available here are:
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