Hundreds of boaters and supporters alike turned out for this demonstration of community, solidarity and resistance to CRTs plans to dispossess us from our homes on the water. Before we arrived, Paddington Basin was empty, but at the Boaters’ Easter Regatta we’ve demonstrated exactly what boaters mean to the waterways by filling it with life, […]
Author: Marcus Trower
We will keep fighting the discriminatory licence fee ‘surcharge’
This April Fool’s Day will be the beginning of Canal & River Trust (CRT) charging boats for not having a home mooring. However, this is no April fool’s joke! Unchallenged, this will be the beginning of CRT being able to use the price of a licence to get rid of boats without home moorings. Each […]
Boaters Easter Regatta on 30th March
Come on Saturday 30th March to the Easter Regatta against the surcharge on our way of life and a celebration of the national boater community. Boaters from across the waterways will be coming to the event in Paddington featuring live music, speeches food, stalls and other boatee fun… Meet at the canalside entrance to Paddington […]
NBTA and Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign
When, in the wake of DEFRA’s decision to reduce the grant to the Canal & River Trust (CRT), several boaters’ groups and other stakeholders set up the Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign, the NBTA politely declined the invitation to join the campaign. So, don’t we think that the waterways should be properly funded? Of course we […]
Boaters’ Easter Regatta
Boaters are holding the Easter Regatta against the surcharge in Paddington, one of the most corporatised parts of the network. The main event will be on Saturday 30th March 2024. Have you ever had to pay extra for not having something? Well if you are a boater without a home mooring that is what Canal […]
Stop Elmbridge Council banning boats
🚨 Elmbridge Council has proposed a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to stop boaters from mooring along the Thames for more than 24 hours or face £400 fines. This threatens to DESTROY the livelihood of the local boating community. Many responsible residents live harmoniously on their boats in the area while maintaining jobs, raising children, […]
NBTA VOLUNTEER CASEWORKERS ARE MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER!
National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) will be holding online training courses for Volunteer Caseworkers to join our dedicated team. There are four sessions within the training course. They are on January 23rd & 30th & 6th and 13th February 🗓 NBTA Caseworkers help boaters to deal with enforcement by navigation or other authorities. They assist […]
Boaters marched in Birmingham!
Huge thank you to everyone who came to the National Demo in Birmingham on Saturday! We had an amazing day and a fantastic turnout – over one hundred boaters joined us to march on CRT’s offices against the licence fee surcharge. There was a great contingent of boats with banners. Brilliant pictures below! Big thanks […]
LICENCE DISCRIMINATION: The Canal & River Trust’s plan to eradicate a whole way of life!
Itinerant boaters have yet again become moving targets for CRT, this time with the excuse being financial – the weight of their budget shortfall is to be somehow paid for by surcharging the licence of boaters without home moorings an escalating amount which will increase by 25% the cost of licensing a boat without a […]
NBTA LOOKING TO PAY AN ORGANISER
National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) is looking to pay someone to help coordinate local actions outside of London and find ways to involve people in the NBTA outside London. Here is our website :https://www.bargee-traveller.org.uk/ The aim of the job is to encourage more people inside the NBTA to organise themselves into local groups. The role […]