Bargee Traveller activist elected to CRT Council

For those of our members on CRT waterways, we are pleased to announce that NBTA activist Dave Mendes da Costa has been elected to the CRT Council for a term of four years as one of four Private Boating representatives. He was elected in equal first place with 310 votes. He will attend the next CRT Council meeting on 26th March. Dave has been an itinerant liveaboard boater since 2013 and is a former chairperson of NBTA London.

You can read Dave’s plans for how he will involve boaters in the CRT Council here https://vote-dave-for-crt-council.webnode.co.uk/l/how-i-plan-to-involve-boaters-in-the-council/

Election results in brief are here https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/how-we-are-run/the-council/council-elections-2019-20
The full election results are here https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/refresh/media/thumbnail/41364-council-election-results-private-boating.xlsx