Thank you to everyone who took part in CRT’s divisive and leading consultation questionnaire on boat licence fees. Thank you especially to those who helped encourage others to fill it in, to the people who put it on social media, to those who chatted to people on the towpath and especially to the people who […]
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Energy Bills Support Scheme: Court cases started
In spite of extensive efforts by all boater organisations, and even by Canal & River Trust, to get the Minster and senior Government officials in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now called Energy Security and Net Zero) to include itinerant boat dwellers in the scheme, we have been specifically excluded. Also excluded […]
Only 9 days left to respond to CRT’s divisive Licence Fee ‘Consultation’
A boat licence allows all licence holders the same level of access to towpath moorings, facilities and use of navigation structures such as locks, tunnels and lift bridges. There are no towpath stretches, facilities or waterways only for the use of boaters without a home mooring. Therefore, one part of the boating community shouldn’t pay […]
Help get the word out!
We need as many people as possible on CRT waterways to fill in the survey to show CRT we will not let them price us off the waterways. We’ve been getting the word out there across the waterways about CRT’s latest survey which tries to pit boater against boater to price many of us out […]
All Boaters Lose Under Divisive Pricing – Our Statement on CRT’s Licence Fee ‘Consultation’
The Canal and River Trust (CRT) is proposing that itinerant boaters should pay more for their licence than boaters with a mooring. Boaters, whether they have a home mooring or not, must not be divided by CRT’s latest attempt to target itinerant boaters and price our community off the water. In a ‘consultation’ survey sent […]
Don’t let CRT price us off the water! Consultation deadline 6th April
Canal & River Trust (CRT) has produced a consultation survey in which they ask boaters whether people without home moorings should pay higher licence fees than people with home moorings, as well as other leading and divisive questions. CRT planning to increase the boat licence by more than the rate of inflation is abhorrent, especially […]
Object to Elmbridge Council anti-mooring PSPO by 20th March, online/phone meeting 14th March
For the second time in four years, Elmbridge Council is proposing to impose a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) that would prohibit and fine boaters £400 for mooring on its land on the Thames just outside London. Please respond to the consultation – the deadline is Monday 20th March 2023. A phone/online meeting Resist the […]
Itinerant boat dwellers locked out of energy grants – guidance on what to do next
The Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding (EBSS-AF) – a grant of £400 against the cost of living crisis to help with fuel bills – went live for the UK last Thursday, in advance of what was meant to be the launch yesterday (27th February 2023). In spite of extensive efforts by all boater […]
Don’t let CRT price us off the water! NBTA emergency phone/ online Committee meeting 5th March 2pm
All NBTA members are invited to an Emergency Committee Meeting on Sunday 5th March 2023 at 2pm to 4pm to discuss Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) consultation on future boat licence pricing, which proposes to impose higher fees for boats without a home mooring. We must resist this attack on the Bargee Traveller community!
Consultation on extending smoke control area to moored boats in Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase District Council is running a consultation on extending its smoke control area to include moored boats on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Rugeley and the Cannock Extension Canal including the marina at Norton Canes. The deadline for responses is 31st March 2023. Send your comments or objections to environmentalhealth@cannockchasedc.gov.uk with the subject […]