The Department for Transport is running a consultation and call for evidence on decarbonising smaller vessels. The deadline has been extended to 8th September 2025. Please respond to ensure the voices of Bargee Travellers are heard. Here is a suggested response to questions 115, 117,118 and 119:
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NBTA evidence to CRT Commission to review boat licensing
Here we publish the NBTA’s evidence and appendices to the Canal & River Trust (CRT) Commission to review boat licensing, submitted on 21st April 2025. The NBTA and other boater groups met individually with the Commission on 16th May 2025.
All members invited to NBTA Committee Meeting, 13th July
The NBTA has a new, bigger Committee; it will meet for the first time on Sunday 13th July 2025 at 2pm-5pm. Please come and take part in decision making and help the NBTA to organise what we do.
Join us for a summer of protest leafleting!
Be a real friend of the waterways! Have an impact on CRT, stop the surcharge! We have new leaflets that also explain why the CRT Review of Boat Licensing is a threat to our community. There are lots of events coming up where we are planning to hand out leaflets at CRT’s stalls or to […]
NBTA mentioned in House of Lords
On 14th May 2025 the House of Lords debated amendments to the Renters Rights Bill. These included amendments 206A, 262 and 271, proposed by Lord Cashman (Non-affiliated) to extend the rights in the Bill to boat dwellers. Amendment 206A stated: “Residential boat fees to be classified as rent The rights set out in Part 1 […]
Could you be an NBTA Committee member?
Could you be an NBTA Committee member? Play an active part in running the NBTA? Make decisions? Organise campaigns and action? Help with admin? Represent NBTA at meetings? Make the case for our community?
Are You Aged 16-24 and from one of the Gypsy, Romany or Roma, Traveller, Showman or Boater (GTRSB) Communities?
Are You Aged 16-24 and from one of the Gypsy, Romany or Roma, Traveller, Showman or Boater (GTRSB) Communities? Researchers from Birmingham City University, UK, want to hear about how you use digital technologies. They are looking for young people from GTRSB communities to be interviewed or to complete an audio diary on how they […]
Please object to closure of moorings at Osney Island, Oxford
The Environment Agency (EA) has closed all the moorings at Osney Island on the Thames in Oxford. These are the only moorings available and the EA’s actions will cause considerable problems for all boaters visiting Oxford. The EA says that the structure needs to be replaced. However, mooring is still possible using mooring pins; the […]
Enfield injunction against ‘persons unknown’ mooring on its offside land
Following court hearings in June 2024 and February 2025, Enfield Council has obtained an injunction banning certain named boaters and ‘persons unknown’ from mooring on land it owns on the offside of the River Lea at Edmonton, adjacent to Orbital Business Park. A final injunction was granted on 12th February 2025 against Persons Unknown and […]
London research on boat dwellers and air pollution, fuel use and energy options, deadline 30th May
RRR Consultancy Ltd is carrying out research to understand the impact of air pollution, fuel use, and energy options on boat dwellers across London. RRR says that “This study aims to gather insights into boaters’ awareness of air pollution and its health effects, access to energy sources, barriers to switching from solid fuels, and attitudes […]