It has come to our attention that Canal & River Trust (CRT) lost the preliminary stage of a case at the Information Tribunal back in February this year. On 16th February 2021 the Tribunal held that CRT was not entitled to refuse to provide information that relates to functions exercisable under the 2012 Order transferring […]
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CRT publishes new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions in spite of challenges and ICO decision upholding NBTA complaint
Canal & River Trust (CRT) yesterday published its revised Boat Licence Terms and Conditions which have been slightly re-worded but have not fully taken consultation responses into account. The NBTA and other concerned people and groups will continue the legal challenge to the new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions. We are very grateful to all […]
NBTA Committee phone meeting 6th June
All NBTA members are invited to the Committee meeting which will be held by telephone conference on Sunday 6th June 2021. at 2pm to 4pm.
The NBTA needs people to distribute NHS health rights cards
The NHS, working with Friends, Families and Travellers, has produced these yellow cards for people from Travelling communities to show if they are refused registration or treatment by a GP practice. The NBTA has a stock of these cards and we are asking our members to help to give them out to liveaboard boaters. Please […]
Please complete survey on NHS waiting lists and nomadic communities in England
Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) is working with NHS England to understand how the NHS manages waiting lists for Gypsies, Travellers and Boaters and anyone who moves with their home within England. If you have experience of NHS waiting lists while travelling, complete this survey and you could win a £50 voucher: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/5VQLH5F
Largest ever health study of liveaboard boaters published
On 31st March 2021, Friends, Families and Travellers released the findings of the largest ever study on the health of UK liveaboard boaters. The research shows that 37% of boaters have been wrongfully refused registration at GP surgeries and dentists and that if registered, liveaboard boaters are, on average, 47 kilometres away from their GP.
CRT Boat Licence terms and Conditions – Judicial Review pre-action letter sent to Canal & River Trust
Although no final decision has yet been made by CRT on the proposed new Boat Licence Terms and Conditions, the NBTA’s lawyers have sent a pre-action protocol letter to CRT regarding the consultation process itself, specifically the method of consultation used in this case.
Date change to Sunday 9th Stop the Boat Cull in London – Hackney Protest Picnic, 8th May
Due to the weather the Hackney Protest Picnic has been moved to Sunday 9 May starting at 11am on Walthamstow Marshes. Bring a picnic and protest against CRT’s absurd and falsely named new ‘Safety Zones’. This will be a socially distanced protest. See https://nbtalondon.wordpress.com/forthcoming-events/hackney-protest-stop-the-boat-cull/ (20+) Hackney Protest Picnic – STOP THE RIVER LEA SAFETY ZONES […]
Resist the criminalisation of trespass – please write to your MP
Friends, Families and Travellers has launched a new tool to support Gypsies, Travellers and members of the public to write to their MP to register their concerns about the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. This new law proposes to criminalise both peaceful protest and the nomadic way of life.
Boat movement and mooring enforcement have resumed as of 12th April as Coronavirus restrictions eased
Boat movement and mooring enforcement on most inland waterways in England resumed yesterday 12th April 2021. On Canal & River Trust (CRT) waterways, boaters without a home mooring have 14 days from yesterday to move from the place where they were moored during the lockdown, meaning that they need to have moved by 26th April […]