All members are invited to the next NBTA Committee meeting on Sunday 7th May 2023 at 2pm. To maximise participation the meeting will be held online and/or by phone. If there is anything you would like to be discussed in the meeting please contact secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk or 0118 321 4128 by 12 noon on Saturday 6th […]
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If you want to vote in local elections you need photo ID now
There will be local elections in England on 4th May 2023. The Elections Act 2022 brought in the requirement to show photographic identification for voters at these and all future elections. If you already have the right ID document, remember to take it when you vote. If you don’t have one of the accepted forms […]
Thanks to all who told CRT not to price us off the water!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Object to CRT’s plans to remove 14-day mooring space in Birmingham!
CRT is planning to change all Birmingham city centre moorings to 7 days or less so that boaters will no longer be able to moor in the city centre for 14 days. This will affect itinerant boat dwellers the most, many of whom need to spend 14 days in the city especially in winter while […]