Itinerant boat dwellers are now specifically excluded from Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. The only way our community will get the grant is if we campaign for it. Please come to the next campaign meeting: The next energy campaign meeting will be on Wednesday February 22nd 2023 at 7pm. The meeting will be held […]
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We are still left out of Energy Bills Support – online campaign meeting tomorrow 8th February
Be involved in campaigning to get the Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme grant! Unlike the majority of people in this country, our community is still left without the energy grant. This is not acceptable, especially as second home owners have already received grants for both of their homes. In order to get the grant, we […]
Off grid households won’t get Energy Bills Support Funding until 27th February
Last week the Minister for Energy and Climate Graham Stuart announced that the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will launch no later than 27th February 2023. Bargee Travellers, many liveaboard boaters on moorings, and many other off-grid households living in vehicles, caravans and on the land will be waiting even longer for the support […]
Support the Bristol Harbour boaters!
The NBTA represents itinerant boat dwellers, but we stand in solidarity with all liveaboards whose homes are under threat because they are in the way of an organisation increasing its profits. Liveaboard boaters in Bristol Harbour are currently being faced with draconian new mooring fee increases of up to 177%. The Harbour Authority, Bristol City […]
Energy grant campaign online meeting 25th January 7pm
Unlike the majority of people in the country many off-grid households are still left without the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme grant, especially those of us without a fixed or residential address. Currently, there is no simple way for people like us to apply for the energy grant and in fact for most of us […]
All members invited to NBTA Committee meeting 15th January
All NBTA members are invited to the NBTA Committee meeting which will be held by telephone and by Zoom on Sunday 15th January 2023 at 2pm to 4pm. Members are invited to attend committee meetings and to take part in running the NBTA and deciding its next actions and priorities.
Energy bills support for off-grid households to go live in January 2023
Yesterday (19th December 2022) the Government announced that support with energy costs for off-grid households would go live in January 2023. The 900,000 households in England, Scotland and Wales without a direct relationship to an energy supplier will be able to apply for the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) Alternative Funding and some would […]
DEFRA guidance on applying Smoke Control Areas to boats
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued guidance to local authorities on the application of Smoke Control Areas to moored boats under the Environment Act 2021. If a local authority wishes to extend a Smoke Control Area to include moored boats, it must first carry out a public consultation and it […]
ONLINE PUBLIC MEETING 6th December – Include off-grid households in Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme
There will be an online campaign meeting on Tuesday 6th December 2022 at 7-9pm to share ideas on how to progress the campaign and to discuss further action, including when and how to deliver the petition.
Roving Canal Traders get legal advice that they are unlikely to need a Street Trader’s Licence
In 2021 a group of Roving Canal Traders on Canal & River Trust (CRT) waterways raised funds for a Legal Opinion on whether it was lawful for a Local Authority to demand that a Roving Canal Trader should hold a local authority Street Traders Licence for the area. They have now obtained a Legal Opinion […]