The General Election will take place on Thursday 4th July, and the polls will be open from 7am – 10pm. Register by 18th June if you want to vote. You can vote even if you live on a boat without a fixed address, by declaring a “local connection” to the place you are currently moored […]
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Hackney Smoke Control Order consultation, ends 5th July 2024
London Borough of Hackney is preparing to enact a Smoke Control Order that will include moored boats for the first time. The Smoke Control Order could fine people up to £300 for producing smoke from a chimney and/or burning wood in a non-Defra approved stove. Don’t let the council fine you for heating your home! […]
Boat Dwellers’ mental health project is runner up in Friends Families and Travellers Awards 2024!
The Psychotherapy and Skills Coaching Service for Boat Dwellers without a Home Mooring was one of two runners up in the Special Project category of the Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) annual awards this year. Co-ordinator Helen Brice attended the awards ceremony in Brighton on 25th April. There were 108 projects nominated for the awards […]
Petition against the surcharge, please sign and share!
Please sign and share our petition against the discriminatory Canal & River Trust surcharge on the licences of boats without a home mooring! The petition is online here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/stopthesurcharge
Protest and engagement against the surcharge at CRT events and stalls summer 2024!
Following a successful weekend on 15th and 16th June handing out hundreds of leaflets and getting several hundred petition signatures at the Hayes Canal Festival in London and the Bradley Canal Festival in Wolverhampton, NBTA is asking supporters if they can help leaflet and talk to members of the public at future events where CRT […]
All members invited to NBTA Committee meeting, 14th April
All members are invited to the NBTA Committee meeting on Sunday 14th April 2024 at 2-5pm. Take part in decision making and help the NBTA to plan future actions and organise what we do! The meeting will be held online and by phone, to maximise participation.
Please respond to Hillingdon Smoke Control Order consultation before 29th March
London Borough of Hillingdon, which includes the Harefield, Uxbridge and West Drayton areas on the southern Grand Union Canal, is preparing to enact a Smoke Control Order that will include moored boats for the first time. The Smoke Control Order could fine people up to £300 for producing smoke from a chimney and/or burning wood […]
Are you in Wiltshire? You could get a £400 energy payment if you missed out last year
Are you in Wiltshire? Liveaboard boaters on the Kennet and Avon Canal could get a £400 energy payment if they missed out last year. Contact Wiltshire Council on 0300 003 4576 or scan the QR code below. Please contact the NBTA on secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk or 0118 321 4128 if you have any questions about this.
What should NBTA be doing over the next year? Online meeting 6th March
The NBTA is having a meeting to discuss and plan what we as a national organisation will be doing over the next year. All members are invited. This is a continuation of the General Meeting agenda item that there wasn’t time to complete on 17th February. Come and have your say and be part of […]
CRT has declared its intention to crush itinerant boaters
NBTA members who are on Canal & River Trust (CRT) waterways are likely to be subjected to even more threats against their homes this year. Late last year CRT announced changes to its enforcement procedure against boats without a home mooring, mostly taking effect from June 2024.