The next National Bargee Travellers Association London meeting is on Saturday 25th October at 3pm at the Star of Kings, 126 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 0AX. All are welcome. Please contact NBTALondon@gmail.com for more information about this meeting.
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NBTA BRIEFING SESSION ON CRT LAW ENFORCEMENT, LONDON, 6TH NOVEMBER 2014
There will be a briefing for boaters about Canal & River Trust (CRT) law enforcement on Thursday 6th November at 7pm to 10pm at London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate St, London E1 1ES. If you are unsure about your legal rights as a boater or want to find out what the proposed introduction of […]
NBTA LONDON MEETING 4TH OCTOBER 2014
The next National Bargee Travellers Association London meeting is Saturday 4th October at 3pm in the Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX (near the Cut at Kings Cross). All are welcome. For more information about this meeting, please contact NBTAlondon@gmail.com
CANAL & RIVER TRUST “PLACES” MAPS DEFY LAW AND GEOGRAPHY
The Canal & River Trust (CRT) has published maps purporting to define “places” for the entire waterway system in an unlawful attempt to prescribe and control the movement of boats licensed without a home mooring. Section 17(3)(c)(ii) of the British Waterways Act 1995 states that boats must not remain “continuously in any one place for […]
FORTHCOMING NBTA MEETINGS, 24TH AUGUST AND 6TH SEPTEMBER, LONDON
The NBTA Committee will meet on Saturday 6th September 2014 at the Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX at 2-5pm (optional social after 5pm). All NBTA members are welcome to come to the Committee meeting. We look forward to seeing you there. Please contact secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk or 0118 321 4128 if you need […]
NBTA MEETING ON THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF BOAT DWELLERS, CAMBRIDGE, 15TH AUGUST, ALL WELCOME
The NBTA is holding an open meeting in Cambridge on Friday 15th August 2014 at 7.30-9.30pm at St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Road, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1DH. The meeting will include information and discussion on the legal rights of boat dwellers. All are welcome. The meeting will continue in a local pub afterwards if people […]
LONDON NBTA GROUP FORMED, ALL WELCOME AT NEXT MEETING 19TH JULY
A London NBTA group has been formed following the meeting in June. The next meeting of the London NBTA group will be on 19th July at 3pm on the Tattershall -Castle, Victoria Embankment, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HR. All are welcome. If you would like the minutes of the first London NBTA meeting please contact secretariat@bargee-traveller.org.uk […]
LONDON NBTA MEETING, SATURDAY 21ST JUNE, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
There will be a National Bargee Travellers Association meeting for boaters who are in the London area either permanently or temporarily. The meeting will be on Saturday 21st June at 5pm on the Tattershall Castle, Victoria Embankment, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HR. If you want to find out more about the NBTA, or if you want […]
THE COURT TRANSCRIPT CRT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO READ
The NBTA is making available the transcript of proceedings of the judicial review of the Guidance for Boaters Without a Home Mooring here: Brown v Canal & River Trust [2014] EWHC 588 (Admin) (transcript) Canal & River Trust (CRT) claims in a freedom of Information response here: whatdotheyknow: Brown v Canal and River Trust that […]
Stand Against Racism and Fascism
NBTA joins United Nations Anti-Racism Day demonstration NBTA members joined the Stand Against Racism and Fascism demonstration in London on 22nd March to show our solidarity as a minority group. The demonstration was organised by the Trades Union Congress to mark United Nations Anti-Racism Day.