We will finally hand in the petition to include off-grid households in the Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme at 10 Downing Street on Monday 19th June 2023 at 1.30pm. All supporters are invited to join the Energy Grant Protest Flotilla members as we take our concerns to the Government.
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The energy grant protest flotilla has reached London!
The energy grant flotilla arrived in Paddington Basin on the Grand Union Canal in London yesterday 10th June 2023. Watch this space for information about joining them to hand in the petition to 10 Downing Street. Please keep signing and sharing it https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/include-off-grid-households-in-government-ps400-energy-bills-support-scheme
Stop CRT Licence Fee Discrimination online campaign meeting 13th June
The NBTA is to hold an telephone and online campaign meeting on Tuesday 13th June at 7pm to plan actions to take if CRT decides to increase licence fees for boats without a home mooring. This will have a severe negative impact on the Bargee Traveller community. If this goes ahead, we will be taking […]
Energy Grant protest flotilla under way
The energy grant protest flotilla is on its way to London! The flotilla is travelling in protest at the continued exclusion of itinerant boat dwellers and some others from receiving the £400 Government Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) and £200 Alternative Fuels grants, which the Government claims are paid to “every household” in the UK. […]
Canal flotilla heads to London in protest at exclusion from Government fuel grant
A protest flotilla of canal boats from Braunston to London will set off on 27th May 2023 (postponed from 22nd May) in protest at the continued exclusion of itinerant boat dwellers and some others from receiving the £400 Government Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) and £200 Alternative Fuels grants, which the Government claims are paid […]
NBTA to run online Caseworker Training sessions in June
The NBTA is to run an online Volunteer Caseworker Training course on 4th, 11th and 18th June 2023. There will be 3 x 3 hour online training sessions at 3pm to 6pm. As this is an online course, places are limited to between 8 and 10 participants. Entry is by donation, but no-one will be […]
All members invited to NBTA Committee meeting 7th May
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 […]
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 […]