Boaters are holding the Easter Regatta against the surcharge in Paddington, one of the most corporatised parts of the network. The main event will be on Saturday 30th March 2024. Have you ever had to pay extra for not having something? Well if you are a boater without a home mooring that is what Canal […]
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Please write to your MP to stop the discriminatory surcharge!
Canal & River Trust (CRT) has proposed a discriminatory surcharge for travelling boaters, this is essentially a fine for not having a home mooring. We believe this to be a pivotal aspect of CRT’s ongoing project to restrict our moorings, increase enforcement and price us off the waterways. In order to prevent CRT from applying […]
CRT Council elections – Vote for Rosie Strickland and Nick Corrigan!
Voting opens today Wednesday 13th December in the CRT Council elections. The NBTA is supporting two candidates in the Private Boating constituency who are NBTA members – Rosie Strickland and Nick Corrigan.
Stop Elmbridge Council banning boats
🚨 Elmbridge Council has proposed a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to stop boaters from mooring along the Thames for more than 24 hours or face £400 fines. This threatens to DESTROY the livelihood of the local boating community. Many responsible residents live harmoniously on their boats in the area while maintaining jobs, raising children, […]
NBTA VOLUNTEER CASEWORKERS ARE MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER!
National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) will be holding online training courses for Volunteer Caseworkers to join our dedicated team. There are four sessions within the training course. They are on January 23rd & 30th & 6th and 13th February 🗓 NBTA Caseworkers help boaters to deal with enforcement by navigation or other authorities. They assist […]
Boaters marched in Birmingham!
Huge thank you to everyone who came to the National Demo in Birmingham on Saturday! We had an amazing day and a fantastic turnout – over one hundred boaters joined us to march on CRT’s offices against the licence fee surcharge. There was a great contingent of boats with banners. Brilliant pictures below! Big thanks […]
LICENCE DISCRIMINATION: The Canal & River Trust’s plan to eradicate a whole way of life!
Itinerant boaters have yet again become moving targets for CRT, this time with the excuse being financial – the weight of their budget shortfall is to be somehow paid for by surcharging the licence of boaters without home moorings an escalating amount which will increase by 25% the cost of licensing a boat without a […]
Ask CRT awkward questions at its online Public Meeting 1st November 12 noon
For members on Canal & River Trust (CRT) waterways, CRT is holding its Annual Public Meeting online on Wednesday 1st November 2023 at 12 noon. You can submit questions to CRT Chair David Orr and Chief Executive Richard Parry by emailing annualpublicmeeting@canalrivertrust.org.uk See https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/annual-report-and-accounts/annual-public-meeting-2023# to take part in the meeting.
NBTA LOOKING TO PAY AN ORGANISER
National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) is looking to pay someone to help coordinate local actions outside of London and find ways to involve people in the NBTA outside London. Here is our website :https://www.bargee-traveller.org.uk/ The aim of the job is to encourage more people inside the NBTA to organise themselves into local groups. The role […]
March on CRT’s offices! Stop the surcharge!
Canal and River Trust (CRT) which manages most of inland waterways in England and Wales are marginalising travelling boat dwellers by planning to levy a ‘surcharge’ to boaters for not having a home mooring. CRT are trying to destroy our nomadic way of life. Let’s come together to oppose the surcharge on our community. National […]