One of the groups who have been hit hardest by the enforcement policy of Canal & River Trust are the school age children of bargee traveller families. A petition addressed to CRT, Boat Children Deserve Equal Access to Education, has been started. Please sign it. Thank you. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/boat-children-deserve-equal-access-to-education
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Boats Are Homes March on 10 Downing Street, Saturday 8th April 2017
There will be a demonstration on 8th April 2017 to demand that Canal & River Trust (CRT) stops evicting or threatening to evict boat dwellers without permanent moorings based on their range or pattern of travel. The right to use and live on a boat without a permanent mooring is enshrined in the British Waterways Act […]
CRT makes statement after Equality Act compliance investigation by monitoring body
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is reviewing whether Canal & River Trust (CRT) is fully meeting its Equality Act obligations. CRT released the following statement on 14th November 2016:
Cambridge meeting to counter Council’s eviction plans, 4th November
NBTA River Cam has called a meeting on Friday 4th November at 5pm for all those who are likely to be affected by Cambridge City Council’s latest proposals which will result in eviction from the city for many Bargee Travellers. The purpose of the meeting, at the Haymakers, 54 High St, Chesterton, CB4 1NG, is to share ideas […]
London Survey- For boaters by boaters
This survey differs from CRT’s survey as we wish to see what improvements can be made on the waterways, specifically for boaters without a home mooring. This survey may be completed by anyone who is using, has used or is intending to use the following waterways for navigation: Limehouse Cut, Hertford Union Canal, Lee Navigation, […]
NBTA General Meeting, 19th November 2016, Rugby
The 2016 General Meeting of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) will take place on Saturday 19th November 2016 at 11am to 6pm at the Friends Meeting House, 28 Regent Place, Rugby, CV21 2PN. All members are welcome.
Astonishing claim by senior CRT executive in Annual Meeting
NBTA report back: CRT Annual Public Meeting 2016 Six members of the NBTA attended the 2016 CRT Annual Public Meeting in Birmingham on 22nd September. The meeting, including lunch, started at 10.30 and was scheduled to end at 1.00. However, formal questions and discussion were cut short by Chair of Trustees Allan Leighton at about […]
Report of NBTA attendance at CRT Users Forum
Canal and River Trust National (CRT) User’ Forum – Birmingham 7th September 2016 Attended by Mike Doherty National Bargee Traveller Association (London Branch) (NBTA(L) on behalf of the NBTA. Report of Forum concentrating on agenda items (3) Enforcement Update and (5) London Mooring Strategy and related questions and answers. The other presentations were extremely interesting […]
Vulnerable boater hospitalised after Canal & River Trust evict her
On 14th September 2016 Canal & River Trust (CRT), together with police, bailiffs and a CRT enforcement officer, seized a boat without a home mooring that was a vulnerable woman’s home while she was asleep inside it. The woman, who suffers from epilepsy, was later rushed to hospital in an ambulance as the stress of […]
Result after seven years of NBTA lobbying
Since 2009, the NBTA has been lobbying the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for the inclusion of Bargee Travellers in the statutory requirement of local authorities to assess the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers.