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 […]
We will keep fighting the discriminatory licence fee ‘surcharge’
This April Fool’s Day will be the beginning of Canal & River Trust (CRT) charging boats for not having a home mooring. However, this is no April fool’s joke! Unchallenged, this will be the beginning of CRT being able to use the price of a licence to get rid of boats without home moorings. Each […]
Boaters Easter Regatta on 30th March
Come on Saturday 30th March to the Easter Regatta against the surcharge on our way of life and a celebration of the national boater community. Boaters from across the waterways will be coming to the event in Paddington featuring live music, speeches food, stalls and other boatee fun… Meet at the canalside entrance to Paddington […]
NBTA and Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign
When, in the wake of DEFRA’s decision to reduce the grant to the Canal & River Trust (CRT), several boaters’ groups and other stakeholders set up the Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign, the NBTA politely declined the invitation to join the campaign. So, don’t we think that the waterways should be properly funded? Of course we […]
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.
UK Boaters for Energy Justice
More than 18 months on, many boat dwellers have still not been able to obtain the energy support payments which were promised to all households in the UK in 2022. Boat dwellers without a permanent mooring on non-Canal & River Trust waterways, and boat dwellers who legitimately have leisure moorings or ‘high use’ moorings, are […]
Charging us more for less – CRT facilities policy
Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) policy statement and report on its 2022 consultation on a minimum standard for boaters’ facilities, published on 30th May and 5th July 2023, states that CRT will increase its minimum cruising distance between facilities from 4 hours to 1 day, even though 25% to 35% of respondents (depending on the […]
All members invited to NBTA General Meeting, 17th February, online and by phone
All members are invited to the NBTA General Meeting on Saturday 17th February 2024 at 2pm. This year the meeting will be held by 8×8 video conference and by phone. The online meeting can be accessed via https://8×8.vc/nbta/nbta Alternatively, you can phone in using these dial in details: 0330 808 1706 PIN: 45925961#