All NBTA members are invited to an Emergency Committee Meeting on Sunday 5th March 2023 at 2pm to 4pm to discuss Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) consultation on future boat licence pricing, which proposes to impose higher fees for boats without a home mooring. We must resist this attack on the Bargee Traveller community!
Consultation on extending smoke control area to moored boats in Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase District Council is running a consultation on extending its smoke control area to include moored boats on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Rugeley and the Cannock Extension Canal including the marina at Norton Canes. The deadline for responses is 31st March 2023. Send your comments or objections to environmentalhealth@cannockchasedc.gov.uk with the subject […]
Object to CRT’s plans to remove 14-day mooring space in Birmingham!
CRT is planning to change all Birmingham city centre moorings to 7 days or less so that boaters will no longer be able to moor in the city centre for 14 days. This will affect itinerant boat dwellers the most, many of whom need to spend 14 days in the city especially in winter while […]
Energy Grant online/ phone campaign meeting 22nd February
Itinerant boat dwellers are now specifically excluded from Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. The only way our community will get the grant is if we campaign for it. Please come to the next campaign meeting: The next energy campaign meeting will be on Wednesday February 22nd 2023 at 7pm. The meeting will be held […]
We are still left out of Energy Bills Support – online campaign meeting tomorrow 8th February
Be involved in campaigning to get the Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme grant! Unlike the majority of people in this country, our community is still left without the energy grant. This is not acceptable, especially as second home owners have already received grants for both of their homes. In order to get the grant, we […]
Boaters’ Spring Fayre, 14th May
Boaters’ Spring Fayre Next to the Clapton S Bend in Hackney Ain’t No Party like an S Bend Party! We are proud to announce the Boaters’ Spring Fayre community event on Sunday 14th May 2023 starting at 12 noon in defence and celebration of our way of life. […]
Off grid households won’t get Energy Bills Support Funding until 27th February
Last week the Minister for Energy and Climate Graham Stuart announced that the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will launch no later than 27th February 2023. Bargee Travellers, many liveaboard boaters on moorings, and many other off-grid households living in vehicles, caravans and on the land will be waiting even longer for the support […]
Support the Bristol Harbour boaters!
The NBTA represents itinerant boat dwellers, but we stand in solidarity with all liveaboards whose homes are under threat because they are in the way of an organisation increasing its profits. Liveaboard boaters in Bristol Harbour are currently being faced with draconian new mooring fee increases of up to 177%. The Harbour Authority, Bristol City […]
Energy grant campaign online meeting 25th January 7pm
Unlike the majority of people in the country many off-grid households are still left without the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme grant, especially those of us without a fixed or residential address. Currently, there is no simple way for people like us to apply for the energy grant and in fact for most of us […]
Energy Bill Support Scheme grants – Interim update
NBTA Advice on Applications for the Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding (EBSS-AF) and Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) INTERIM UPDATE The Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding (EBSS-AF) system may go live this week in the pilot areas of Wrexham, Chichester, Glasgow and West Sussex, with a full nationwide roll-out anticipated before mid-February. […]