Water shortages and navigation restrictions Due to water shortages caused by prolonged dry weather, navigation on many inland waterways is being restricted.
Covid-19 jabs and health checks for the boating community, Anderton, 22nd July
Live Well on the Water will take place at 11am-4pm on Friday 22nd July 2022 at the Anderton Boat Lift. It includes a Covid-19 vaccination clinic, health checks, refreshments, art and craft sessions and outdoor activities. Aimed at the local boating community, it will feature advice and support from local organisations and cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose, BMI and pulse checks. The health checks will be delivered by registered clinicians who […]
Joining details for NBTA phone/Zoom Committee meeting, 10th July
Here are the log-in details for the NBTA Committee meeting on Sunday 10th July 2022 at 2pm-4pm. You can take part either by phone or online. All members are invited.
Hundreds attend NBTA Hackney protest picnic
Hundreds of boaters, local residents and land-based supporters turned out on Sunday 26th of June to attend the NBTA’s Hackney Protest Picnic in a continued show of resistance to the Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) ongoing attacks on the capital’s liveaboard boating community.
All members invited to NBTA Committee phone/Zoom meeting 10th July
All NBTA members are invited to the NBTA Committee meeting which will be held by telephone and by Zoom on Sunday 10th July 2022 at 2pm to 4pm.
Join us at Hackney Protest Picnic 26th June!
Early in 2021, CRT announced that they would be restricting moorings along 10km of the River Lea, claiming that mooring in these ‘Water Safety Zones’ was unsafe. Join us at the Hackney Protest Picnic on 26th June 2022 to continue our resistance! Meet at 12 noon on Walthamstow Marshes, opposite the Anchor & Hope pub.
Include off-grid households in Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme!
A petition has been started calling on the Secretary of State for Business to include off-grid households in the Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme. Please sign it here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/include-off-grid-households-in-government-ps400-energy-bills-support-scheme
Save the Human Rights Act – please sign petition!
The Queen’s speech on 10th May 2022 announced the Government’s plans to rip up the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK law. Articles 6 and 8 of the ECHR are some of the few protections in law that boat dwellers have from summary eviction […]
Study on access to water and sanitation for canal boaters
Researchers at Leeds and Newcastle Universities are carrying out a study of boaters’ access to water and sanitation. They are looking for liveaboard boaters to take part in the research. They say:
NBTA discussions with DEFRA about application of smoke control areas to boats
The NBTA has had an extensive discussion with one of the DEFRA officials responsible for drawing up guidance to local authorities on the application of smoke control areas to boats under the Environment Act 2021