On Saturday 19th February at 12pm, NBTA will be counter leafleting CRT’s re-opening of the Hertford union canal in Victoria Park, next to Gunmaker’s gate (E3 5PE). CRT market themselves as a charity that promotes wellbeing. This is an opportunity for us to show the public how damaging and nasty their policies are, and how […]
MARCH ON CRT OFFICES!
Come to march on Canal and River Trust’s Little Venice office on Saturday 26th March. Canal and River Trust (CRT) are taking away hundreds of mooring spaces on the River Lea in Hackney and Broxbourne. They are completely ignoring the views of boaters. Early in 2021, CRT announced that they would be restricting moorings along […]
Template Complaint letter about ‘safety’ zones enforcement
CRT has started enforcing the ‘no mooring’ sites in the ‘safety’ zones. We will take CRT to court. The first step in the that is going through their internal procedures, which start with a complaint. If CRT says they will take action against you because your in a ‘no mooring’ site in a safety zone, […]
Resistance to restrictions in full swing
Our community’s action is going brilliantly against the unjustified ‘no mooring’ sites of the ‘safety’ zones on the River Lee. Even with the Canal & River Trust (CRT) having quite poor competence in recording boat sighting data, they say that there have been at least 154 boats on 295 occasions since October 2021 moored in the […]
All members invited to NBTA Committee phone/Zoom meeting 16th January
All NBTA members are invited to the NBTA Committee meeting which will be held by telephone and by Zoom on Sunday 16th January 2022 at 2pm to 4pm.
Smoke Control Zone regulations can now be applied to boats due to the Environment Act 2021
The Environment Act 2021, which became law on 9th November, will remove the partial exemption for vessels from the Clean Air Act 1993. Local authorities will now have the power to apply their Smoke Control Areas to vessels moored within the areas, under Section 73 and Schedule 12 of the Act.
EA drops charging by boat area but fees will rise by 10% over 3 years
The Environment Agency (EA) published its conclusions on 2nd December 2021 following the Navigation boat registration charges consultation that ran from July to September 2021. The EA reported that there was significant opposition to the introduction of charging by boat area and the level of and profile of the charge increases over the 3 years. […]
Please support the NBTA – Appeal for Funds!
The National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) campaigns and provides support and advice for boat dwellers without permanent moorings on Britain’s inland and coastal waterways. The NBTA is an unfunded organisation run entirely by volunteers. Membership is free of charge, in order to avoid excluding Bargee Travellers on low incomes. The NBTA encourages and relies on […]
FFT need volunteers to mystery shop GP surgeries
Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) need volunteers to help with a mass mystery shop of GP surgeries in England. In recent years, FFT has exposed that GP surgeries routinely broke NHS guidelines by refusing to register a nomadic, Romany or Traveller patient, both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
CRT Annual Public Meeting online, 22nd November
Canal & River Trust (CRT) is holding its 2021 Annual Public meeting online at 2pm on Monday 22nd November 2021. CRT says that it is inviting people to submit questions to be answered in the meeting, which will be a live broadcast on YouTube. You can email questions to annualpublicmeeting@canalrivertrust.org.uk.