All members are invited to take part in decision making and helping the NBTA to plan and organise current and future actions and campaigns. The next Committee meeting will be on Sunday 19th January 2025 at 2pm- 5pm. The meeting will be held online and by phone, to maximise participation. If there’s anything you want […]
Boaters fear foregone conclusion in CRT’s ‘independent’ Future of Boat Licensing review
The NBTA is raising the alarm as Canal & River Trust (CRT) announces a new ‘review’ of boat licensing which could see the end of the itinerant boating community. What has CRT said? On 16th December 2024, CRT unveiled a document that clearly outlines its intention to remove itinerant boat dwellers. This is the first […]
The Campaign for the Energy Grant
In the winter, the cost of living on a boat increases massively for many of us, with paying for coal, gas, or diesel to heat our homes. Some of us may forage for free wood to burn. However, this option is now threatened when moored within ‘clean air zones’ due to bans on burning foraged […]
Please donate to the NBTA!
Please give generously to help NBTA fight boater evictions, unlawful and punitive enforcement, monetisation of public towpath moorings, discriminatory licence fee increases and other anti-itinerant liveaboard boater measures. We know times are tough and some of us are struggling to make ends meet. But if you want to help the NBTA protect our way of […]
CRT raises licence fees by 4%, with bigger surcharges on top
CRT has announced an increase of 4% in its boat licence fees from 1st April 2025. The surcharge on the licence fees of boats without a home mooring will escalate from 5% to 10% which makes the increase much greater for our community.
Environment Agency hikes boat registration more than double inflation – please give us feedback before 17th December
The Environment Agency (EA) is the second largest navigation authority in England and manages the River Thames above Teddington and the Anglian Waterways. The EA is increasing its boat registration fees by a massive 9% (more than 5% over inflation) in spite of very strong consultation feedback from boaters and other members of the public […]
Parliamentary Drop in Session for NBTA and Stop the Surcharge hosted by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
On Thursday 28th November 2024 a group from NBTA, Stop the Surcharge campaign and Residential Boat Owners Association (RBOA) met in Parliament with Baroness Jenny Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party), Baroness Cathy Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (Liberal Democrat) and Andrew Cooper MP (Labour, Mid Cheshire) to raise our concerns regarding Canal & River Trust (CRT), […]
MPs Drop-in Session Briefing Paper
We publish here the briefing paper for MPs and Peers on Canal & River Trust (CRT) and its policies to eradicate itinerant boat dwellers.The page also includes other resources including a presentation and draft Parliamentary Questions.
An opinion piece about the licence strike
Here is an opinion of a boater about a licence strike not a NBTA statement: Opinion: Why I will be licence striking as part of a coordinated boater mass action My boat is my home. Over a five year period CRT want to raise my licence by around £600. That’s an additional half on top of the fee I already pay. I want […]
Please tell your MP about new date for Drop-In session now 28th Nov hosted by campaigners for boat dwellers
The Stop the Surcharge campaign is hosting a Drop-In session for MPs in Parliament to inform and seek their support regarding the threatened loss of homes, discriminatory surcharge and disproportionate punitive enforcement faced by the community of boat dwellers without home moorings. The Drop-In session is organised by the NBTA. **The date has been changed!!** […]