Please sign petition to keep the Bike Boat on the water
Please sign the petition to keep The Bike Boat trading on the Kennet & Avon Canal – see...
View ArticleBoaters’ Easter regatta protest against surcharge 30th March – bus from K&A!
There will be an Easter Regatta in protest against the surcharge on boat licence fees without a home mooring on Saturday 30th March 2024 at 12 noon. It will take place in Paddington Canal Basin in...
View ArticleKeep the CRT boater bins at Bathampton – please sign petition!
A group of local residents, itinerant boaters and long-term mooring holders have started a petition to keep the CRT boater bins at Bathampton, which were closed by CRT a month ago on 11th March with...
View ArticleTomorrow! CRT rubbish collection by boat, Bath to Bradford on Avon, 11th April
Tomorrow, Thursday 11th April 2024, between 10am and 3pm, CRT volunteers’ work boats will be collecting rubbish between Bath and Bradford on Avon. If you have any bulky items such as mattresses,...
View ArticleRadio 4’s Today programme wants to interview a boater on the K&A this week
We have been contacted by a journalist from Radio 4’s Today programme. Producer Emily Knight wants to interview a boater on the K&A this week beginning 29th April 2024. Emily says: “I’m a radio...
View ArticlePlease sign and share petition against the surcharge!
Please sign and share this petition against the discriminatory CRT surcharge on the licences of boats without a home mooring! The petition is online here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/stopthesurcharge
View ArticleNew NBTA K&A branch first meeting Monday 3rd June
A new branch of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) is forming on the Kennet & Avon Canal! The first branch meeting will take place online on Monday 3rd June 2024 at 7pm. Come to the...
View ArticleRegister by 18th June if you want to vote in the General Election on 4th July...
The General Election will take place on Thursday 4th July, and the polls will be open from 7am – 10pm. Register by 18th June if you want to vote. You can vote even if you live on a boat without a fixed...
View ArticleLeafleting and engagement against the surcharge, 29th June, Bradford on Avon...
Volunteers are needed for leafleting and engagement against the surcharge, this Saturday 29th June 2024! Join us to leaflet the public to gain support and explain how CRT is unfairly targeting boaters...
View ArticleSecond meeting of NBTA K&A branch, Tuesday 2nd July
The first meeting of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) K&A branch decided on two actions: first, to become involved in the Stop the Surcharge campaign; and second, to tackle the...
View ArticleFloating Fayre and craft market, Honey Street, 17th-18th August
The K&A Floating Fayre will be at the Barge Inn, Honey Street on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August along with the Barge Inn Craft and Gift market. Come along for a wonderful array of art,...
View ArticleK&A NBTA meeting, Tuesday 20th August
The next online meeting of the K&A NBTA branch will be on Tuesday 20th August 2024 at 7pm . Get involved and have your say! Join the meeting online here: https://8×8.vc/nbta/nbta Or take part by...
View Article26th October – Protest and engagement against the surcharge, Caen Hill,...
Protest and engagement against the surcharge, this Saturday 26th October 2024! Meet at Lock 44 by the cafe at the top of the Caen Hill flight in Devizes at 10am. Join us to protest against the...
View ArticlePlease tell your MP about new date for Drop-In session now 28th Nov hosted by...
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...
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