Richard Thomas appointment backfires: why the regional director left CRT
We now have a clearer picture of why Richard Thomas, Regional Director for Wales and the South West, has left CRT. Sources close to CRT and from the wider community concur in saying that he was...
View ArticleMead Lane moorings update
BANES Council and Avon and Somerset Police have circulated the letter below to boaters who moor at Mead Lane in Saltford on the River Avon. You can download the letter here Mead Lane Trigger Update...
View ArticleCRT’s plans for the K&A include more enforcement
CRT’s interim Regional Director for Wales and the South West, Jon Horsfall, confirmed on 18th July 2019 that CRT remains “committed to delivering” the strategic programmes that were devised by former...
View ArticleCRT national plans will make life more difficult for liveaboards, even with...
CRT’s is pressing ahead with plans that will affect liveaboard boaters without a home mooring, mostly by making the lives of our community more difficult. Firstly CRT is developing plans that were...
View ArticleImportant Government consultation on red diesel – respond by 9th September 2019
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is consulting boaters and fuel suppliers on how to implement the 2018 European Court of Justice ruling that the UK cannot allow “private pleasure craft” to use red diesel...
View ArticleBoat fire and stove safety talk, Devizes tomorrow 24th September
There will be a Boat Fire and Stove Safety talk tomorrow Tuesday 24th September 2019 at 6.30pm at the Black Horse, Bath Road, Devizes (between locks 47 and 48 on the Caen Hill flight). For the first...
View ArticleBaNES consultation on Mead Lane moorings, respond by 31st Oct, drop-in...
BaNES Council is holding another consultation about the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford, on the River Avon. The deadline is 31st October 2019. Please respond to this so that the views of boaters...
View ArticleCRT Council elections: nominations open 21st October to 18th November
Liveaboard boaters without a home mooring are seriously under-represented on CRT’s governing Council, its regional advisory boards/ waterway partnerships and its navigation and other advisory groups,...
View ArticleResearch into canal boat dwelling in London and South West England
Professor Richard Yarwood (Plymouth University) and Dr Agatha Herman (Cardiff University) are carrying out research into Canal boat dwelling: Homes, Welfare and Mobile Citizenship on Britain’s Canals....
View ArticleBoat seizure averted at 11th hour after NBTA intervention
CRT attempted to seize a boat on the K&A on Wednesday 16th October after wrongly denying the boater the opportunity to license the boat. The seizure was prevented by the intervention of the Legal...
View ArticleBoat fire and stove safety talk, tonight, Bradford on Avon
There will be a Boat Fire and Stove Safety talk tonight, Tuesday 29th October 2019 at 6.30pm at the Lock Inn, Lower Wharf, Bradford on Avon BA15 1LE. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service and...
View ArticleYou can vote without a fixed address – register by November 26th if you want...
There will be a General Election on December 12th 2019. If you live on a boat without a fixed address you can register to vote by declaring a local connection.The deadline for registering to vote in...
View ArticleBoat Fire Safety Talk, Honeystreet, 14th November
There will be a Boat Fire Safety talk on Thursday 14th November 2019 at 6.30pm at the Barge Inn, Honeystreet, SN9 5PS. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service will be giving out free fire and CO...
View ArticleBoaters’ outreach cafe, Dundas, 3rd December
On Tuesday December 3rd 2019, the Boaters’ Outreach Cafe run by Julian House and Canal Ministries will be at Dundas Basin from 11am to 3pm on nb Litania. There will be free hot drinks, home made soup...
View ArticleMark Evans to become Wales and South West regional director
CRT announced on 21st November that Mark Evans, who was the K&A manager until 2018, has been appointed as Regional Director for Wales and the South West. He will take up his post in January 2020....
View ArticleBoaters to address BaNES Council on Mead Lane moorings consultation report
Liveaboard boaters will address BaNES Council on the importance of keeping the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford open on Thursday 16th January 2020. The consultation report will be discussed by the...
View ArticleJulian House Travelling Community Support Service extended to Wiltshire –...
Wiltshire Council has just started a two-year project to tackle inequalities amongst Boaters, Gypsies and Travellers in Wiltshire. This is a partnership between Julian House and the Wiltshire Traveller...
View ArticleBaNES Council votes to close Mead Lane moorings
Despite verbal and written submissions to the Council meeting from liveaboard boaters, BaNES Council cabinet voted on on 16th January 2020 to close Mead Lane moorings on the River Avon and to carry out...
View ArticleCRT reneges on agreement to re-instate boaters’ rubbish bins at Horton Bridge
CRT has reneged on the agreement that it made in May 2019 with boaters and Wadworths Brewery to re-instate the boaters’ rubbish bins at the Bridge Inn, Horton, near Devizes. In December 2019, fourteen...
View ArticleCRT Council election 20th January to 14th February 2020
The elections for the CRT Council began on 20th January 2020 and will end on 14th February. Only boaters with a 12-month licence can vote. If you have an email address that is registered with CRT, you...
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