Archive for January, 2021
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
CRT is to hold a virtual User Forum for Wales and South West region on Zoom on Wednesday 10th February at 5pm-7pm. This is an opportunity to raise issues that concern you, such as waterway maintenance, enforcement, and what CRT should be doing to protect liveaboard boaters during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
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Tags: continuous cruising, CRT User Group meeting, liveaboards, meeting
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
The invitations to attend Coronavirus vaccination appointments for priority groups, which will include everyone over the age of 50, are being generated from the patient records held by doctors’ surgeries. Liveaboard boaters who are not registered with a GP may find that they are not contacted by the NHS with an invitation to have the Covid-19 vaccination.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Covid-19, Covid-19 vaccination, Friends Families and Travellers, GP registration, Health, Julian House, liveaboards, Travelling Community Support Service
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Sunday, January 17th, 2021
Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service can help families apply for funding to buy tablets, smart phones and data if their children need these to access online education while schools are closed during the current Covid-19 lockdown.
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Tags: children, Coronavirus, e-learning, education, Julian House, lockdown, school, Travelling Community Support Service
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
Following the Government’s announcement on 4th January 2021 of a national Covid-19 lockdown in England, CRT has suspended enforcement of the 14-day rule. The Regulations governing the lockdown are in force until 31st March 2021, although the lockdown may be lifted before then.
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Tags: 14 day rule, continuous cruising, Coronavirus, enforcement, Julian House, liveaboards, lockdown, Travelling Community Support Service, Waterways Act 1995, Waterways Chaplaincy
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
BaNES Council is running a public consultation on river parks and towpath improvements on the River Avon between Churchill Bridge and Newbridge in Bath. The consultation asks questions about people’s use of the towpath but does not include an option to say that you use the towpath for mooring your boat, and does not mention boating at all. This needs to be challenged! The deadline for responses is Friday 8th January 2021.
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Tags: BANES Council, BaNES WaterSpace Study, Bath, Bath River Line Project, consultation, continuous cruising, liveaboards, River Avon, towpath
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