July 16th, 2019
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
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Tags: anti-social behaviour, Avon and Somerset Police, BANES Council, continuous cruising, enforcement, Julian House, liveaboards, Mead Lane, parking, quiet mooring zone, River Avon, Saltford
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July 15th, 2019
The wonderful Mikron Theatre, travelling on their historic narrowboat Tyseley, will perform their show All Hands on Deck at the Rowbarge, Woolhampton RG7 5SH this Wednesday 17th July 2019.
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Tags: arts and culture, Mikron Theatre, nb Tyseley, Woolhampton
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July 15th, 2019
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 difficult to work with, abrasive and unpredictable. It looks as though he left by mutual consent rather than as the result of disciplinary action.
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Tags: CRT rebranding, CRT restructuring, Jon Horsfall, Regional DIrector, Richard Thomas
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July 8th, 2019
A meeting between K&A liveaboard boaters and CRT’s Regional Director Richard Thomas has been cancelled because Mr Thomas “no longer works for the Trust”, it emerged today, 8th July 2019. The meeting was due to take place tomorrow.
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Tags: Ian Rogers, liveaboards, Mike Grimes, Regional DIrector, Richard Thomas
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July 2nd, 2019
Post Office services will be restored in Bathampton with effect from 23rd July 2019 with the introduction of Hosted Outreach services.
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Tags: Bathampton, liveaboards, mail, Post Office, Poste Restante
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July 1st, 2019
The Boaters’ Cafe Club outreach boat Litania will be at Dundas Basin tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd July 2019 from 11am to 3pm.
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Tags: canal ministries, community, Dundas, food parcels, Health, Julian House, Litania, liveaboards, support, Travelling Community Support Service, welfare, welfare benefits
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June 13th, 2019
The Department for Education is carrying out a consultation on setting up a compulsory registration and monitoring scheme of children who are educated at home or not in mainstream schools. It closes on 24th June 2019.
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Tags: children, consultation, continuous cruising, home education, liveaboards, school
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June 13th, 2019
We have discovered that one of the longest serving members of CRT’s bankside staff has just been made redundant.
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Tags: canal maintenance, CRT re-organisation, Dale Marshall, redundancy
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May 31st, 2019
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 10th June 2019 at 7.30pm at the Cross Guns, Avoncliff BA15 2HB. All are welcome. The meeting will continue to focus on supporting boaters faced with enforcement or Section 8’s by CRT.
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Tags: Avoncliff, continuous cruising, enforcement, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, Section 8
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May 22nd, 2019
A ‘Boats Are Homes’ demonstration in London will take place on 24th May 2019 starting with a rally on the Grand Union Canal next to Paddington station at 1pm and marching to the Canal & River Trust office at Little Venice, handing out leaflets to the public.
On Saturday 25th May at 12 noon the Paddington Party and Flotilla will begin on the canal near Paddington station.
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Tags: business moorings, demonstration, gentrification of the waterways, London, mooring charges, mooring restrictions, moorings, NBTA, towpath grabs, visitor moorings
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