Posts Tagged ‘Bradford-on-Avon’
Monday, February 12th, 2018
A group of 10 live-aboard boaters cleared around 25 bags of litter from the K&A yesterday (Sunday 11th February). The team picked up rubbish from the towpath, hedges and ditches between Semington and Bradford on Avon Marina. The boaters also removed bulky items such as bicycles and rubble.
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Tags: Bradford-on-Avon, community, liveaboards, Mark Evans, refuse disposal, Semington, skip, towpath tidy
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Sunday, December 31st, 2017
Liveaboard boaters and their friends on the K&A have been running a food bank to provide food for boaters and anyone in the waterway community who is in need.
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Tags: boaters food bank, Bradford-on-Avon, canal ministries, community, continuous cruisers, food bank, food parcels, Health, Julian House, Litania, liveaboards, outreach boat, support, The Hub BOA, Travelling Community Support Service, welfare, welfare benefits
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Thursday, November 30th, 2017
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 11th December 2017 at 7.30pm in the Canal Tavern, 49 Frome Rd, Bradford on Avon BA15 1LE. We will have lots of paper copies of the CRT Boat Licence Review questionnaire so that anyone who hasn’t responded yet can fill one in. The consultation closes on 18th December so it’s your last chance to get your views in. CRT is proposing to increase the cost of a boat licence without a home mooring, so it’s really important that the views of boaters without a home mooring are represented in this consultation.
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Tags: Bradford-on-Avon, consultation, continuous cruising, CRT licensing review, enforcement, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, towpath tidy
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Thursday, October 12th, 2017
Three Boat Fire Safety presentations are planned this winter so far. The first is this Monday 16th October 2017 at 7.30pm at the Canal Tavern, below the lock in Bradford on Avon.
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Tags: boat fire safety, Bradford-on-Avon, continuous cruising, Devizes, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Fire safety, fire safety advice, homelessness, liveaboards, safety
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
The Boaters’ Cafe Club outreach boat Litania will be at the lower wharf in Bradford on Avon on Tuesday 5th September 2017 from 12pm to 4pm. Paper copies of the Wiltshire liveaboard boaters’ survey will be available.
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Tags: alcohol and substance abuse, Bradford-on-Avon, canal ministries, community, food parcels, Health, Julian House, Litania, self-employment, support, Travelling Community Support Service, welfare, welfare benefits, Wiltshire County Council
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Friday, March 10th, 2017
Liveaboard boaters on the K&A are to hold an information and campaign stall in Lamb Yard, Bradford on Avon BA15 1FG on Saturday 18th March 2017 from 10am to 4pm.
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Tags: Bradford-on-Avon, campaign, community, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, liveaboards, petition, stall
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Monday, March 6th, 2017
The next meeting of the K&A boaters’ action group will be on Monday March 13th 2017 at 7.30pm at the Canal Tavern, 49 Frome Rd, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1LE.
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Tags: Bradford-on-Avon, community, continuous cruising, enforcement, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting
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