Posts Tagged ‘children’
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, March 4th, 2020
Wiltshire Council is consulting on its future Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Boater (GRT&B) strategy. Please make sure that the voices and views of the liveaboard boater community are heard by completing this online survey by 5pm next Thursday 12th March 2020. The survey is here https://surveys.wiltshire.gov.uk/snapwebhost/s.asp?k=158134588690
The survey asks for your comments on the Council’s draft 2020-25 strategy for the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Boater communities in its area. You can download the 14-page draft strategy here Draft-gypsy-roma-traveller-and-boater-strategy-2020-2025-for-wiltshire
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Tags: children, community, consultation, continuous cruising, Health, inequality, liveaboards, mental health, school, traveller's rights, Wiltshire County Council, Wiltshire liveaboard boaters survey
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
Two Traveller organisations, Friends, Families and Travellers and Traveller Pride are currently running surveys that liveaboard boaters may wish to complete.
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Tags: children, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, families, Friends Families and Travellers, liveaboards, mental health, school, survey, Traveller Pride
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Thursday, December 19th, 2019
The Canal Kids Christmas party and the Floaty Boat Fund Solstice party will take place tomorrow, Friday 20th December 2019, both at St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford on Avon BA15 1DE.
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Tags: Bradford-on-Avon, Chicken Shed Zeppelin, children, Christmas party, continuous cruisers, Devils Doorbell, Floaty Boat Fund, Lenny No Strings, liveaboards, party, Swingletree, The Pinkertons, Towpath Shanty Singers
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 8th April 2019 at 7.30pm at the Black Horse, Bath Rd, Devizes SN10 2AU, by lock 48. All are welcome.
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Tags: boating community, children, community, Devizes, enforcement, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, school, support
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Monday, December 10th, 2018
It will be Christmas party time for boaters of all ages on 14th December 2018. The Floaty Boat Fund is to be launched with a Christmas Party at 7pm-midnight at St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford on Avon BA15 1DE.
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Tags: Bradford-on-Avon, children, Christmas party, Devils Doorbell, DJ Paul Freedom, Floaty Boat Fund, Fly Yeti Fly, Jassy and Ted, The Hub BOA, The Langan Band Duo, Wiltshire County Council
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2018
At least one liveaboard family without a home mooring has successfully negotiated a Term Time Cruising Pattern with CRT.
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Tags: children, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, enforcement, families, FOI requests, Freedom of Information Act, liveaboards, Matthew Symonds, NBTA, school, term time cruising pattern
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Friday, April 13th, 2018
CRT is currently attempting to re-brand itself as an organisation promoting well-being. The purpose of the re-branding is to raise funds from local authorities and the NHS for the promotion of health and well-being of the general population. However CRT appears to have no intention of safeguarding the well-being of boat dwellers, even vulnerable ones.
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Tags: Boater eviction, children, continuous cruising, CRT rebranding, enforcement, eviction, Health, liveaboards, NHS, school, wellbeing
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