Posts Tagged ‘CRT’

CHANGE OF PLAN FOR Protest and engagement against the surcharge, 27th January, Dun Mill Lock, Hungerford

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

WE HAVE CHANGED THE PLAN FOR SATURDAY 27TH JANUARY, AS CRT HAS CANCELLED THE OPEN DAY…….

WE WILL MEET AT DUN MILL LOCK AT 10.30AM AND WALK UP THE TOWPATH TO HUNGERFORD TOWN CENTRE. WE WILL LEAFLET THE PUBLIC ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE CANAL AND UNDER THE BRIDGE.

THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PUB AND DISCUSS MORE ACTIONS AGAINST CRT’S UNJUST SURCHARGE!!

Protest and engagement against the surcharge, 27th January, meet at Dun Mill Lock at 10.30am. Join us to protest against the surcharge on boats without a home mooring and engage with the public to get their support!

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Julian House fortnightly Drop-In Sessions

Monday, April 24th, 2023

Julian House Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Boater and Showman Support Service is running fortnightly drop-in sessions providing advice and guidance on benefits and other financial support, healthcare and mental health services, housing and other council services, boat licencing and liaising with CRT, drug and alcohol support, No Fixed Address issues, help with paperwork and more! No need to book, just drop by!

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CRT rubbish collection by boat, Bath to Bradford on Avon, 25th April

Sunday, April 23rd, 2023

On Tuesday 25th April 2023 between 10am and 3pm, CRT work boats will be collecting rubbish between Bath and Bradford on Avon. If you have any bulky items such as mattresses, barrels of oil, waste from boat fit-outs etc, just give them a shout as they pass. They will also be doing some litter picking as they go, and boaters are welcome to do their own litter picking and dispose of it as the work boat passes.

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CRT consultation on minimum standards for boater facilities, deadline 21st November

Sunday, October 16th, 2022

Canal & River Trust (CRT) has announced a consultation on minimum standards for boater facilities. This is the first stage of a longer review and consultation regarding boater facilities and aims to gather information in order to agree a minimum standard of boater facilities that CRT will provide. This initial consultation closes on 21st November 2022.

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BaNES Council Boater Accommodation Needs Assessment, closes 21st October

Sunday, October 2nd, 2022

Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) Council’s Planning Department will be carrying out a Boat Dweller Accommodation Needs Assessment as it is required to do under Section 124 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 as part of the assessment of all housing need in the authority’s area.

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STOP PRESS: CRT census extended to 31st October

Sunday, October 2nd, 2022

CRT has announced that it is extending the deadline for its Boater Census until 31st October 2022. We encourage liveaboard boaters to complete it. The CRT census is both voluntary and anonymous and is not linked to your boat licence or customer number.

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Please complete CRT census by end of September – here’s why, and here are the questions

Saturday, September 24th, 2022

Please complete the CRT census! Why? Because it is a chance to set out to CRT any issues you have faced due to being a liveaboard boater and – importantly – to highlight where CRT’s enforcement policy, especially the 20 mile range requirement, interferes with basic parts of life such as putting children through school, getting and keeping a job or caring for an elderly or disabled relative. If enough people use the census to tell CRT of their experiences then this will create a powerful platform to lobby CRT for change.

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CRT rubbish collection by boat, Bath to Bradford on Avon, 4th July

Thursday, June 30th, 2022

On Monday 4th July 2022 from 10am to 3pm, CRT work boats will be collecting rubbish between Bath and Bradford on Avon. If you have any bulky items such as mattresses, barrels of oil, waste from boat fit-outs etc, just give them a shout as they pass. They will also be doing some litter picking as they go, and boaters are welcome to do their own litter picking and dispose of it as the work boat passes.

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CRT rubbish collection by boat, Bath to Bradford on Avon, 10th May

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

On Tuesday 10th May 2022 from 10am to 3pm, CRT work boats will be collecting rubbish between Bath and Bradford on Avon. If you have any bulky items such as mattresses, barrels of oil, waste from boat fit-outs etc, just give them a shout as they pass. They will also be doing some litter picking as they go, and boaters are welcome to do their own litter picking and dispose of it as the work boat passes.

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CRT rubbish collection by boat, this Tues 16th November, Bath to Bradford on Avon

Sunday, November 14th, 2021

On Tuesday 16th November 2021 from 10am to 3pm CRT will be running a second rubbish collection by boat between Bath and Bradford on Avon. If you have any bulky items such as mattresses, barrels of oil, waste from boat fit-outs etc, just give them a shout as they pass.

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