Posts Tagged ‘Devizes’
Monday, January 2nd, 2017
There will be a Boat Fire Safety talk by Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service at 7.30pm on Monday 9th January 2017 at the Black Horse, Bath Rd, Devizes SN10 2AU, followed by the K&A boaters action group meeting.
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Tags: boat fire safety, community, continuous cruising, Devizes, Fire safety, Julian House, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, Travelling Community Support Service, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2016
On Thursday 15th September at 5pm, CRT Chief Richard Parry will launch a CRT publicity boat at Devizes Wharf SN10 1EB as part of the K&A Waterways Partnership AGM.
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Tags: boating community, children, community, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, demonstration, Devizes, enforcement, liveaboards, Local Waterway Partnership, Protest, Richard Parry, school
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Around 30 boat dwellers without home moorings and supporters from the local community took part in a protest opposite Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) office in Devizes on 6th August 2016.
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Tags: boating community, children, community, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, Devizes, enforcement, liveaboards, Michelle Donelan MP, Richard Parry, school
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Friday, August 5th, 2016
BBC Radio Wiltshire Breakfast Show will feature tomorrow’s protest against CRT’s punitive and unlawful enforcement policy towards boaters without home moorings. Listen out for the live interview at 7.25am.
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Tags: BBC, BBC Radio Wiltshire, boating community, boating in the media, children, community, CRT continuous cruising policy, Devizes, enforcement, liveaboards, school
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2016
Liveaboard boaters and their supporters are invited to join a protest at Caen Hill, opposite CRT’s office in Devizes at 2.00pm on Saturday 6th August 2016 to express our opposition to CRT’s punitive and unlawful enforcement policy against boaters without home moorings. This policy has seen so many liveaboard boaters on the K&A having their licences restricted to 6 months, threatened with losing their homes, being pressured to give up their homes, and boat children’s education and welfare suffering due to the long distances they are being forced to travel to school.
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Tags: boating community, children, community, continuous cruising, CRT continuous cruising policy, Devizes, enforcement, liveaboards, Michelle Donelan MP, Richard Parry, school
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
Following the recent fatal boat fire on the K&A, the Fire Service will be giving a series of Boat Fire Safety talks in different places along the canal in the Bath and the Wiltshire areas in the next few weeks. Please come along and make sure your boat is as fire safe as possible. The next talk will be in the Black Horse, Bath Rd, Devizes SN10 2AU on Monday 25th January at 7.30pm. There will be free smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms.
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Tags: boat fire safety, Devizes, Fire safety, liveaboards, Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Alzheimer’s Support, a charity that provides services to people with dementia in Wiltshire, is marking its 25th anniversary with a sponsored fundraising walk along the K&A from Bath to Pewsey this weekend.
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Tags: Alzheimer's Support, dementia, Devizes, Health
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Following several meetings with CRT and a number of complaints from boaters both with and without moorings, CRT has re-instated refuse collection for boaters at Devizes Wharf.
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Tags: Aldermaston, complaints, Devizes, facilities, Honey Street, Hungerford, liveaboards, West Berkshire Council
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