Posts Tagged ‘health and safety’
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
CRT has extended the period that boaters can stay on some visitor moorings for 14 days due to the suspension of all but essential boat movements following the Government’s Covid-19 lock-down announcement. Where visitor moorings revert to 14 days in winter, this will now be extended up to 14th April, when CRT will review its suspension of the 14-day rule.
The Boat Safety Scheme is also allowing temporary extension to boat safety certificates for those boats that require an examination in the period up to 14th April. The notice from the Boat Safety Scheme is here NR20-001_COVID-19_BSS_Temporary_Suspension-FINAL
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Tags: 14 day rule, Boat Safety Scheme, Bradford on Avon Town Council, Bradford-on-Avon, community, community support, continuous cruising, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Health, health and safety, liveaboards, towpath, visitor moorings
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Here is a message from Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service who are co-ordinating support to the liveaboard community between Hanham and Wootton Rivers during the coronavirus crisis. Alice Young says:
“Here is a map showing where your Community Coordinators will be coordinating practical support to boaters and their phone numbers. Check where you’re moored and note the relevant name and number.
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Tags: community, community support, continuous cruising, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Health, health and safety, Julian House, liveaboards, Travelling Community Support Service
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2020
Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service is setting up a community help plan for liveaboards affected by Covid-19 (coronavirus) between Hanham and Wootton Rivers. They will also make any ideas and resources available so boaters further afield can replicate them. They are looking for willing, healthy community members who can self-organise to support people’s basic needs and give practical help where needed. At the moment they particularly need more volunteers in the Long Pound between Coate Bridge and Wootton Rivers.
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Tags: community, community support, continuous cruising, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Health, health and safety, Julian House, liveaboards, Section 17, Travelling Community Support Service, Waterways Act 1995
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
CRT confirmed last week that it has no plans to restrict boat movements due to the Covid-19 pandemic but that it will update its advice as and when necessary. A CRT staff member said that the waterways were a relatively low-risk environment as there were very few large gatherings. However, if boaters need to self-isolate and stay longer than 14 days in any one place, CRT confirmed that this would be reasonable in the circumstances.
Friends, Families and Travellers has produced guidance for boaters and other travelling communities on Covid-19, see https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/advice-section/guidance-for-gypsy-traveller-and-liveaboard-boater-communities-on-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR1andeBO2v8OPNgEVpiD5D8If1TgoMP9vO7sIvB8NwRoGu6J1dCd_HUXjU
Julian House Gypsy, Traveller, Boater and Roma Community Support Service is working on an action plan within BaNES and Wiltshire to ensure that everyone on the canal is safe and cared for. You can contact them if you are self-isolating or are concerned about anyone else. Phone or text Alice on 07960 097719 or Emily on 07946 200271 or contact via
https://www.facebook.com/GRTBSupport
Although aimed at the settled community, Wiltshire Council has produced a useful Community Pack about Coronavirus which has some ideas for mutual help within the community that can be adapted to suit boaters. See http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/articles/covid19-community-pack
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Tags: continuous cruising, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Friends Families and Travellers, Health, health and safety, Julian House, liveaboards, Section 17, Travelling Community Support Service, Waterways Act 1995, Waterways Chaplaincy, Wiltshire County Council
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Monday, July 17th, 2017
The Julian House Travelling Community Support Service have written this excellent information leaflet about Weil’s Disease, and have persuaded CRT to put it on some of the notice boards on the K&A. You can download it here weils disease leaflet 2
Tags: angling, canal users, canoeing, Health, health and safety, Julian House, leptospirosis, liveaboards, swimming, Travelling Community Support Service, Weils disease
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