Posts Tagged ‘meeting’

Boaters’ Easter regatta protest against surcharge 30th March – bus from K&A!

Sunday, March 10th, 2024

There will be an Easter Regatta in protest against the surcharge on boat licence fees without a home mooring on Saturday 30th March 2024 at 12 noon. It will take place in Paddington Canal Basin in central London. There will be a demonstration, music, stalls and more. The march begins at the exit from Paddington Station to the canal.

There will be a minibus running from the K&A which will pick up at Pewsey and Bradford on Avon. Spaces are limited and selling fast, so get your tickets here https://buytickets.at/kanbta/1162660

Read more…

Wiltshire Council to investigate removal of parking in Wilcot

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

Around 12 liveaboard boaters attended the meeting of Wilcot Parish Council on 9th January 2024. There was discussion of a letter from a boater to Wiltshire Councillor Paul Oatway objecting that the rubble and earth banks in the lane by the canal were constructed without planning consent and were an unauthorised waste disposition. Two boaters spoke in the public question time.

Read more…

K&A User Forum, 24th January, Devizes

Monday, January 8th, 2024

There will be a Kennet & Avon Canal User Forum on Wednesday 24th January 2024 from 10:30 to 12:30. The in-person forum will be held at the St James Centre, Estcourt Crescent, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1LR. CRT’s Sarah Cook says “Please join us for some short presentations, have your questions answered and an opportunity to talk to us directly.”

Read more…

Second meeting of new K&A Boaters Association tomorrow 7th December, Avoncliff party spot

Wednesday, December 6th, 2023

The second meeting of the new Kennet & Avon Boaters Association takes place tomorrow, Thursday 7th December 2023, at 6pm to 11pm. There will be a Community update on the activities of the association; family-friendly films between 6pm and 7pm, and more boater-orientated short films later. The meeting will take place at the Party Spot at Horsefield, below the towpath between Smelly Bridge and Avoncliff aqueduct.

Read more…

Have your say about parking in Wilcot on 27th November!

Monday, November 6th, 2023

Wiltshire Council is holding a Highways Matters Event hosted by Pewsey Area Board in Pewsey on Monday 27th November 2023. This is an ideal opportunity for boaters to demand that the Council takes action over the recent obstruction of parking in Wilcot.

Read more…

Licence Surcharge Protest at CRT offices, Birmingham, 25th November – bus from Pewsey and BoA

Sunday, November 5th, 2023

CRT is planning to levy a ‘surcharge’ on boats licensed without a home mooring, which will start at 5% of the licence fee in April 2024 and increase to 25% by 2028. This could price us off the waterways and eliminate our nomadic way of life. There will be a national protest march on CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry’s office at Cambrian Wharf in central Birmingham to oppose the surcharge on our community. The march is organised by the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA).

Read more…

Boaters’ meeting to discuss licence fee surcharge, 15th October, Bradford on Avon

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

There will be a boaters’ meeting to discuss the CRT surcharges for boats without a home mooring; lack of facilities; lack of waterway maintenance and other issues that affect the community of liveaboard boaters on the K&A, and what we can do to protect our way of life.

The meeting will take place at 5pm on Sunday 15th October 2023 at the Wallington Hall, Church St, Bradford on Avon BA15 1LN. Church St is opposite the Dandy Lion pub; the hall used to be called the Masonic Hall or the Church Hall.

Read more…

CRT impose surcharge on boat licences without a home mooring

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

Following the CRT consultation on licence fees in March this year, CRT announced on 5th October 2023 that it would impose a surcharge on licences without a home mooring, making these licences more expensive than licences for boats with a home mooring. We oppose this discriminatory and unfair move, which is the biggest attack on the community of liveaboard boaters without a home mooring since CRT’s 2015 enforcement policy for boats without a home mooring.

Read more…

Boaters invited to anti-poverty meeting with MP to raise exclusion from energy bill support

Thursday, October 5th, 2023

Liveaboard boaters are invited to an event in Pewsey tomorrow, Friday 6th October, where Danny Kruger, the MP for Devizes, Marlborough and Pewsey will be attending. The event is organised by Devizes and District Food Bank, which has supported boaters in our struggle to receive the energy bill support that the Government promised to ‘every household’. Many liveaboard boaters are still excluded, despite the Government decision to pay the grant to boaters licensed by CRT without a home mooring.

Read more…

Boaters invited to meet local MP and press to raise exclusion from Government energy grant, tomorrow 16th June, 3pm, Caen Hill Marina

Thursday, June 15th, 2023

Liveaboard boaters, both with and without a home mooring, are invited to a meeting with Danny Kruger, the MP for Devizes, tomorrow Friday 16th June 2023 at 3pm at Caen Hill Marina to continue to lobby for liveaboard boaters to be included in the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald will attend from 4pm; BBC Radio Wiltshire is also interested in covering the exclusion of liveaboard boaters from the EBSS. The meeting has been organised by Devizes Food Bank.

Read more…