At least one liveaboard family without a home mooring has successfully negotiated a Term Time Cruising Pattern with CRT.
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Posts Tagged ‘NBTA’
Liveaboard family negotiate term time cruising pattern with CRT
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018Review of visitor moorings east of Devizes now on 12 month trial/ consultation period
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018CRT’s review of visitor moorings between Devizes and Reading has now finished and the proposals for change have been finalised. A 12-month trial/ consultation period has begun. If any changes have an adverse effect on liveaboard boaters it’s really important that we make this clear to CRT. Send your comments to CRT or make a formal complaint.
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Floating market this weekend 29th-30th July, Bradford on Avon
Monday, July 24th, 2017
New schedule for K&A boaters action group
Wednesday, July 5th, 2017K&A boaters join national Boats Are Homes march
Sunday, April 23rd, 2017A group of fourteen boaters from the K&A joined the national Boats Are Homes march on Saturday 8th April 2017. The demonstration was organised in protest against CRT’s unlawful enforcement policy against boaters without home moorings. Boat dwellers from all over the waterways took part. The march was organised by the National Bargee Travellers Association.
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NBTA to hold volunteer caseworker training and first meeting of NBTA Kennet and Avon group, 11th September, Bradford on Avon
Wednesday, August 24th, 2016The National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) is to hold a Volunteer Caseworker Training Session for liveaboard boaters and their supporters at 11am to 5pm on Sunday 11th September 2016 followed by the first meeting of NBTA Kennet and Avon group at 5.15pm, in Bradford on Avon Youth and Community Centre, Kennet Gardens, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1LE.
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K&A boaters join national protest against CRT’s enforcement policy
Thursday, May 12th, 2016Liveaboard boaters from the K&A joined demonstrations outside CRT’s headquarters in Milton Keynes on 10th May where in total about 90 boat dwellers without home moorings protested against the charity’s punitive and unlawful enforcement action against boats without a home mooring. Some 15 boaters also protested at CRT’s licensing office in Leeds.
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Battlelines drawn
Friday, April 22nd, 2016Nick Brown of NBTA met with CRT yesterday. This is his summary of that meeting.
“Meeting with CRT in MK: Head of Legal (Jackie Lewis), another of the Legal Team (Tom Deards), Head of Boating (Mike Grimes) and Matthew Symonds.
We are still mulling over the conclusions but suffice to say the meeting didn’t go well they conceded very little (if anything).
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