Posts Tagged ‘survey’

Public Health Wiltshire Boaters’ Survey – respond by 27th October

Tuesday, October 17th, 2023

Public Health Wiltshire is running a boaters’ survey to find out about the health and other needs of liveaboard boaters who live or travel in Wiltshire. The purpose of the survey is to determine what boaters’needs are and how they can be met. The more boaters who complete the survey, the more evidence there is for extending or setting up services such as Julian House Travelling Communities Support into Wiltshire and the K&A canal.

You can complete the survey online here

https://surveys.wiltshire.gov.uk/s/boaters

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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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Please complete Wiltshire policing survey before 22nd November

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

If you think that Wiltshire Police should take crime on the K&A canal such as generator thefts or hire boat stag parties deliberately ramming private boats more seriously, now’s your chance to have your say. There is less than a week left for you to take part in the largest ever policing consultation of its kind run in Wiltshire.
See https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Z3J5RXN

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Boat Safety Scheme Survey

Saturday, March 27th, 2021

The Boat Safety Scheme is running a survey between 15th March and 9th April 2021. The survey seeks boaters’ views on certain safety installations such as smoke alarms and whether these should be required to pass the Boat Safety examination.

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Research by Cardiff and Plymouth University into liveaboard boaters – online survey

Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

The Universities of Cardiff and Plymouth are carrying out a joint research project called Canal boat dwelling: Homes, Welfare and Mobile Citizenship on Britain’s Canals. The project is funded by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. The researchers are Professor Richard Yarwood (Plymouth) and Dr Agatha Herman (Cardiff). They say:

“We are particularly interested in issues around homes, families, welfare and citizenship and would love to hear your stories as these will help us better understand the benefits and challenges you experience. It has four main objectives, which are to:

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Two surveys of interest to liveaboard boaters

Monday, December 23rd, 2019

Two Traveller organisations, Friends, Families and Travellers and Traveller Pride are currently running surveys that liveaboard boaters may wish to complete.

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First ever nationwide liveaboard boater health survey

Monday, October 14th, 2019

Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) are carrying out a health survey of liveaboard boaters as part of their campaign to end discrimination in health services. This is the first nationwide health survey of the liveaboard boating community.

You can complete the survey online here https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VKWCVHY

Or you can get a paper copy from Sam Worrall, FFT, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3XG. Tel 01273 234777 or 07425 419869 or see www.gypsy-traveller.org

Boaters encouraged to complete NHS Long Term Plan survey by 30th April

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

Liveaboard boaters are being encouraged to complete an NHS survey in order to alert GPs, hospitals and clinics to the barriers that we face gaining access to the health services all citizens are entitled to.

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Full example response to CRT Boat Licence Review consultation

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017

We publish here a full example response to Stage 3 of CRT’s Boat Licence Review consultation Example full response CRT licence consultation 2017.

Here also is a pdf copy of the blank questionnaire for anyone who prefers to print and complete the questionnaire on paper Print version CRT survey

Here is a Word version of the survey to complete electronically and send by email CRT Licence Consultation word version

If emailing, please send the completed survey to info@tonic.org.uk or you can print it and post it to “Freepost TONIC” (you do not need to use a stamp).

Paper questionnaires should be posted to “Freepost TONIC” (you do not need to use a stamp). The deadline for both paper and online responses is midnight on Monday 18th December 2017.

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