Posts Tagged ‘traveller’s rights’
Friday, May 12th, 2017
Don’t lose your vote in the election! Voter registration forms for people without a fixed address are available from The Wharf Tea Rooms, Devizes Wharf, Couch Lane, Devizes SN10 1EB. The tea rooms are open every day from 10am to 4pm. Liveaboard boaters are also distributing them along the canal to neighbouring boats. You need to register by 22nd May to vote in the 2017 General Election.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Devizes, electoral registration, electoral roll, general election, liveaboards, traveller's rights, voter registration, voting
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Thursday, April 27th, 2017
If you want to vote in the General Election on 8th June 2017, you need to register by 22nd May. Anybody who does not have a fixed address can register to vote by declaring a local connection. You can’t register to vote online if you are declaring a local connection.
Here is the voter registration form to download and use in England and Wales Electoral-registration-generic-nfa
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Tags: continuous cruising, electoral registration, electoral roll, general election, liveaboards, traveller's rights, voter registration, voting
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Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
K&A boater Matthew Jones yesterday won his appeal against CRT’s attempt to strike out the Article 8 elements of his defence against eviction from CRT’s waterways under Section 8 of the British Waterways Act 1983. The case will now be remitted back to Bristol County Court where Mr Jones will be able to put his Article 8 arguments in full. Mr Jones’s solicitor Community Law Partnership writes:
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Tags: Article 8, bona fide navigation, Community Law Partnership, continuous cruising, enforcement, human rights, liveaboards, Matthew Jones, Section 17, Section 8, traveller's rights, Travellers Advice Team, Waterways Act 1995
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Friday, November 20th, 2015
CRT today (19th November) seized boaters’ property from the towpath between Bath and Dundas including bicycles, bike trailers and dog bowls despite assurances that moveable objects in daily use that were temporarily left on the towpath would not be taken. We understand that the seizure of property will continue between Dundas and Bradford on Avon tomorrow (20th November) and beyond.
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Tags: complaints, continuous cruising, liveaboards, traveller's rights
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
In a vindictive move reminiscent of the totalitarian regimes of Stalin and Pinochet, CRT is threatening to seize and destroy the belongings of boaters including bicycles and childrens’ toys if they have been left, however temporarily, on the towpath. This draconian act is typical of CRT’s harassment of liveaboard boaters, and it shows that CRT will go to any lengths to pressurise liveaboards without home moorings to leave the waterways.
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Tags: complaints, continuous cruising, liveaboards, traveller's rights
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2015
The Gypsy, Traveller, Boater & Roma Community Support Service in BaNES, run by Julian House, is on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/GRTBSupport
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Tags: BaNES, continuous cruising, Health, Julian House, liveaboards, traveller's rights
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
If you have been served with a Section 8 and CRT is continuing court action against you, you need to make a request to the Court for your case to be stayed pending the result of the appeal in the case of CRT v Jones.
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Tags: bona fide navigation, Community Law Partnership, continuous cruising, enforcement, liveaboards, Section 17, Section 8, traveller's rights, Travellers Advice Team, Waterways Act 1995
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Julian House in Bath is recruiting two part-time Outreach and Engagement Workers to improve access to health and social care for Gypsies, Travellers and Boat Dwellers. The closing date is 21st November. This is a new project, funded by the NHS in BaNES, that is the result of the 2012 health survey of boaters and travellers that some boaters took part in. The job advertisement is below and full details are on www.julianhouse.org.uk/jobs
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Tags: BaNES, Health, Jobs, Julian House, liveaboards, NHS, traveller's rights
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