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Energy grants for boaters in Wiltshire who missed out on Government support – apply by 31st March

Friday, March 1st, 2024

Liveaboard boaters in Wiltshire who missed out on the Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme are being offered £400 by Wiltshire Council. If you did not get any winter fuel and food payments from Julian House, you can apply. The funding covers boaters on residential, leisure and other non-residential moorings. Anyone in Wiltshire who has previously missed out on funding needs to upload a PDF of their CRT licence, and the first 500 households will receive £400. Neither CRT nor any mooring companies or marinas etc will be involved in the application process. The deadline to apply is 31st March 2024. You can apply by phone, contact 0300 003 4576.

Shower Tuesday is back at new time 5-7pm

Saturday, February 10th, 2024

Shower Tuesday is back at the new time of 5-7pm, every Tuesday at the St James Centre, Estcourt Crescent, Devizes SN10 1LR. Also available are hot drinks, hot soup and rolls, and a warm space. The shower is fully accessible. Shower Tuesday is run by the Waterways Chaplaincy. All welcome.

UK Boaters for Energy Justice – please sign petition

Friday, February 9th, 2024

More than 18 months on, many boat dwellers have still not been able to obtain the energy support payments which were promised to all households in the UK in 2022. Boat dwellers who legitimately have leisure moorings or ‘high use’ moorings, and boat dwellers without a home mooring on non-CRT waterways, are still excluded, as are some other groups such as Gypsies and Travellers living on the road. These groups still face a doubling in energy costs with no support.

Boaters in Wiltshire have launched a petition in the next phase of their campaign calling for access to two energy support payments which were promised to all eligible households in the UK.

Please sign and share the petition here https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/get-vital-ps600-energy-bill-support-to-remaining-off-grid-households-currently-excluded-from-support

Health and Wellbeing events for boaters on nb Litania

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service will be visiting Bradford Lock on 7th November 2023 and Caen Hill Marina on 14th November 2023 with nb Litania at 11am to 4.30pm. They will be providing Covid 19 and Flu vaccinations to boaters who are in the eligible groups: age 65 and over and other people who are eligible due to specific health conditions etc. There will also be support and information on welfare; other health matters, and free Boat Fire Safety packs and first aid kits.

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.

What to do if you are still excluded from the Energy Bills Support Scheme

Monday, September 4th, 2023

Many people remain excluded from the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS), despite the grant being promised to every household in the UK. You may still be excluded from the £400 EBSS Alternative Funding and £200 EBSS Alternative Fuels Payment if you:

Continuous cruisers to get energy bills support – deadline extended to Mon 28th Aug

Friday, August 18th, 2023

UPDATE – the deadline to make sure your details are correct with CRT has been extended to 28th August!

After great efforts of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) and others campaigning for the energy grant, many boaters without a home mooring on CRT waterways can now get £600 each.

The Department for Energy and Net Zero (ESNZ) and CRT made an announcement yesterday that 7,000 live-aboard boaters without a home mooring will receive a voucher redeemable for cash of £600. This is the result of a concerted effort by dedicated people who took up the fight for inclusion.

Select Committee seeks testimony from people excluded from Energy Bills Support Scheme – send your story to Parliament before 25th August!

Saturday, July 29th, 2023

The Energy Security and Net Zero (ESNZ) Parliamentary Committee is to carry out an inquiry into Preparing for the Winter, including the continued exclusion of boat dwellers and other itinerant or off-grid households from the Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS). The Committee will hear verbal and written evidence in September 2023. You can send your own testimony to the Committee by email to commonsesnz@parliament.uk or by post to-Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. You can also submit evidence online here: https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3185/

The deadline for submitting your evidence is 25th August.

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.

BaNES Council funding for boaters’ fuel costs if you cruise all or partly in the council area

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

We have heard from a contact in the BaNES Council Public Health department that the Council hopes to continue to offer discretionary payments for fuel in the coming financial year from April 2023. The funding is administered by Citizens Advice.

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Posts Tagged ‘welfare’

Energy grants for boaters in Wiltshire who missed out on Government support – apply by 31st March

Shower Tuesday is back at new time 5-7pm

UK Boaters for Energy Justice – please sign petition

Health and Wellbeing events for boaters on nb Litania

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

What to do if you are still excluded from the Energy Bills Support Scheme

Continuous cruisers to get energy bills support – deadline extended to Mon 28th Aug

Select Committee seeks testimony from people excluded from Energy Bills Support Scheme – send your story to Parliament before 25th August!

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

BaNES Council funding for boaters’ fuel costs if you cruise all or partly in the council area

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