The Boaters’ Voices film is online now. You can watch it via either of the links below.
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Posts Tagged ‘Wiltshire County Council’
Boaters’ Voices DVD launch, 14th November, Devizes
Monday, November 12th, 2012
Boaters’ group intervenes to get housing benefit re-instated for liveaboards
Thursday, August 9th, 2012This week Wiltshire Council tried to close the Housing Benefit claims of a number of boaters who live on non-residential moorings. The Council officers in question were unaware of case law from 2006 that confirms that Housing Benefit is payable even when the claimant’s occupation of their home is unlawful or does not have planning permission for residential use.
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Boaters’ Voices filming to take place this month
Saturday, July 7th, 2012Wiltshire Council traveller strategy includes boaters
Sunday, May 20th, 2012BW and Councils at odds over turbidity
Saturday, October 29th, 2011A row has been simmering since the Spring about the problem of turbidity on the eastern K and A. Wiltshire Councillors have accused BW of violating the Heritage Lottery Fund contract after BW agreed with Natural England not to issue any more hire boat licences on the eastern end of the canal.
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BW Chair says Local Mooring Strategy will not displace people
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011The tenth meeting of the Local Mooring Strategy Steering Group took place on 11th October at Wiltshire Council offices, Chippenham. Brian has taken over from Kev as one of the representatives of unaffiliated boaters. The agenda was as follows: finalising maps; enforcement and defining neighbourhoods. K and A Manager Mark Stephens chaired the meeting in the absence of Project Manager Damian Kemp. Sally Ash, the original BW Chair, had already informed the group that her presence appeared to be “not conducive to progress”.
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Over 100 responses to questionnaire but 145 14-day mooring spaces may go
Thursday, July 21st, 2011The boaters’ questionnaire which we published and delivered to boats between Bath and the Long Pound at the end of May is now being collated and analysed. A boater who works in IT has volunteered to enter the data into a spreadsheet designed by another boater. Response forms were completed by over 100 people altogether.
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