Sally Ash tells BaNES liveaboard boaters are forcing out leisure users
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that a meeting took place between CRT and BaNES on 2oth March this year in connection with the Council’s assessment of the inclusion of boat dwellers in...
View ArticleBaNES recommendations on boat dwellers to be published in July
The Task and Finish group set up by BaNES Council to assess how liveaboard boaters should be included in the Council’s strategies on Travellers and Housing has almost completed its report. The final...
View ArticleBaNES Council report condemns CRT failure to meet equalities obligations
A report published by Bath and NE Somerset Council has recommended that the Council should not endorse the CRT Local Mooring Strategy for the western K&A unless and until the Council is satisfied...
View ArticleLiveaboard boaters make statement to BaNES Council
BaNES Council Housing and Major Projects Panel endorsed the Council’s Task and Finish group report on Boat Dwellers and River Travellers on 19th November. Liveaboard boaters delivered a statement to...
View ArticleBaNES Council publishes Phone Book for Gypsies and Travellers
BaNES Council has recently published the Phone book for gypsy and travelling families living in Bath and North East Somerset. The handbook contains information about health, education and other...
View ArticleLiveaboard boaters encouraged to apply for outreach job
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...
View ArticleNew welfare service provides advice and support for liveaboard boaters
The Bath based charity Julian House has recently gained funding to appoint two Gypsy, Traveller and Boater Community Outreach and Engagement Officers. The service is a 15 month pilot project supporting...
View ArticleGP practice registers boater at surgery’s address following complaint
A boater recently tried to register as a permanent patient with a GP practice in Bradford on Avon by using the surgery’s own address. The GP initially refused to register the boater using the surgery’s...
View ArticleSection 8 cases stayed pending appeal
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...
View ArticleGypsy, Traveller, Boater & Roma Community Support Service is on Facebook
The Gypsy, Traveller, Boater & Roma Community Support Service in BaNES, run by Julian House, is on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/GRTBSupport The support service recently ran a First Aid...
View ArticleCRT threatens to seize boaters’ possessions
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...
View ArticleCRT seize boaters’ property
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...
View ArticleK&A boater wins Article 8 case against CRT in Court of Appeal in landmark...
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...
View ArticleIf you want to vote in the 2017 General Election, register by 22nd May
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...
View ArticleVoter registration forms available at Devizes Wharf, register by 22nd May
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...
View ArticleWiltshire Council to assess housing needs of boat dwellers – please complete...
Wiltshire Council is carrying out an assessment of the housing needs of people who use a boat as their main home and is inviting boat dwellers both with and without a home mooring in Wiltshire to...
View ArticleWiltshire boat dwellers survey available on paper
Paper copies of the Wiltshire Council boat dwellers survey are available for those who need them. You can collect a copy from Bradford on Avon, Devizes or Pewsey libraries. They will also be available...
View ArticleCRT drops Section 8 cases following Court of Appeal judgement
CRT earlier this year stayed Section 8 cases against two boat dwellers without permanent moorings, Matthew Jones and Christopher McKendrick, following the Court of Appeal judgement in Matthew Jones’s...
View ArticlePlease comment on Wiltshire Council liveaboard boaters survey report by 29th...
Wiltshire Council is carrying out a consultation regarding the report on its 2017 survey of liveaboard boaters. Please comment by 29th June 2018. Your comments will help to shape the Council’s approach...
View ArticleK&A Boaters’ Action Group next meeting 11th June, Wilcot
The K&A Boaters’ Action Group’s next meeting is on Monday 11th June 2018 at 7.30pm at the Golden Swan, Wilcot SN9 5NN, a short walk across the green from Wilcot bridge (117). All are welcome. The...
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