Secretive anti-liveaboard group set up by DEFRA – please write to your MP now!
A multi-agency working group on “residential houseboats” was set up by the DEFRA Inland Waterways Policy Land Use section over a year ago in December 2017, “tasked to look at the issue of illegally...
View ArticleEuro election? You can vote without a fixed address – register by May 7th if...
Elections to the European Parliament will take place in the UK on May 23rd except in the very unlikely event that agreement on a Brexit deal is reached among MPs before 22 May. If you live on a boat...
View ArticleFirst ever nationwide liveaboard boater health survey
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...
View ArticleJulian House Travelling Community Support Service extended to Wiltshire –...
Wiltshire Council has just started a two-year project to tackle inequalities amongst Boaters, Gypsies and Travellers in Wiltshire. This is a partnership between Julian House and the Wiltshire Traveller...
View ArticlePlease respond to Wiltshire Gypsy and Traveller strategy consultation survey...
Wiltshire Council is consulting on its future Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Boater (GRT&B) strategy. Please make sure that the voices and views of the liveaboard boater community are heard by...
View ArticleMake sure you can take part in the Census on March 21st
The 2021 Census will take place on 21st March and for the first time will be mainly digital, with paper forms available on request. Freephone helplines will open from 1st March, with all minority...
View ArticleCensus helplines are open now!
Free telephone and text helplines for the 2021 Census are open now. For England, 0800 141 2021. Census helpline from 1st March 0800 141 2021 Census Day is 21st March For other languages, 0800 587 2021....
View ArticleCRT threaten to remove boaters’ possessions from towpath between Avoncliff...
CRT has stated that it will remove any items left on or beside the towpath between Smelly Bridge (Bridge 173) and Avoncliff if these are not removed before April 2021. Due to the pandemic, CRT has...
View ArticleThere’s still time to do the Census
The deadline for completing the 2021 Census is the end of April, and the Census telephone helpline has added a special line for people living on boats or in caravans, vans, tents or other transient...
View ArticleResist the criminalisation of trespass – write to your MP
Friends, Families and Travellers has launched a new tool to support Gypsies, Travellers and members of the public to write to their MP to register their concerns about the Policing, Crime, Sentencing...
View ArticleJob vacancy at Julian House
Julian House has a vacancy for a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller & Boater Outreach and Engagement Worker for Bath and North East Somerset. The part-time job covers BaNES for Roadside Travelling Community...
View ArticlePsychotherapy and Mental Health Skills Coaching Service for boat dwellers...
A Psychotherapy and Mental Health Skills Coaching Service for itinerant liveaboard boaters has been launched, supported by the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) and funded by the National...
View ArticleYou need photo ID to vote in 4th May local elections
There will be local elections in England on 4th May 2023. The Elections Act 2022 brought in the requirement to show photographic identification for voters at these and all future elections. If you...
View ArticleSelect Committee seeks testimony from people excluded from Energy Bills...
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...
View ArticleRegister by 18th June if you want to vote in the General Election on 4th July...
The General Election will take place on Thursday 4th July, and the polls will be open from 7am – 10pm. Register by 18th June if you want to vote. You can vote even if you live on a boat without a fixed...
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