Petition reaches 5000 but CRT reneges on personal scrutiny of enforcement...
A boat dweller who is facing court action by CRT was told that Richard Parry will not personally scrutinise every decision to take boat dwellers to court, whether against sick boaters or otherwise,...
View ArticleNABO drops opposition to roving mooring permits while CRT CEO says the...
In a meeting between CRT and the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) on 14th January, NABO stated that “Putting the legal arguments to one side, NABO, as a policy decision, are happy for the...
View ArticleSally Ash to go! (not an April Fool)
We have just heard that Sally Ash, CRT’s Head of Boating, dubbed the ‘Wicked Witch of Watford’ and ‘Cruella De Vil’ by boaters for her efforts over many years to destroy the lives of liveaboard...
View ArticleRichard Parry to hold open boater meeting in Devizes, 21st May
There will be an open meeting between boaters and CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry on Wednesday 21st May 2014 from 6pm to 8pm at the Corn Exchange, Market Place, Devizes SN10 1HS. All boaters are...
View ArticleCEO in knots over K&A mooring plan
An open meeting last night with Richard Parry saw the CRT Chief Executive tying himself in knots trying to convince the audience that the K&A Interim 12.month Local Plan is not dead in the water....
View ArticleInformation request shows CRT changed K&A mooring plan after last-minute...
A Freedom of Information request shows that CRT had received legal advice that meant it had to change the K&A local mooring plan substantially before implementation, contrary to the statement of...
View ArticleCRT restructuring leaves Salem out of the loop
Just before the retirement of Sally Ash, CRT announced on 24th June that it is to create a new post of Head of Customer Service, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Richard Parry. The new post...
View ArticleCRT ignores Equality and Human Rights Commission demand to comply with...
CRT has ignored a letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) informing it that it must meet its obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to enable a...
View ArticleSalem to quit CRT in 2015
Simon Salem, CRT’s Marketing Director, is to leave CRT in June next year, it was announced on Friday. The announcement comes only 5 months after CRT publicised plans to restructure its management...
View ArticleHo ho ho, here’s our Christmas competition!
Here is our 2014 Christmas competition! The best caption for the picture below will win a lifetime’s free subscription to this web site and a lovely jar of delicious sweets. Send your entries by email...
View ArticleBoater starts petition for better K&A facilities
Boater Andrew Pinney has started a petition calling on CRT to carry out a comprehensive review of sanitary, water and rubbish facilities on the K&A, which he says are much worse than on most other...
View ArticleThe rising conflict between cyclists and pedestrians
Originally posted on the London Boaters’ Facebook Page by Mick Fitzgibbon Original Article The first reports of cycling accidents started to appear in newspapers about 10 years ago. The number of...
View ArticleHead teacher condemns CRT’s “inhumane” enforcement policy in meeting with MP
A primary school head condemned CRT’s enforcement policy against boats without home moorings as “inhumane” because of its detrimental effect on boat children, in a meeting between CRT chief Richard...
View ArticleProtest at CRT Devizes office 6th August
Liveaboard boaters and their supporters are invited to join a protest at Caen Hill, opposite CRT’s office in Devizes at 2.00pm on Saturday 6th August 2016 to express our opposition to CRT’s punitive...
View ArticleMinutes of meeting between boaters, CRT and Michelle Donelan MP published
We are now able to publish the minutes of the meeting between liveaboard boaters, Michelle Donelan MP and CRT Chief Executive Richard Parry. The meeting was minuted by Wiltshire Council’s Peter...
View ArticleBoaters stage protest against unlawful enforcement policy at CRT’s Devizes...
Around 30 boat dwellers without home moorings and supporters from the local community took part in a protest opposite Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) office in Devizes on 6th August 2016. The...
View ArticleBoats are Homes Protest, Devizes Wharf 4-8pm 15th September
On Thursday 15th September at 5pm, CRT Chief Richard Parry will launch a CRT publicity boat at Devizes Wharf SN10 1EB as part of the K&A Waterways Partnership AGM. Liveaboard boaters will be there...
View ArticleBoater Eviction in Bath
On 14th September CRT seized a boat without a home mooring that was a vulnerable woman’s home while she was asleep inside it. The woman, who suffers from epilepsy, was later rushed to hospital in an...
View ArticleCRT ignores Equality and Human Rights Commission demand to comply with...
CRT has ignored a letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) informing it that it must meet its obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to enable a...
View ArticleIf you have school age children, tell CRT you require a reduced cruising...
On 14th February 2017 the Waterways Ombudsman stated in a case report (Case no 933) that CRT intended in the coming weeks to publish “illustrative cruising patterns” for liveaboard boaters with school...
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