NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSNABO concerned about the future of Blowers Green Pumphouse
To: Canal & River Trust acting as Trustee of the Waterways Infrastructure Trust; F.A.O. Jeff Peake, Estates Department, Aqua House, 20 Lionel Street, Birmingham, B3 1QA. Dear Sirs Re: Dispose of freehold interest in Blowers Green Pumphouse, Peartree Lane, Dudley, West Midlands In response to your recent public notice for the purposes of Section 121 […]
NABO writes to MPs about proposed take-over of EA navigational responsibilities by CRT
I write to express our concerns regarding the proposed take-over of the navigational responsibilities by the Canal and River Trust (CRT) of the waters currently managed by the Environment Agency (EA).
CRT BEGINS INTERNAL CONSULTATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES
Following recent changes to its Executive team, the Canal & River Trust yesterday (6th December 2017) began a 60-day period of internal consultation about changes to its internal structures and a significant reduction in the size of its senior management team.
CRT equality policy
CRT equality policy In October, CRT published its policy to promote equality for people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 and its approach to making reasonable adjustments to remove disadvantages for disabled people in accessing and using its waterways. The policy ensures that CRT: § Provides equality, fairness and respect concerning all aspects […]
New Open Canal Map
New Open Canal Map A free UK canal and river map has been launched for Desktop, Android and iPhone/iPad, created using users’ contributions and CRT’s Map Open Data. You can add information to the maps by typing in a place name and dragging a red marker to the exact location you want. Then add the […]
Council minutes archive
Here are the scanned records of the Council meeting minutes. These are confidential to members and are not intended for publication. Members are required to keep them, and any statements within as privileged information, and may not use it or quote it elsewhere. 2023 January March April June October November 2022 January March April June […]
AGM minutes archive
Here are the scanned records of the AGM meeting minutes. These are confidential to members and are not intended for publication. Members are required to keep them, and any statements within as privilaged information, and may not use it or quote it elsewhere. 1991 missing 1992 missing 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 […]
Death of Trevor Rogers
We are very sorry to report that after a long period of illness, Trevor (known to his close friends as “Trig”) passed away peacefully on Wednesday 4th October 2017, aged 65 years. Trevor was an active member of NABO since 1998. Trevor’s gift to NABO was a fine mind.
EA publishes summary of consultation responses to proposed Navigation charges 2018/19
We’d firstly like to thank those who responded to our recent consultation on our proposed charge increase for 2018/19. We had a reasonable number of responses from a good cross section of representatives from the four stakeholder groups. Many of you gave very detailed and considered responses which we very much value. We have now […]
Future of Crofton Beam Engines secured thanks to National Lottery Grant
The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust is delighted to announce that it has been awarded more than £½m of National Lottery funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as the major contribution to an £845,000 project to secure the future of the steam driven Crofton Beam Engines, located at Crofton near Marlborough in Wiltshire. Thanks […]
