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Capturing knowledge
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Capturing knowledge
Chair, Stella Ridgway, is concerned that CRT’s redundancies will result in experience being lost.
Happy New Year, although tinged with sadness as we report the death of our Vice Chair, Paul Howland. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him; his knowledge was always welcome and his advice given freely and always useful. This leaves a place open on NABO Council and, therefore, if you would like to volunteer, please let us know.
I have had a quiet few months, although the Trust hasn’t. It announced the next lot of redundancies just before Christmas and the outcomes should be known before the start of summer. We wait to see the impact of these and how many people will opt for redundancy. But, potentially, this could result in the loss of people with decades of experience of working on the waterways. NABO realises the need for these redundancies, but we hope that the potential loss of knowledge is being captured. The meetings with the North West and North East Waterway Directors have been postponed until next month, and, although this is not ideal, we realise that people are concerned about options and jobs. However, it is encouraging that these meetings are being held and maybe it is true that the Trust wants to listen to boaters and capture the knowledge in that way.
Dangerous older cookers
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Dangerous older cookers
The BSS is supporting Beko and Belling to find and fix dangerous older models of Beko, Flavel, Leisure, Belling and New World gas cookers that can produce potentially fatal levels of CO if used with the grill door closed. The model and serial numbers are on a plate behind the oven door. Model numbers for Beko, Flavel or Leisure cookers are: Leisure CM10NRK, CM10NRC, AL6NDW, CM101NRCP, CM101NRKP, Flavel DCGAP5LS, AP5LDW Flavel Milano ML5NDS. The model numbers for Belling and New World cookers are: Belling Country Chef 100G Silver (444445945) or Anthracite (444445946) Belling G755 MK2 Anthracite (50531082) or White (50531081), Belling GT 755 White (444449050), New World Vision 50TWLM SV LPG (444445698), 50WLM WH LPG (444445021), 50WLM SV LPG (444445020) and 50TWLM WH LPG (444445697). The companies will arrange a free modification to your cooker to remove any risk. Call Beko on Freephone 0800 2943129 or Belling on 0800 1105728, 9am - 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
Clean Air Strategy
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Clean Air Strategy
David Fletcher looks at the options for boat stoves in the light of new regulations.
DEFRA has just updated its report on the Clean Air Strategy. This is all about the impact of pollution from solid-fuel stoves. DEFRA is telling us how it intends to tackle these (and other) sources of air pollution, making our air healthier to breathe, protecting nature and boosting the economy. Air quality is known to be the biggest environmental health risk in the UK, as it shortens lives and contributes to chronic illness. Health can be affected both by short-term, high-pollution events and by long-term exposure to lower levels.
Meeting with the Waterways Director for Wales and the South West.
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Wales and the South West Region
Mike Rodd reports on the latest meeting with the Waterways Director for Wales and the South West.
On 3rd December, Phil Goulding and I had another of our regular meetings with Richard Thomas, Director of the Wales and South West region, at Devizes. Richard had agreed to meet NABO representatives on a three-monthly basis and this again proved to be a most valuable session. It was clear that Richard has become aware of the urgent need (and value to CRT!) to improve communications with waterways users and he said that he was pleased with the attendance at the recent user forum.