"Where have all the boats gone?". New daily mooring fees in London have impacted London's boating community, and seen once-busy sections of towpath emptied, thanks to new discriminatory fee policies from the Canal and River Trust (CRT).
If you DON'T want London's thriving boat community to be pushed off the waterways, we call on you to take action in 2024 before it is TOO LATE.
*HOW YOU CAN HELP*
1. *Share your thoughts on London's boating community* in an increasingly hostile environment via social media tagging @CanalRiverTrust and @NBTAlondon
2. *Write to the Mayor of London* mayor@london.gov.uk to tell him how London's canals and boating community benefits you, your family, your friends, your community, or your business -- and why you believe he needs to help protect it.
3. *Voice your opposition* to these policies directly via email to matthew.symonds@canalriverstrust.org.uk
4. *Subscribe for updates* on this and other NBTA campaigns here, on Instagram @officialnbtalondon, and via the website www.bargee-traveller.org.uk
5. *Email your MP* and ask them to attend a drop-In session 6th Nov, 2024 hosted by campaigners for boat dwellers. www.bargee-traveller.org.uk/please-ask-your-mp-to-attend-drop-in-session-6th-nov-hosted-by-campaigners-for-boat-dwellers
*CHAPTERS*
0.00 Introduction
2.00 How boaters add value to the canals in London
3.00 Why are CRT reducing free moorings
4.00 Prices are discriminatory
5.15 The impact on boaters
6.50 Boaters are safety to the canals
7.33 Policies are gentrifying/ commercialising the canal
8.45 Tiered system is unfair
9.40 Boats bring community which brings others
10.10 CRT false claims and FOI findings
11.30 Before boats, canals in London were abandoned spaces
12.00 Boaters personal safety compromised
12.15 Shared public space being privatisated
12.30 Call for CRT to work collaboratively with itinerant boaters
13.30 We need to Stop the Squeeze
