18 March 2019 Y The Canal & River Trust has updated its Online Mooring Policy following a consultation at the end of 2017, and further review and discussion in the intervening period. There are two key areas of change. The Trust will be ending the automatic online reduction policy, whereby the charity had previously removed . . . read more
19 February 2019 The Canal & River Trust has published a Boater Report for its 34,000 leisure licence holders. The Report sets out how the Trust generates its income, including the contribution from boaters, and how that money is invested in the network. The Report was produced with input from the boaters elected to the . . . read more
Written by: Ronni Payne RCTA Volunteer Chair I recently attended the Canal & River Trust West Midland Regional Annual Public Meeting & Showcase on Thursday 10th January 2019. I found it most illuminating. I have summarised the meeting as I saw it and found it very helpful to get an insight into what the aims are for the . . . read more
Plans have started for this years Aylesbury Waterside Festival. Representatives from all the organisations involved in creating this wonderful event met this morning bright and early. Including our own Karl Wager for RCTA. Lots of ideas are coming out of the woodwork which will help to make this an event to remember.
17 December 2018 The Canal & River Trust has finalised the sale of its wholly-owned marina subsidiary, BWML, in a transaction that sees LDC invest in the business,supporting the existing management team. Stuart Mills, chief investment officer at the Canal & River Trust,says: “We are delighted to have completed the sale of BWML and will . . . read more
7 November 2018 BOAT LICENCE FEES FOR 2019-20 The Canal & River Trust is today confirming that headline private and business boat licence fees will be frozen for 2019 and will remain at current prices until 1 April 2020. As previously announced, following the Trust’s national boat licence consultation, which concluded in March, several changes . . . read more
Notes of a meeting between Sarah Brown Development and Engagement Manager at CRT and Andrew Mills and Ronni Payne held at Stoke Bruerne on 11th October 2018. This meeting was the outcome of a letter sent by Andrew Mills to Gareth Stevens National Boating Business Manager and forwarded to Sarah Brown Development and Engagement Manager . . . read more
Meeting between Andrew Mills and Peter Moore CRT Liaison 3rd October 2018 Issues discussed 1. RCTA was seeking to simplify market booking arrangements * block bookings with CRT * a single representative to manage booking arrangements * to submit a maximum mooring length for each venue that could be adjusted to reflect actual bookings taken . . . read more
This week I was at Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum with Ronni Payne meeting Sarah Brown from CRT to discuss how RCTA and CRT might work together in the future (an exciting meeting and a report will be emailed out next week to RCTA members). After the meeting and with only a few minutes left on . . . read more
8 October 2018 ECO-MOORING ZONE IN DEVELOPMENT IN ISLINGTON The Canal & River Trust and Islington Council are creating an ‘eco-mooring zone’ for visiting boats between York Way and Danbury Street on the Regent’s Canal. Supported by funding from Defra, the zone will include electric charging points to provide boaters with an alternative to running . . . read more
