Boaters’ group intervenes to get housing benefit re-instated for liveaboards
This week Wiltshire Council tried to close the Housing Benefit claims of a number of boaters who live on non-residential moorings. The Council officers in question were unaware of case law from 2006...
View ArticleHousing Benefit and Liveaboard Boaters
If you live on your boat, and your income and savings are low, you are eligible for Housing Benefit. You can claim Housing Benefit to cover the cost of the boat licence, boat safety certificate and...
View ArticleBaNES Council want to hear from liveaboard boaters
Bath and NE Somerset Council want to hear from liveaboard boaters on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the River Avon. If you live on your boat without a home mooring, and spend some of your time between...
View ArticleWorking Tax Credit to end in 2014
If you are working on a low income, as many liveaboard boaters are, make sure that you claim Working Tax Credit now, especially if you are self-employed. Working Tax Credit will be phased out next...
View ArticleLiveaboard pensioners can get bus passes
One of the issues raised in the Boaters Voices project last year was the difficulty faced by boaters without home moorings in getting the concessionary bus pass that pensioners and disabled people are...
View ArticleWaterways Chaplaincy on the K&A
Two Waterways Chaplains are on the K&A until April. Andy and Sue Smith arrived on the K&A last summer in their narrowboat Spring Water. They regularly walk the towpath to find out if any...
View ArticleNew Waterways Chaplain on the K&A
Sue Stapleton on nb Eagle, who at present travels mainly between Hungerford and Devizes, has recently become a Waterways Chaplain with Workplace Matters. The Waterways Chaplaincy provides practical...
View ArticleGypsy, Traveller, Boater & Roma Community Support Service is on Facebook
The Gypsy, Traveller, Boater & Roma Community Support Service in BaNES, run by Julian House, is on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/GRTBSupport The support service recently ran a First Aid...
View ArticleWest Berkshire Food Bank open to boaters.
One in five of the UK population live below the poverty line and, of course, this includes boaters. If you are experiencing hard times and could do with some help getting through it, help may be...
View ArticleLandmark judgement confirms Housing Benefit for boat licence fees
In a landmark judgement issued on 25th June 2020 (AB v London Borough of Camden (HB) [2020] UKUT 158 (AAC)), the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that Housing Benefit is payable for boat licence fees...
View ArticleInclude off-grid households in Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme!
A petition has been started calling on the Secretary of State for Business to include off-grid households in the Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme. Please sign it here:...
View ArticleBaNES Council funding for boaters’ fuel costs if you cruise all or partly in...
We have heard from a contact in the BaNES Council Public Health department that the Council hopes to continue to offer discretionary payments for fuel in the coming financial year from April 2023. The...
View ArticleBoaters can apply for Pewsey Cost of Living Fund vouchers
Boaters can apply for Pewsey Cost of Living Fund vouchers if they are in need of emergency food or have other urgent needs. If you know anyone who is in need please pass this message on to them. Anyone...
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