Club members attend several national and local meetings to promote heritage and historic issues
CRT's Council and Advisory groups - Club members, in their own right, are elected/nominated members of: CRT Council (link is external); CRT Navigation Advisory Group (link is external); CRT Freight Steering Group
CRT's National Users' Forum (NUF (link is external)) - the aim of the annual Forum is to keep the principal users of the waterways up-to-date with strategic developments within the Trust and an additional way for national bodies to feedback on issues of national importance to their members.
CRT's Local User Groups - CRT’s Regional Managers usually call twice-yearly meetings in their areas and invite local groups/businesses with an interest in any aspect of canals. HNBC Area Reps attend these meetings and report back to the Committee.
Freight by water - Club members sit on the committee of CBOA (link is external), and also on the IWA's Inland Waterways Freight Group (link is external).
NINF – National Inland Navigation Forum - this is a semi-formal meeting of representatives of boating organisations across the national network (not just CRT waterways). It is a useful forum to share concerns and strategies outside CRT meetings.
Environment Agency's NWF - National Waterways Forum - the Environment Agency organises this forum to meet representatives of boating organisations.
There's a useful list of abbreviations (link is external) on the Inland Waterways Association's website.
[APPGW – All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways (link is external) - This is an official All-Party Group of the House of Commons. It is made up of Peers and MPs of all parties and its purpose is "to consider matters relating to the system of navigable rivers and canals in the UK, estuaries and lakes upon which boating takes place, and associated activities. The coast and open sea are specifically excluded from the interests of the group." This Group used to have Associate members, of which HNBC was one, but this changed.]
The Club has membership of the following organisations
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Maritime Heritage Trust
"promoting our maritime past to protect its future" |
