National Community Boats Association

The National Community Boats Association (NCBA) is a waterway society, registered charity No. 1108993 and limited company No. 5331820, in the United Kingdom.

NCBA supports community boat projects and encourages more people to access the inland waterways of the UK. Its headquarters are at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum in Goole. The NCBA held a National Conference towards the end of 2008.

The association has over 100 member community boat projects, all over the UK.

Organisations which are members of the National Community Boats Association operate boats which are specially designed and equipped to cater for people with disabilities, with learning difficulties and learning disabilities, disadvantaged groups, people with special needs, people of all ages.

These organisations carry an estimated 250,000 passengers per year from the above-mentioned groups.

• Accessible Boating Association, Hampshire
• Adam's Ark Project, Doncaster
• Angel Community Canal Boat Trust, LondonACCT Website
• Baldwin Boat Trust, LeicesterWebsite
• BDN Guide Counties Narrowboat, Birmingham, West Midlands
• Beauchamp Lodge Settlement, LondonWebsite
• Birmingham City Council Youth Service Division
• Bradford Out & About Barge Association, West YorkshireWebsite
• Brent Play Association, Wembley
• Bromley Youth Trust, Kent
• Camden Canals & Narrowboat Association CCNA Website

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  CCNA's Historic Narrowboat 'Tarporley'

• Canal Boat Adventure Project, Cheshire
• Canal Boat Project CBP website
• Care Afloat, Skelmersdale, Lancashire
• Children's Activity & Recreational Projects, Wolverhampton
• East Manchester Community Boat Project, HydeEMCBP Website
• Ethel Trust Community Barge, SheffieldETCB Website
• Gloucestershire Disabled Afloat Riverboats Trust Website
• Hampshire County Council Youth Services
• Heulwen Trust, WelshpoolWebsite
• Hillingdon Narrowboats Association, MiddlesexHNA Website
• Kensington Foundation, Blackpool
• Laburnum Boat Club, Hackney's Community Boating Project Website
• London Narrow Boat Project, Luton, Bedfordshire
• Maypole Community Boat Projects, Birmingham
• Mosaic, Shaping Disability Services, Leicester
• Nottingham Narrowboat Project
• Open Lock Project Website
• Oxfordshire Narrowboat Trust
• Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People, Leatherhead, Surrey
• Reach Out Projects, HertfordshireWebsite
• Re-Union, EdinburghWebsite
• River Thames Boat Project, Kingston-upon-ThamesRTBP Website
• Rivertime Boat Trust (RBT), Maidenhead, BerkshireRBT Website
• Safe Anchor Trust, Mirfield, West YorkshireS.A.T Website
• South Staffordshire Narrowboat Company Ltd, WolverhamptonWebsite
• South West Herts Narrowboat Project, HertfordshireWebsite
• St Andrew's Methodist Youth Centre, Bristol
• St John Ambulance, Northampton, and Nottinghamshire
• Stockport Canal Boat Project SCBP Website
• Surrey Care Trust Swingbridge Community Boat Programmes, Swingbridge Website
• Surrey County Council Outdoor Learning & Development, Surrey
• Swansea Community Boat Trust SCBT Website
• Thames & Kennet Narrowboat Trust, Wokingham, BerkshireWebsite
• The Bruce Charitable Trust, HungerfordBCT Website
• The Bruce Wake Charitable Trust, RutlandBWCT Website
• The Canal Boat Project, Hertfordshire, and Harlow, Essex
• The Kingfisher Medway Trust, Faversham, KentKMT Website
• The Lyneal Trust, ShrewsburyWebsite
• The Pirate Club, London Website
• The Seagull Trust, Ratho, EdinburghWebsite
• The Sobriety Project, Goole, East Riding of YorkshireWebsite
• The Wharf Narrowboat, Walsall
• The Willow Trust, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
• Tideway Adventurers Narrowboat Project, LondonTANP Website
• Top Lock Training, StockportTLT Website
• Truman Enterprise Narrowboat Trust, WalsallTENT Website
• Unity Enterprise, Govan, Scotland
• Vale of Llangollen Canal Boat Trust, Llangollen, Clwyd, WalesVLCBT Website
• Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs Website
• Waterstart, Goole
• Waveney Stardust, Lowestoft, SuffolkWebsite
• Wildside Activity Centre, WolverhamptonWAC Website
• Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust, Ellesmere PortWCNT Website
• Wooden Canal Boat Society

NCBA also delivers training for the management of communityboats.

The Certificate in Community Boat Management is a nationally accredited course for helmsmen and crew members working with people who are young, elderly, disadvantaged or disabled on Class A or B Waters.

Other courses: Basic Boat Handling; Complete Crew Course; Regional Training Moderator; Senior Trainer; CCBM Training Endorsement; and Additional Course Units. ^[1]

NCBA is operating two special projects:

• Y-AFLOAT - Involving young people in community boating
• Prisons Project - facilitating the reunion of offenders with their families

The UK Government's Department for Education and Skills awarded the National Community Boats Association an NVYO grant of £123,990 for youth work.

• List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom

• National Community Boat Association's website
• British Waterways' own site: listing for National Community Boats Association
• EUROPEAN UNION - NCBA a Partner in the EU's 'Eureauweb' Project, part of the European Waterways Tourism Development Service