Donations needed for Beckingham Rangers Training Camp’s Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP)

Your help is needed to offer some comfort to those fleeing from conflict in Afghanistan.

As previously reported in the Advertiser, Beckingham Rangers Training Camp will be operating the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and housing around 200 Afghan citizens who worked for or with the UK Armed Forces in Afghanistan and their partner, dependent children, and additional family members.

Beckingham will be one of eight MOD training camps across the UK serving as a Reception, Staging and Onward Movement (RSOM) site, where the refugees will stay for about six to eight weeks to be medically checked over, registered with the Department for Work and Pensions, and take classes on English language and UK culture.

At a recent public meeting in the village, a resident asked if donations of toys and supplies would be welcomed for the Afghans and their families

Lt Luca Mayo, commander of the Beckingham Rangers site, was also in attendance at the meeting and said that donations for those arriving at the site would be welcomed.

As well as clothing for children of all ages, Reverend Sara Davies has been appealing for donations of toys and games for older children, drawing and writing materials, toys and educational materials to help them learn English would be welcomes,

Donations can be dropped off at the guardroom at Beckingham camp, as well as at Caythorpe’s St Vincent’s church during opening hours.

If anyone has any questions about the scheme, email the military team at Beckingham camp at sjcuk-lazurite-beckingham-mu@mod.gov.uk