The new centre will be a vast improvement on the current facilities, which are housed in an open-plan structure from the 1940s that is no longer fit-for-purpose.
Sleeping blocks, amenities, storage space, more external training space and state-of-the-art ancillary buildings are included in the multi-million-pound expansion plans.
Sustainability sits at the core of this low carbon project. Materials, such as timber frames, recycled car tyres and a green roof, are part of the designs for the self-heating buildings.
Stuart Williams, Chief Executive of East Midlands RFCA, said:
“I am delighted that this project is coming to fruition as it will transform the experience for our amazing Cadets.
“This major new build at Beckingham will significantly improve the training of Cadets across Lincolnshire, and nationally too, providing modern, purpose-built facilities. It will be a real game-changer and will help to inspire other children and young people to join a youth organisation that provides opportunity and life skills”.
Colonel Ian Sackree, Commandant of Lincolnshire ACF, added:
“East Midlands RFCA has always been aware of the need to level-up here and has continued to work tirelessly on our behalf to deliver a facility that can help us drive forward our mission of creating fun and friendship for Lincolnshire’s young people and to give them the skills at a residential-level that can support them to excel as a UK citizen. I am so grateful to the hard work of East Midlands RFCA to get this project to this point”.
Nick Greenwood, who is part of our team behind the designs comments:
“The driving design force behind the design is minimising the training centre’s impact on the environment whilst preserving the site’s natural and historic setting, which has been challenging. However, it is these constraints that inspired our creative design approach. Our collaboration with the East Midlands RFCA, who are fully behind our innovative approach to sustainability, has been particularly rewarding.”
