A $25,000 grant is the "last piece in the puzzle" for the committee carrying out the upgrade of the Becks District War Memorial Hall.
The Otago Community Trust announced the grant yesterday, as one of $144,300 given to 26 Otago organisations last month.
"We're thrilled to get this. We've had our plans completed for a while and wanted to get all the funding in place before finalising the paperwork to get building consent," hall committee secretary Gill Naylor said.
Naseby Vision has been given $4000 to help with the cost of writing the history of Naseby.
Otago Community Trust August grants are:Central Otago District Council (Becks Hall) $25,000, Oho Mauri Oho Ake Charitable Trust $4000, Tuvalu Community $500, Otago School of Piping and Drumming $750, Epilepsy Assn of NZ Inc (Otago) $1000, CUICA (music and dance) $2000, Otago Secondary Schools Music Festival Society Inc $2000, Pacific Trust Otago $3000, Otago Yacht Club Inc $3000, Dunedin Youth Orchestra $4000, Southern Music Therapy Trust $4000, Kaikorai Kindergarten $6000, The Writers Cottage Trust $7500, Carers Society (Otago) $8000, Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust $10,000, Diabetes Otago Inc $10,000, Otago Secondary School Sports Assn $10,000, Otago Mounted Rifles Assn $1000, Scripture Union Otago Camps Working Group $800, Institute for Child Protection Studies $5000, Naseby Vision $4000, Progress of Waikouaiti Area $750, Orokonui Ecosanctuary $11,000, Wanaka Preschool Early Childhood Centre $2000, Wanaka Gun Club $4000 and Hawea Flat School $15,000.
