Wellington hall granted $10,000 for accessible toilets
And another 18 community projects around the Murray Bridge district will share in $98,000 worth of council grant funding.
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Wellington Progress Association is one of 19 community organisations to have been awarded funding through a Murray Bridge council grant program – in this case, for accessible toilets.
Currently the Wellington hall has no accessible/unisex toilet option, or a change space for parents with children.
The hall already has a set of toilets, but in order to rent out the hall, a disabled toilet is needed to meet standard regulations.
President Steve Morcom said Wellington Progress Association hoped to get started on the $10,000 project in three weeks' time.
"A lot of it's going to be voluntary work and a lot of it's going to be done by working bees," he said.
"We've had to raise a lot of money to be able to do it ... we're putting dollar for dollar plus some."
The progress association plans to have the toilets completed by early April next year.
Having the extra facilities meant the hall would still be able to host events and bring people to the community, pub and caravan park, Mr Morcom said.
"Obviously we work very closely with the council ... we do a lot for the council and the council does a lot for us," he said.
"We work in collaboration to make sure that it all gets done with the least amount of fuss."
The association provides a calendar of community events, as well as offering their hall for hire to locals, associations and committees.
The hall catered for an association of 50 people last Saturday, where a member who wasn't present at the event was wheelchair-bound.
The new toilets will be more accessible not only for people with disabilities, but parents as well.
Council allocates $98,000 worth of community grants
Other recipients of the Murray Bridge council's October community grants included:
- Murray Bridge Community Concert Band: $3292 for a new PA system
- Murray Bridge Inter Church Council: $11,684 for their Christmas carols by the river event
- Murray Bridge Players and Singers: $4500 for facility and building improvements
- Murray Bridge Domestic Violence Awareness Group: $895 for a "Shout No" event
- Murraylands Multicultural Network: $10,000 for the Yuntu Walun Festival
- Anglican Church Parish of the Murraylands: $4500 to expand off-street parking
- Punjabi Virasat Cultural and Welfare Association: $10,000 for the Punjabi Virasat Mela
- Unity College: $1750 for recycling and waste education
- University of the Third Age: $4039 for their 20th anniversary celebration
- Maori Evangelical Church SA: $10,000 for a Waitangi Day event
- Rotary Club of Murray Bridge: $1200 for their annual golf day event
- All Abilities Music Group Inc: $3696 for group equipment
- Community Living Australia: $2500 for the All Abilities Festival
- Freedom Hill Sanctuary: $4730 for bush regeneration
- Genuine Support Services: $4500 for the Murray Bridge Mental Health and Wellbeing Expo
- Lifehouse International: $4500 for their annual Christmas festival
- Murray Bridge and District Table Tennis Association: $1500 for the National Veterans Table Tennis Championships
- Murray Bridge Basketball Association: $2000 for new player uniforms
