The Port Fairy Sea Scouts group has a vision to give a new lease of life to its Bank Street home, and now the funding to take the first step in this process.
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The group has received $4225 in the most recent round of Moyne Shire Council community assistance funding.
This money will be used to carry out an asbestos audit on the scout hall in Bank Street and create plans for an upgrade of the facility.
Port Fairy Sea Scouts group leader Michelle Arnold said the hall had greet potential.
"The aim is to give the hall a really good revamp and make it an asset for the whole community to access," Ms Arnold said.
"We want to do what we can to make it an appealing hall for people to want to use.
"We are looking at putting in a commercial kitchen which would be great to have.
"The hall has a lot of upside, it's a good size and has a stage so it can be used in a lot of ways."
As well as the community assistance funding, the sea scouts received an allocation of $1000 from the state government.
Koroit and Hawkesdale scouts have also received this funding. This money is part of the government's community sport sector COVID-19 survival package.
Ms Arnold said this funding was appreciated as times had been tough for the group during the pandemic.
"All the fundraising we had planned for this year hasn't gone ahead because it was all to happen at events that have been cancelled," Ms Arnold said.
"That certainly does have an impact financially but there isn't anything that can be done about it.
"Like everyone else we know the main thing is to keep everyone safe."
Ms Arnold said the group's scouting activities have been impacted but not totally curtailed.
She said scouts had continued to meet through zoom, allowing leaders to continue to engage with the group. As a way of attracting new members, membership to the group has been waived until March next year.
