Three community groups from across the Shoalhaven have received grants from the Veolia Mulwaree Trust.
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Shoalhaven District Football Association received $15,950 to refurbish the old amenities block at the South Nowra fields into a new storeroom facility.
Supported Accommodation Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra (SAHSSI) received $1864 for new beds and furniture items at its Nowra Women's Refuge.
The Milton Ulladulla Dog Training Club will undertake improvements to its dog training agility area and received $6510 to assist with works.
Shoalhaven Football Association president Ian Cockburn said he felt great about the grant.
Mr Cockburn said the club planned to refurbish the old building and remove the shipping containers currently used for storage.
"It's terrific," he said.
"If we can use the old building instead of the shipping containers that would be great."
The Veolia Mulwaree Trust has allocated $199,281 in grant funding to 16 community groups in its first funding round of 2019.
In addition to the grants 58 organisations shared in $56,333 through the trust's donation program for small projects to a maximum of $1000.
Donation recipients in the region include: Interchange Shoalhaven, Shoalhaven Readers' and Writers' Festival, Culburra Dolphins Rugby League Club, Unit Support Committee TS Shoalhaven, StoryFest Inc, Lyrebird Preschool Kindergarten, Cambewarra Cricket Club, Worrigee Equestrian Common, Shoalhaven Clay Target Club, Wildlife Rescue South Coast, Cancer Council and the Huskisson Jervis Bay Food Network.