The Snow Farm has received support of $160,770 from Central Lakes Trust (CLT) towards the cost of a 32-bunk hut for schools and community groups to use. 

Thirty-three schools within the Southern region use the Snow Farm each year, which is subsidised by the Nordic ski area.

The planned school hut, to be called the Musterers’ Hut, will provide a better facility for the schools and other skiers. It will include a lecture space, two kitchens, a utility shed and a toilet block.  

CLT was pleased to support the Snow Farm, which it said had outgrown its existing three small huts. Plans for the new hut were revealed last month. 

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Another Upper Clutha group benefiting from CLT funding in its August funding round was the Southern Lakes Art Festival Trust Festival of Colour, which received $82,000 to go towards its 2021 festival. 

The 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

A second local festival receiving funding in this round was the Upper Clutha Sports Community Trust Festival of Sport & Recreation 2020, which received a grant of $5,000. 

After its 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19, the Festival of Colour received funding of $82,000 for the 2021 festival.

A number of emergency grants were also received to compensate for the social and economic effects of COVID-19 on the district.

Birthright Central Otago, Catholic Social Services, Central Lakes Family Services and Cromwell Resource Centre Trust each received emergency grants. 

A total of $496,049 in grants from the CLT was received around the district this month.

Central Lakes Trust is a charitable trust that grants funds for charitable purposes. It is the largest philanthropic trust per capita in the Southern Hemisphere, and exists to make a positive lasting contribution to the community by supporting charitable projects throughout Central Lakes.