![1st North Engadine Scouts and MP Lee Evans welcome the completion of improvements at Heathcote Scout Camp. Picture: supplied 1st North Engadine Scouts and MP Lee Evans welcome the completion of improvements at Heathcote Scout Camp. Picture: supplied](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/m9vLL79wG9rkYqcLgNT6gJ/e33a32fa-43df-4562-9b57-edcfee39567f.jpg/r0_97_1051_690_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A kitchen renovation is among improvements completed at Heathcote Scout Camp with a state government COVID-19 stimulus grant.
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Heathcote MP Lee Evans said $36,000 was allocated as part of a $1 million program to rejuvenate facilities across a range of scout groups on Crown Land.
"Scouts NSW are extremely deserving of this NSW Government funding injection - they're one of our state's largest and most successful youth organisations, offering an extraordinary variety of activities while building leadership skills, resilience and friendship," he said in a statement..
Region commissioner Bryan Davison said the improvements would make the camp safer for those visiting the camp.
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the $1 million program helped support jobs and local economies.
"Scouts NSW is among the many community organisations whose activities were severely disrupted by COVID-19," he said.
"The pandemic forced Scouts NSW to suspend their in-person meetings at Scout halls and cancel events that are their backbone for fundraising.".
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