The funding of $1,040,399, announced by Bega MP Andrew Constance last week, will go towards building toilets in the hall, a commercial kitchen, an accessible car park, and a lift between the two levels.

President of the Management Committee for Tilba Halls, Janine Halasz, said she was "totally elated" with the funding.

"It's just the best news we could have possibly received," she said.

"We were sweating on it, we'd applied for a different grant just before we received the news, but we're totally over the moon, blown away, and ecstatic."

Ms Halasz said the funding would help "bring the halls in Tilba into the 21st century".

"They're heritage halls, and we want to keep that heritage alive, but we also want to bring them up to the level required for the modern day," she said.

"We're renovating the small hall and putting in a climate-controlled meeting room downstairs, but the big hall is where the majority of the work will happen.

"There will be an extension, a commercial kitchen, toilets and a shower, and a lift for access between the two levels.

"We'll also have solar panels and a battery, two electric-vehicle charging stations as part of an accessible parking lot at the back, and a water tank.

"It's a big project, but it's fantastic."

The Tilba Halls have had long-standing DA's in place for the work, and Ms Halasz said the funding would help get some of those over the line.

"We do have a lot of approvals, but we'll be putting some modifications in to include the commercial kitchen," she said.

"The council has been very patient and tolerant (with us), and now we can get all that work done and they can sign us off as being officially approved."

SHASA committee member and Tilba Halls project manager Tony Lowe said the successful grant was a combined effort.

"We co-ordinated (the grant), but we didn't do it alone," he said.

"We're the applicant, and we went that way because of SHASA's past experience and success in running grants.

"Part of the deal is to acquire a piece of land by a boundary adjustment to make way for a tank and the carpark."

Mr Lowe said the solar panels planned for the hall would tie in with another project SHASA is looking to get off the ground in Tilba.

"We've been trying to get a micro-grid in the area," he said.

"You can get an area operating more autonomously to the benefit of the community using solar power and other renewable sources.

"This project will have sufficient solar panels installed that will be a key component in any future energy plans for the area."