How to win: turn your awesome idea into cash
Awesome Miami has some great guidelines on how they determine grants. We loved them so much we’re cross posting them here; we just replaced the word Miami with Newy. Thanks for the tips, guys!
Here’s some rough guidelines:
Joy and surprise: Does it make people smile? Will it make us laugh?
Innovation: Is it a totall..
From textiles to toddlers to TROG, Awesome Newcastle brings the best!
Lucky for us, The Edwards again accommodated our gregarious gang for February’s Awesome Newcastle. This month we found ourselves in their spacious and delicious beer garden out back.
Our board members and finalists arrived, including our guest board members. This month we were happy to have Don Magin of Magin Consul..
Awesome Twin City Supports The Free Black Table Open Mic
Awesome Newcastle is loving this winning project from Awesome Twin Cities in Minnesota, USA. Read about their latest Awesome Project below!
BlackTableArts presents The Free Black Table Open Mic. Free of charge and for all ages, it began in January, 2015. The Free Black Table Open Mic is held at Illusion Theater in M..
New Awesome Newcastle winners and ideas kickoff 2017!
The passionate people in Newcastle are not holding back bright ideas, last night’s Awesome Newcastle demonstrated. Givers and gatherers grouped together at The Edwards swanky new Front Bar, where an eclectic cluster of Novocastrians bustled and buzzed discussing innovative ways to make Newcastle better with the gener..
$1,000 To Welcome Young Refugees in Newy
Last Thursday we did it again. We gathered, we ate, we drank, we deliberated and then gave away another awesome $1000 in cash.
Candidates and board members met on the 6th floor of Newcastle’s NIB building. Surrounded by funky furniture, drinks, cheese and a stunning view of the harbor, a small crowd nibbled and mad..
Awesome Stockholm and Samklang bring citizens of Gnesta together via stories
Non-profit Samklang wants to inspire the people of Gnesta, Sweden to share memories of their home by writing down stories, dreams, poetry and fantasies. The organisation will make it happen through workshops and a storytelling app.
The employees of Samklang want citizens to reflect on the buildings and places that e..
FARM LA’S LIMA BEANS PROJECT
If it were up to Farm LA, the humble lima bean would be the official vegetable of Los Angeles. The healthy, filling veggie grows like a champ in LA, and the non-profit’s plan to create new, sustainable lima bean farms is the winner of our March grant!
Farm LA is a local 501(c)3 dedicated to rescuing unbuildable land..
Awesome Newcastle One Year Anniversary: Giving Away $4,000!
What better way to celebrate our anniversary than giving away $4,000 to a business that will use it to make the world a better place? Last Thursday we did just this! We called on Novocastrians to join us at The Lock Up arts space to recognise awesome business initiatives and give away stacks of cash.
Guests and boar..
Project Cold Days
Cold Days is a documentary about homelessness during the cold Ottawan winters. If you’re picturing an Australian winter, think again. We’re talking knee-deep in a snowy blizzard winter.
Stephen R. Coleman and his team have been working on the documentary, unfunded, for over two years so the recent $1,000 grant from ..
Badass Boarders
Kasley Killam of San Francisco is bringing it with an awesome initiative called Badass Boarders, who are Awesomen SF’s latest grant winner.
Simply put, Badass Boarders are a group of women learning to skateboard together. However if you dive a little deeper you’ll see a group of women in the community that are dedic..