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CategoryA collection of our favourite Awesome Foundation funded projects from Newcastle and around the world. Awesome Newcastle is a chapter of The Awesome Foundation. The Awesome Foundation was created in 2009 and has provided over $2.2m in grants via 114 chapters in 26 countries.
Awesome Newcastle May celebrates poetry, flowers and walks!
On Wednesday night we all gathered together for our fourth Awesome Newcastle of 2025, how time flies when you are having fun! In the pool room of the Young Street Hotel in Carrington we welcomed several returning board members including James Barr of Xero, Mel Histon of Got Your Back Sista, consultant Craig Browning ..
EOY Awesome Newcastle celebrates good ideas and ranked choice voting
The weather was perfect Wednesday night as we brought back back three stellar finalists from earlier this year to celebrate our final Awesome Newcastle of the year. The Young Street Hotel generously gave us their beer garden for more people to attend as this month’s Awesome Newcastle was open to the public.
We wel..
Awesome Newcastle October cooks up a storm!
Another Awesome Newcastle came and went on Wednesday night featuring a cozy crowd of folks who want to see good things happen in the community.
We welcomed first time guest board member Tim Cush of Doc’s Pharmacy and returning guest board members Tim Cox of Sage Marketing and Dan Farthing of Pitcrew.
Our finali..
Awesome Newcastle September is Sensational!
Another Awesome Newcastle has come and gone at the Young Street Hotel in Carrington. This week we welcomed spring’s arrival and gathered together to celebrate great ideas in the community.
Our wonderful, generous board included returning guest board member Grant Thomas of Learning Advantage, and first time guest b..
Awesome Newcastle July is full of energy
Another Awesome Newcastle has come and gone. A small but vivacious crowd gathered at the Young Street Hotel for July’s Awesome Newcastle. This week we welcomed returning guest board member, Dan Farthing of Pitcrew!
Our finalists were Hailey Aiken, Nook O’dea and returning finalist James Bevin.
Here’s more abou..
Awesome June is a State of Origin-ality
It was an Awesome Newcastle like never before last night at Young Street Hotel. An important sports game started at 7:30, and also one of our finalists cancelled last minute. It was destined to be a night of high energy, spontaneity and uniqueness!
As per usual we welcomed heaps of fabulous board members including..
Awesome Newcastle is a-May-zing
Floods and ferocious weather wouldn’t hold us back on Wednesday night as we chatted by the cozy fire at the Young Street Hotel in Carrington. For May’s Awesome Newcastle, we welcomed several returning board members including Sharife Rahmani of Coal LSL, Scott McShane of Reflections Holiday Parks and Adrienne Donnelly..
Awesome Newcastle March is friends, fashion and fundraising
Last night another spectacular Awesome Newcastle came and went in the Young Street Hotel in Carrington. We munched and mingled in the Pool Room, welcoming back some familiar guest board members including Adrienne Donnelly of Organised By Adrienne and Alex Brennan of Hunter iF. First time guest board dog Wolfgang also..
EOY Awesome Newcastle is family and friends!
Last night we celebrated our final Awesome Newcastle of the year, this time at a sweet new venue for us, The Young Street Hotel. It was a fab location and vibe in their inviting beer garden. As this was an End- Of-Year Awesome Newcastle, we brought back three our fantastic finalists from the year, and we also brought..
Chatter and Cheer! Awesome Newcastle October
Last night the Awesome Newcastle crew returned to The Edwards for great drinks and fantastic ideas from the community. We welcomed five guest board members including returning Claire Wheeler (and previous Awesome Newcastle winner) of Kid Biz Academy and media and comms professional Chad Bennet. This month we had thre..